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Namrata Batra
Personal information
Born (2000-09-06) 6 September 2000 (age 25)
EducationMaster of Commerce
Sport
SportWushu
Event
Sanda
ClubSports Authority of India
Medal record
Women's wushu
Representing  India
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2025 Chengdu 52kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Macau 52kg
Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Songyuan 52kg
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gumi 48kg

Namrata Batra (born 6 September 2000) is an Indian wushu player, who competes in the women's sanda discipline. She is the first Indian to win a medal in wushu at the World Games, winning silver at the 2025 edition.[1][2]

Early life

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Batra was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Her father, Sanjay Batra, is a businessman and her mother a homemaker.[2] Although her grandparents opposed it due to the attire she would have to wear,[3] Batra's parents encouraged her to do sports as she was not interested in academic subjects.[2]

She started training in a traditional Indian akhada and took up wushu after attending a self-defence program aged 13.[2] She was coached by Sonu Jatav, who encouraged her to do wushu competitively.[4]

Career

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Batra began competing in 2015, winning gold at her first Junior National Championships while representing the state of Madhya Pradesh. She later received the State Award from the Government of Madhya Pradesh for her contributions to the sport.[2]

In 2017, Batra won a silver medal in the Junior Asian Championships.[2]

Batra trained at the Sports Authority of India’s National Centre of Excellence in Itanagar.[5]

In 2023, Batra suffered a ligament injury during the Asian Games trials and did not compete for eight months.[5] In 2024, she returned to competing, earning a silver medal at the 2024 Asian Championships and a bronze at the Moscow Star International Wushu Championship in 2025.[5] At the 2025 World Games, Batra won silver (defeating Lebanon's El Rassi in the quarterfinals and the Philippines' Krizan Faith Collado in the semifinals), which was India's first medal in the sport.[1][6][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "India's Namrata Batra scripts history by winning country's first-ever medal in Wushu at World Games in China". All India Radio News. 18 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Sejwal, Ritu (12 August 2025). "A reluctant student to World Games medallist: The Namrata Batra story". The Bridge.
  3. ^ "Wushu fighter Namrata Batra battles family resistance to make history". The Times of India. 19 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Namrata's success story: From akhada training to Wushu World Games glory". The Times of India. 19 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Solanki, Anjali (16 August 2025). "Namrata Batra: The reluctant fighter who rose to rewrite history". EBNW News.
  6. ^ "World Games 2025: India's Namrata Batra wins silver in Wushu". Olympics.com. 18 August 2025.