Damayanti Tambay
Damayanti Tambay (born May 2, 1948 in Allahabad , born Damayanti Subedar ) is an Indian badminton player , university teacher, civil rights activist and activist of the women's movement.
Career
Damayanti Tambay won three women's singles titles in a row at the Indian National Badminton Championships from 1968 to 1970. In 1968 she was also successful in women's doubles. She later became a sports instructor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.
Her husband, a member of the Indian Army, has been missing since the Indo-Pakistani War in the early 1970s. This is one of the reasons why Tambay is politically active in the civil rights and women's movement.
Sporting successes
| season | event | discipline | space | Surname |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | India: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Damayanti Tambay |
| 1968 | India: Individual Championships | Ladies doubles | 1 | Damayanti Tambay / Jo Phillips |
| 1969 | India: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Damayanti Tambay |
| 1970 | India: Individual Championships | Ladies singles | 1 | Damayanti Tambay |
credentials
- http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2008/04/04/29739.html
- http://www.ptinews.com/Features/12$Missing-PoWs-last-seen-in-Pak-jail
- http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/issue115/pow.htm
- DAWN the Internet Edition ( Memento from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- http://www.badmintonindia.org/frmSubChamp.aspx?id=9$0
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tambay, Damayanti |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Subedar, Damayanti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian badminton player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Allahabad |