Asmita Dey

Asmita Dey (born 22 March 2003) is an Indian judoka from Tripura who competes in the women's 48 kg category. She won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Indian judoka to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal. She had also won gold medals at the 2023 Macau Junior Asian Cup and the 2025 Casablanca African Open.

Early life Asmita Dey was born on 22 March 2003 in Belonia in South Tripura district of Tripura and settled in Varanasi. She has three siblings, and her father, Arjun Kumar Dey, runs a bicycle repair shop. Her father died in December 2025.

Dey initially trained as an 800 metres runner before taking up judo. She initially trained under Bina Debnath at the Belonia Vidyapeeth Coaching Centre and later under Manik Lal Deb at the Tripura Sports School.

Career Dey won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg category at the 2023 Junior Asian Cup held in Macau in July 2023. Later that year, she won the silver medal at the Asian Open at Kuwait. She won the gold medal at the Khelo India University Games and was later crowned junior national champion for 2023-24.