Richa Gaur

Richa Gaur (born 10 December 1993) is an Indian martial arts competitor and self-defense instructor who has been honored and felicitated as one of the "Top 100 Women Achievers of India" by the former President of India and Maneka Gandhi in the field of women's empowerment. She is an international gold and bronze medalist in martial arts.

She has been called the "Muay Thai Queen of India" for her gold hat trick in Muay thai championship. She is the coach and Joint Secretary of the Jaipur Taekwondo Association and is a member of Rajasthan Muay Thai Association.

Gaur marked her presence in 2017 Pro Kabaddi League season singing Jana Gana Mana (the Indian national anthem).

Early life Richa Gaur was born on 10 December 1993, in Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan state. She is the second child of Mr. Deep Singh who is a librarian in Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. Unfortunately she was the premature baby with the weight of only 1.6 kg so her parents took care of her with extra efforts for her survival as doctors recommended. Gaur has one elder sister and one younger brother.

Same year she won gold in Taekwondo and Muaythai. In 2014 she won her fifth national gold in Muay Thai Nationals and made a hat trick of gold in three consecutive years for which she was called "Muay Thai Queen of India."

In October, 2015 she again represented India in the South Asian Taekwondo Championship and this time won gold.

Gaur has a martial arts institute named "Global Institute of Self-Defense and Martial Arts" that promotes the need to know self-defense techniques in girls in Indian states. She had trained 60,000 youth including Rajasthan Police, Haryana Police, Reserve Bank of India employees, State Bank of India employees, Non-governmental organization, PTI's, college & school girls.

For her efforts and achievements, she was listed in Top 100 women achievers of India on 22 January 2015 and honored by Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Maneka Gandhi in the field of Women's empowerment.

Awards and recognition

Mumbai Global Award, Mumbai - actor Rajpal Yadav and Anuj Joshi Vivekanand Gaurav Award - Rajasthan Yuva Sansthan Top 100 Women Achievers of India, 2015 - Ministry of Women & Child Development Women Achievement award by Diya Kumari Ikeda Trophy by Rajpoot Sabha Sung National Anthem at Pro Kabaddi 2017