Mantu Debnath

{{short description|Indian gymnast}}

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Mantu Debnath (also spelt as Montu Debnath) is an Indian gymnast from Tripura.{{Cite news|title=Flipping through the pages of Tripura's gymnastics glory|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Flipping-through-the-pages-of-Tripuras-gymnastics-glory/articleshow/54289632.cms|access-date=2022-10-08|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|first=Aditya|last=Bhattacharya|date=13 September 2016}}{{Cite web|date=2016-09-10|title=Battling odds to make name in sport|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/569649/battling-odds-make-name-sport.html|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}} He won gold medals at national level competition, became the first Indian gymnast to win an international competition in Russia in 1969{{Cite web|date=2016-04-26|title=How a giant leap by Dipa Karmakar bolstered the aspirations of tiny Tripura |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/giant-leap-dipa-karmakar-bolstered-aspirations-tiny-tripura-2747942.html|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Firstpost}}{{Cite web|date=2014-08-19|title=Leap to gold|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/leap-to-gold/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} and won the Arjuna Award in 1975 for his contributions in gymnastics.{{Cite web|title=Dipa revives gymnastics legacy in Tripura – Mysuru Today|url=https://citytoday.news/dipa-revives-gymnastics-legacy-in-tripura/|access-date=2020-08-07|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-02-06|title=Arjuna Award Winners 2020 {{!}} List of Previous Arjuna Awardees By Year|url=https://theprizewinner.com/arjuna-award-winners/|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Prize Winner|language=en-US}} Mantu is also the second Indian Arjuna awardee for gymnastics after Sham Lal and the first Arjuna awardee from Tripura. He was trained by Dalip Singh.