Pranati Nayak
{{Short description|Indian artistic gymnast (born 1995)}}
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| birth_place = Jhargram, West Bengal, India
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| discipline = WAG
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| headcoach = Minara Begum
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{{MedalSport | Women's artistic gymnastics }}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Ulaanbaatar|Vault}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Doha|Vault}}
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Pranati Nayak ({{langx|bn|প্রণতি নায়েক}}; born 6 April 1995){{cite web |title=Pranati Nayak |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6069448-pranati-nayak.htm |website=Gold Coast 2018 |publisher=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509133331/https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6069448-pranati-nayak.htm |url-status=live }} is an Indian artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 Asian Championships vault bronze medalist. She is the third Indian gymnast to win an international medal on the vault, after Dipa Karmakar and Aruna Reddy. She represented India at the 2020 Summer Olympics and is only the second Indian female gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games. She is also the 2019 Indian all-around champion. She represented India at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2014, 2017, and 2019 World Championships.
Early and personal life
Nayak was born in Jhargram district. Her father worked as a state transport bus driver in West Bengal until 2017 when he took an office job, and her mother is a housewife.{{cite web | url=https://thebridge.in/gymnastics/daughter-bus-driver-gymnast-pranati-nayak-reached-olympics-21274 | title=How the daughter of a bus driver, gymnast Pranati Nayak, reached the Olympics | date=2 May 2021 | publisher=The Bridge | accessdate=7 May 2021 | archive-date=7 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507044906/https://thebridge.in/gymnastics/daughter-bus-driver-gymnast-pranati-nayak-reached-olympics-21274 | url-status=live }} She began gymnastics when she was six years old.{{cite web |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Samrat |title=Pranati Nayak: The daughter of a bus driver set to create waves at Tokyo 2020! |url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/pranati-nayak-the-daughter-of-a-bus-driver-set-to-create-waves-at-tokyo-2020 |website=Olympics |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=24 July 2021 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232238/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/pranati-nayak-the-daughter-of-a-bus-driver-set-to-create-waves-at-tokyo-2020 |url-status=live }} She moved to Odisha to train in 2003, and her coach Minara Begum paid for her living expenses. She speaks Odia, Bengali, English, and Hindi.
Career
Nayak's first major international competition was the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She competed in the team competition with Aruna Reddy, Pranati Das, Rucha Divekar, and Dipa Karmakar, and they placed eleventh.{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/PEVU/PEVU_GAW400101.html |website=Glasgow 2014 |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232240/http://results.glasgow2014.com/PEVU/PEVU_GAW400101.html |url-status=usurped }} The same team in addition to Payel Bhattacharjee represented India at the 2014 Asian Games and placed eighth in the team event.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Qualification And Team Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2014/as/kor/asiangames/wag/teamsfinal.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Incheon 2014 |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=22 September 2014 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232239/https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2014/as/kor/asiangames/wag/teamsfinal.pdf |url-status=live }} Individually, Nayak qualified for the all-around final and finished twentieth with a total score of 43.800.{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Individual All-Around Final |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2014/as/kor/asiangames/wag/aafinal.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=Incheon 2014 |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=23 September 2014 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232239/https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2014/as/kor/asiangames/wag/aafinal.pdf |url-status=live }} The same Indian team competed again at the 2014 World Championships and finished last out of the thirty-eight teams.{{cite web |title=45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/worlds/2014/wag/teamsqual.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=5 October 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203057/https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/worlds/2014/wag/teamsqual.pdf |url-status=live }}
Nayak competed at the 2017 Asian Championships where she finished fourteenth in the all-around.{{cite web |title=Results for 7th Senior Asian Championships 2017, BANGKOK 2017 (THA) All-Around |url=https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/15133?csrfToken=ebad3799f870627b5adf289617d808dfc6b924b6-1644706818953-a6993f8152842e1cd7e85c68&backUrl=&idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=65&idFederation= |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232242/https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/15133?csrfToken=ebad3799f870627b5adf289617d808dfc6b924b6-1644706818953-a6993f8152842e1cd7e85c68&backUrl=&idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=65&idFederation= |url-status=live }} She qualified for the vault event final and finished fourth and the balance beam event final and finished fifth.{{cite web |title=Results for 7th Senior Asian Championships 2017, BANGKOK 2017 (THA) Vault |url=https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/15133?csrfToken=855b53dc29008ce3f042174c78f096adcd1933eb-1644706931056-a6993f8152842e1cd7e85c68&backUrl=&idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=66&idFederation= |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232242/https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/15133?csrfToken=855b53dc29008ce3f042174c78f096adcd1933eb-1644706931056-a6993f8152842e1cd7e85c68&backUrl=&idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=66&idFederation= |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Results for 7th Senior Asian Championships 2017, BANGKOK 2017 (THA) Balance Beam |url=https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/15133?csrfToken=a609a82ab005f9feee7ebbcaf3226878d4f78c85-1644706906913-a6993f8152842e1cd7e85c68&backUrl=&idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=68&idFederation= |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214234905/https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/results/display/15133?csrfToken=a609a82ab005f9feee7ebbcaf3226878d4f78c85-1644706906913-a6993f8152842e1cd7e85c68&backUrl=&idAgeCategory=4&idCategory=68&idFederation= |url-status=live }} She then competed at the 2017 World Championships and finished sixty-eighth in the all-around during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Women's Individual All-Around Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2017/worlds/documents/wag/qaa.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=3 October 2017 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020143019/https://gymnasticsresults.com/results/2017/worlds/documents/wag/qaa.pdf |url-status=live }}
Nayak qualified for the vault final at the 2018 Melbourne World Cup and finished sixth.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Melbourne World Cup Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/02/22/2018-melbourne-world-cup-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=22 February 2018 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232241/https://thegymter.net/2018/02/22/2018-melbourne-world-cup-results/ |url-status=live }} She then represented India at the 2018 Commonwealth Games alongside Aruna Reddy and Pranati Das where they finished seventh in the team competition.{{cite web |title=Results - Women's Team Final and Individual Qualification |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/results-w-qual-000004-.htm |website=Gold Coast 2018 |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=6 April 2018 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117212758/https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/results-w-qual-000004-.htm |url-status=live }} Individually, Nayak qualified for the vault event final where she finished eighth.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women's Vault Final |url=https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/GAR/CG2018-_GAR_C73J_GARW1APVT-------------FNL---------.pdf |website=Gold Coast 2018 |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=8 April 2018 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107185239/https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/GAR/CG2018-_GAR_C73J_GARW1APVT-------------FNL---------.pdf |url-status=live }} Nayak, Reddy, and Das were joined by Mandira Chowdhury and Dipa Karmakar at the 2018 Asian Games where they placed seventh in the team final. Nayak qualified for the vault final and placed eighth.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2018 Asian Games Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2018/08/28/2018-asian-games-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=28 August 2018 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118205804/https://thegymter.net/2018/08/28/2018-asian-games-results/ |url-status=live }}
Nayak won the gold medal in the all-around at the 2019 Indian Championships.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Indian Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/05/21/2019-indian-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=21 May 2019 |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305160640/https://thegymter.net/2019/05/21/2019-indian-championships-results/ |url-status=live }} At the 2019 Asian Championships, she finished thirteenth in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2019 Asian Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/06/24/2019-asian-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=24 June 2019 |archive-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203061516/https://thegymter.net/2019/06/24/2019-asian-championships-results/ |url-status=live }} She won the bronze medal on the vault with an average score of 13.384.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/in-the-land-of-dipa-karmakar-pranati-nayak-vaults-into-reckoning/articleshow/69985118.cms | title=In the land of Dipa Karmakar, Pranati Nayak vaults into reckoning | work=The Times of India | last1=Bhattacharya | first1=Nilesh | date=28 June 2019 | accessdate=7 May 2021 | archive-date=10 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510154025/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/in-the-land-of-dipa-karmakar-pranati-nayak-vaults-into-reckoning/articleshow/69985118.cms | url-status=live }} She was the third Indian gymnast to win a vault medal in a major international competition after Dipa Karmakar at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Aruna Reddy at the 2018 Melbourne World Cup.{{Cite web|date=22 June 2019|title=Pranati Nayak vaults to a bronze at Asian meet: For my father, a bus driver|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/she-vaults-to-a-bronze-at-asian-meet-for-my-father-a-bus-driver-5794086/|access-date=23 July 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en|last1=Naik|first1=Shivani|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513090301/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/she-vaults-to-a-bronze-at-asian-meet-for-my-father-a-bus-driver-5794086/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Samrat |title=Five things to know about Pranati Nayak: The gymnast set for Tokyo 2020 |url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/five-things-to-know-about-pranati-nayak-the-gymnast-set-for-tokyo-2020 |website=Olympics |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=13 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213005809/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/five-things-to-know-about-pranati-nayak-the-gymnast-set-for-tokyo-2020 |url-status=live }} At the 2019 World Championships, Nayak missed the all-around placement cutoff for the 2020 Olympic Games by less than three points.{{cite web | url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/how-pranati-nayak-prepared-for-tokyo-2020-in-60-days | title=How Pranati Nayak prepared for Tokyo 2020 in 60 days! | website=Olympics | publisher=International Olympic Committee | first1=Samrat | last1=Chakraborty | date=24 July 2021 | accessdate=7 September 2021 | archive-date=7 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907144838/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/how-pranati-nayak-prepared-for-tokyo-2020-in-60-days | url-status=live }}
Nayak earned a continental quota spot to the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Sri Lanka’s Milka Gehani after the cancellation of the 2021 Asian Championships.{{cite web|date=1 May 2021|title=Gymnast Pranati Nayak to compete at Tokyo Olympics after winning Asian quota|url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/31370238/gymnast-pranati-nayak-compete-tokyo-olympics-winning-asian-quota|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507202645/https://www.espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/31370238/gymnast-pranati-nayak-compete-tokyo-olympics-winning-asian-quota|url-status=live}} She was only the second female gymnast to represent India at the Olympics, after Dipa Karmakar.{{cite web |last1=Lahiri |first1=Dipankar |title=The case of the missing Vault: Gymnast Pranati Nayak, coach take on unsavoury rumours |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/pranati-nayak-missing-vault-gymnast-coach-on-rumours-7428231/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=12 February 2022 |date=29 July 2021 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212232238/https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/pranati-nayak-missing-vault-gymnast-coach-on-rumours-7428231/ |url-status=live }} She was only able to train for two months prior to the Olympics due her gym being closed for a year during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. At the Olympics, she finished seventy-ninth in the all-around with a total score of 42.565 during the qualification round.{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics Women Qualification |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73B_GARW------------------QUAL--------.pdf |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827151151/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/GAR/OG2020-_GAR_C73B_GARW------------------QUAL--------.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2021 |date=25 July 2021}} She did not qualify for any of the finals.{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympics 2021: Pranati Nayak fails to qualify for All Round finals |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/tokyo-olympics-2021-pranati-nayak-fails-to-qualify-for-all-round-finals/article35519727.ece |website=The Hindu Businessline |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=25 July 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222145314/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/tokyo-olympics-2021-pranati-nayak-fails-to-qualify-for-all-round-finals/article35519727.ece |url-status=live }}
Competitive history
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! Event ! style="width:30px;" | Team ! style="width:30px;" | AA ! style="width:30px;" | VT ! style="width:30px;" | UB ! style="width:30px;" | BB ! style="width:30px;" | FX | |||||||
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| rowspan="4"|2014 | |||||||
| bgcolor="#afeeee"
|align=left|Commonwealth Games | 11 | ||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
|align=left|Asian Games | 8 | 20 | |||||
| style="background:#ccf;"
|align=left|World Championships | 38 | ||||||
| rowspan="3"|2017 | |||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
|align=left|Asian Championships | 14 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| style="background:#ccf;"
|align=left|World Championships | 68 | ||||||
| rowspan="3"|2018 | align=left|Melbourne World Cup | 6 | |||||
| bgcolor="#afeeee"
|align=left|Commonwealth Games | 7 | 8 | |||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
|align=left|Asian Games | 7 | 8 | |||||
| rowspan="3"|2019 | align=left|Indian Championships | {{gold1}} | |||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
|align=left|Asian Championships | 13 | {{bronze3}} | |||||
| style="background:#ccf;"
|align=left|World Championships | 127 | ||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2021 | |||||||
| bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left|Olympic Games | 79 | ||||||
| rowspan="4" | 2022 | |||||||
| bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | Asian Championships | 7 | 21 | {{bronze3}} | ||||
| bgcolor="#afeeee"
| align=left | Commonwealth Games | 9 | 5 | |||||
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | World Championships | 26 | ||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2023 | |||||||
| bgcolor=#f0fccf
| align=left | Asian Games | 8 | ||||||
| rowspan="1" | 2024 | align=left | Cairo World Cup | {{bronze3}} | |||||
| rowspan="1" | 2025 | align=left | Antalya World Cup | {{bronze3}} |
See also
References
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External links
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