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'''Garima Chaudhary''' (born 2 April 1990) is an Indian [[judoka]]. She was India's sole judoka at the [[2012 London Olympics]], competing in the [[Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg|Women's (63 kg)]] category .<ref name=81secs>{{cite news|last=Indo-Asian News Service|title=Olympics 2012: India's sole judoka knocked out|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_olympics-2012-india-s-sole-judoka-knocked-out_1722322|accessdate=12 August 2012|newspaper=Daily News and Analysis|date=31 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=olympics_page>{{cite web|title=Garima Chaudhary - Judo - Olympic Athlete|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chaudhary-garima-1084877/|publisher=[[London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]|accessdate=12 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730190355/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/chaudhary-garima-1084877/|archivedate=30 July 2012}}</ref>

== Childhood and early training ==
Born to parents hailing from a [[middle class]] family, Chaudhary was inclined to sports during her childhood. She was good at sports such as [[kabaddi]], [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]] and cricket. While the father of Chaudhary remained concerned about her education, her mother continued to encourage her interest in sports. She represented her native state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] initially. Due to lack of suitable support from the state's sports association, she began representing [[Haryana]] in national-level competitions.<ref name=intw>{{cite news|last=Sharma|first=Arun|title=I've sometimes had to fight against boys to train|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-18/edit-page/32715396_1_judoka-garima-chaudhary-london-olympics|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103105328/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-18/edit-page/32715396_1_judoka-garima-chaudhary-london-olympics|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|accessdate=12 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 July 2012}}</ref>

Since 2004, Chaudhary has been training with Jiwan Sharma and Divya Sharma at [[Patiala]]-based [[National Institute of Sports]]. Due to lack of proper facilities, she had to practice with boys. Chaudhury found this to be a good way to train.<ref name=intw/> Sharma says that attributes such as self-belief, hard work and a winning attitude are Chaudhary's strengths.<ref name=coach>{{cite news|last=Rizvi|first=Taus|title=Being an underdog is a blessing, says Garima Chaudhary|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_being-an-underdog-is-a-blessing-says-garima-chaudhary_1717257|accessdate=12 August 2012|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=20 July 2012}}</ref>

== 2012 Summer Olympics ==
She participated at the [[2011 World Judo Championships]] held in [[Paris]] and at the World Cup as a part of her qualification for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. At the [[2012 Asian Judo Championships]] held in Tashkent, she finished seventh in the 63 kg category.<ref name=lone_judoka_oly>{{cite news|title=India's lone judoka Garima confident of good show|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indias-lone-judoka-garima-confident-of-good-show/975113/|accessdate=12 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=JUA Continental Championships 2012 - Results|url=http://onlinejua.org/admin/result/files/resultfile39%5B0%5D.pdf|publisher=[[International Judo Federation]]|accessdate=12 August 2012}}</ref> As a result of her performances, she earned 34 points and the eligibility to represent [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics|India]] at the London Olympics.<ref name=lone_judoka_oly/>

In order to prepare for the Olympics, Chaudhary trained in [[Germany]] and [[France]]. She underwent a more competition-oriented training, studied her opponents, and focused on specific fitness aspects.<ref name=coach/>

In the first elimination round of the [[Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg|Women's (63 kg)]] category at the [[2012 London Olympics]], Chaudhary was defeated by [[Yoshie Ueno]] by an [[Ippon]] in 81 seconds.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/London-Olympics-Judoka-Garima-knocked-out-by-Japanese-Ueno/articleshow/15294293.cms|title=London Olympics: Judoka Garima knocked out by Japanese Ueno|date=31 July 2012 | accessdate=31 October 2018 | author=PTI | newspaper=The Times Of India}}</ref> Although this ended her challenge at the Olympics, India's sports administrators felt that she is a good medal prospect at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games|Glasgow Commonwealth Games]] and the [[2014 Asian Games|Incheon Asian Games]] — both in 2014.<ref name=lone_judoka_oly/>

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Chaudhary reached the quarter finals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/judo/1025746/garima_choudhary.html|title=Glasgow 2014 - Garima Choudhary Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>

In [[Judo at the 2019 South Asian Games|South Asian Games 2019]], She won gold medal in Women's 70Kg weight class.

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Rajiv Ranjan Bhakt at 07:54, 1 October 2023