Hetal Dave

Hetal Dave
Personal information
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Born (1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 36)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportSumo

Hetal Dave (born 8 December 1987) is India's first and only professional female sumo wrestler.[1][2] In 2008, she made it into the Limca Book of Records.[3][4]

She participated in the 2009 World Games held in Taiwan, but went out in the first round.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Look, who's in the ring: Meet Hetal Dave, India's first professional woman sumo wrestler". Dnaindia.com. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Eat, pray, wrestle". Telegraphindia.com. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Indian woman hopes to conquer Sumo". BBC News. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. ^ TIWARI, KHUSHBOO (30 December 2016). "I am India's first and only female sumo wrestler: Hetal Dave". www.thishour.in. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Beauty and Brawn: Indian woman sumo wrestler at World Games". Zeenews.india.com. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Who says Sumo wrestling is confined to Japan? India's Hetal Dave is here to prove all your myths wrong". 16 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2018.