Aanchal Thakur is an Indian female alpine skier. She represented India at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics that took place in Innsbruck. In the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics she took part in the Alpine skiing – Girl’s Slalom and Girl’s Giant slalom events. She became the first Indian skier to win a medal in an international skiing event in 2018.
Women Fitness gets in a candid chat with Aanchal Thakur as she talks about sportsmen hardships, fitness and her journey.
Namita Nayyar:
You became the first Indian skier to win a medal in an international skiing event in 2018. Share the journey that inspired you to follow this sport and become a role model.
Aanchal Thakur
I think my journey has been very challenging yet very fulfilling, since when I started with the sport not a lot of people knew about it, I remember training very hard for the sport in summer and waiting for snow to come so that I could practice it. I put my heart and soul into the sport. My forever inspiration has to be my father who used to educate people about the sport, he used to go to schools to make people know about it. So looking up at him I gave my best for the sport.
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