Yumnam Sanathoi Devi

Yumnam Sanathoi Devi is an Indian Wushu player, martial artist and athlete. She was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India in 2015 for Wushu. She won a bronze medal at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.^[1] She also won a bronze medal in the 2014 World Cup held at Indonesia and a silver medal in World Championships in 2011 and 2013.^[2] She won the bronze medal in the 13th World Wushu Championships in November 2015.^[3] In 2016, Devi won a silver for India in 52 kg category at the 8th Sanda World Cup, held in Xi'an, China.^[4]

Yumnam Sanathoi Devi

The President, Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2015 to Y. Sanathoi Devi for Wushu.
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	1 February 1989 (1989-02) (age 36) Yairipok, Manipur, India
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Wushu
Event	Sanda
Medal record Women's Sanda Representing  India World Championships 2011 Ankara 48 kg 2013 Kuala Lumpur 48 kg 2015 Jakarta 52 kg 2019 Shanghai 52 kg

She hails from Yairipok Top Chingtha village in Thoubal district of Manipur, India. She took up traditional Chinese martial arts Wushu in 2003 under the guidance of Maibam Surbala Devi and later under Moirangthem Ibomcha Meitei.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

She was awarded by the Government of India, the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2015.^[5][6]