Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 12: Kashmir’s Kayaking Star Bilquis Mir has been nominated for the DEVI awards which will be held in New Delhi tomorrow.
DEVI Award is a women’s award given to the 10-super achievers for dynamism and innovation.
Mir, who has a coaching diploma from Budapest, Hungary, started Kayaking and Canoeing in the year 1996 and has represented Jammu and Kashmir for 10 years in the National Water Sports Games.
Mir is the first water sports coach from the Valley who was appointed as a coach for Indian Kayaking and Canoeing team from 2010 to 2015. She also went to Japan with her team but could not qualify for the Olympics.
She became the only Indian among 20 Asians who was picked up by the Asian Canoe Federation team as water sports judge for the Asian Games which were held in Indonesia this year.
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