5. Deepika Kumari
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Deepika Kumari is one of India's brightest medal prospects in Rio Olympics 2016. But her journey has not come easy.
The archer was born to a poor family in Ranchi, Jharkhand. She used to practice with bow and arrow made of bamboo as her father, an autorickshaw driver was unable to support her career due to poverty.
It was only when she joined the Tata Archery Academy in 2006 that her professional career began. In 2012, Deepika went on to become World No. 1 in women's recurve individual event.
Recently, she shot 686 in the 72-arrow ranking to equal the feat of London Olympics gold-medallist Ki Bo Bae of Korea.
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