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Garima Chaudhary: A Brief Biography
Garima Chaudhary is an Indian judoka. She represented India as the country\'s sole judoka in the Women\'s (63 kg) category at the 2012 London Olympics. Since 2004, Chaudhary has been training with Jiwan Sharma and Divya Sharma at Patiala-based National Institute of Sports. As part of her Olympic qualification screening, she participated at the 2011 World Judo Championships held in Paris and at the World Cup. At the 2012 Asian Judo Championships she finished seventh in the 63 kg category earning 34 points and the eligibility to represent India at the London Olympics. She spent a more meticulous and competition oriented training in Germany and France, in preparation for Olympics. Chaudhary was knocked off in the very first elimination round of the Women\'s (63 kg) category at the 2012 London Olympics, Although this ended her challenge at the Olympics, she is considered a good medal prospect at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the Incheon Asian Games of 2014.