| Full Name | Date of Birth | Birth Place |
|---|---|---|
| Harika Dronavalli | 12 Jan, 1991 | Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Sports | Team | Nationality |
| Chess | India (Chess) |
Indian |
Harika Dronavalli was born on 12th January 1991. She is a chess Grandmaster from India, the feat that she earned in the year 2011. Harika follows the Legendary Indian Chess player Viswanathan Anand.
Her Achievements:-
- Won silver in World Youth Chess ChampionshipU-10 Girls, Spain.
- She bagged two silvers, one in World Youth Chess Championship U-12 Girls, Spain & the other in Asian Under-12 Girls Chess Championship, Bikaner in 2001.
- Won goldin Asian U-18 Girls Chess Championship, Bikaner in 2002.
- In the 2003 Commonwealth Women Chess Championship, Mumbai won Silver Medal.
- She won the 2004 girls U-14 World Youth Chess Championship, held in Greece.
- She won the 2006 girls U-18 World Youth Chess Championship, held in Georgia.
- Harika won the Woman International Master (WIM) title as the Youngest Woman International Master in Asian Continent.
- Bagged gold in Asian Zonal Women Chess Championship, Bangladesh, in 2007.
- She won the World Junior Chess Championship, held in Turkey in 2008
- Awarded with the "Arjuna Award" by the Government of India in 2008
- Harika bagged a bronze medal at the Asian Games of 2010, held in Guangzhou.
- She won a silver medal in the 2015 World Women's Team Chess Championship, held in China.
- Harika won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Women's Chess Championship, held in Russia.
- Harika Dronavalli bagged gold at the 2015 World Women's Online Blitz Championship held in Rome.
- Harika gained the 5th position in the 2016 FIDE Women Grand Prix held in Khanty Mansiysk and a gold medal at the same event held in Chengdu in 2016.
- As a team participant of India at the 2016 Asian Women Team Chess Championship held in UAE, she has won an Individual Gold medal in Rapid format & Individual Silver Medal on Top Board in Classical format while the team won the bronze Medal in Rapid format.
- Harika Dronavalli won a bronze medal at the 2017 Women's World Chess Championship in Iran.
- Awarded with Chess Player of the Year in 2016 & 2017 by The Times of India (TOISA Annual Awards).
- She got featured by Verve magazine in 2017 amongst the year's top 40 famous women sportspersons.
- Bestowed on the Padma Shri on the Republic Day in 2019.
- Harika won a Silver Medal at the 2021 FIDE Women's World Team Championship.
- She won Bronze Medal at FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2021.
Updated On :01 Jan, 2022
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