Sharmila Nicollet

Sharmila Nicollet is a professional Indo French Golfer and the second Indian to attain a full card on the Ladies European Tour. Nicollet started golf in 2002 at the age of 11 and won her first tournament at the age of 15. Sharmila is also a former champion in national sub-junior swimming with more than 72 gold and silver medals won in state and national aquatic games from 1997 to 2001.

Here are some of her career achievements:

• Represented India at the Asian Games of 2006 and at the Asia Pacific Junior Golf Tournament, played at the Queen Sirikit Cup in Japan, the Malaysian Open, the Callaway Junior Golf World Championship in San Diego and other international tournaments.
• Also, the youngest woman golfer to bag the All-India Ladies Amateur Championship title in 2007–2008, along with Seven Open Amateur Tournaments
• Youngest Indian Golfer to qualify for the Ladies European Tour and the Second Indian to attain a full card on the Ladies European Tour
• Became the Lady Golfer of the Year (IGULS) in 2007
• Honoured with the WGAI Player of the Year title in 2010
• Won five events to be on top of the Order of Merit 2010-2011. She also finished as the top Indian golfer in T22, in the Hero Honda Women's Indian Open 2011. She has a total of 11 victories in the Women's Golf Association of India.
• Champion of the Hero-KGA tournament in 2012 and Hero-WPGT in 2015.