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Arunima Sinha was born on 20 July, 1988 in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, is an Indian mountain climber and sportswoman. Discover Arunima Sinha's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 35 years old?
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Occupation |
* Motivational Speaker
* Indian Mountaineer
* Former seven Time Volleyball national player |
Age |
35 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
Born |
20 July, 1988 |
Birthday |
20 July |
Birthplace |
Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Nationality |
India
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She is a member of famous Mountaineer with the age 35 years old group.
Arunima Sinha Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Arunima Sinha's Husband?
Her husband is Gaurav Singh
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Gaurav Singh |
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Arunima Sinha Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Arunima Sinha worth at the age of 35 years old? Arunima Sinha’s income source is mostly from being a successful Mountaineer. She is from India. We have estimated Arunima Sinha's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Mountaineer |
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Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman.
She is the world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest (Asia), Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Elbrus (Europe), Mount Kosciuszko (Australia), Aconcagua (South America), Denali (North America) and Vinson Massif (Antarctica).
She is also a seven time Indian volleyball player.
inr 200000 compensation as medical relief, together with a recommendation for a job in the CISF.
The Indian Railways also offered her a job.
She was pushed from a running train by robbers in 2011 while she was resisting them, causing in rods pushed into her left leg and multiple fractures of the spinal cord.
Her aim was to climb each of the continent's highest peaks and hoist the national flag of India.
Sinha, a former national volleyball and football player, boarded the Padmavati Express train at Lucknow for Delhi on 12 April 2011, to take an examination to join the CISF.
She was pushed out of a general coach of the train by Hooligans wanting to snatch her bag and gold chain for personal favours.
Recounting the incident, she said:
Immediately, as she fell on the railway track, another train on a parallel track crushed her leg below the knee.
She was rushed to the hospital with serious leg and pelvic injuries and lost her leg after doctors amputated it to save her life.
She was offered compensation of inr 25000 by the Indian Sports Ministry.
Following national outrage, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken announced an additional Rs.
On 18 April 2011, she was brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for further treatment, spending four months at the institute.
She was provided a prosthetic leg free of cost by a private Delhi-based Indian company.
An inquiry by the police into the incident threw her version of the accident into doubt.
According to the police, she was either attempting suicide or met with an accident while crossing the railway tracks.
Arunima claimed that the police were lying.
Contrary to the police claims the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court ordered Indian Railways to pay a compensation of inr 500000 to Arunima Sinha.
While still being treated in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, she resolved to climb Mount Everest.
She was inspired by cricketer Yuvraj Singh (who had successfully battled cancer) and other television shows, "to do something" with her life.
She excelled in the basic mountaineering course from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi, and was encouraged by her mother to climb Everest.
She climbed Mount Everest with a prosthetic leg, which was arranged by raising funds with the help of a swami of Ramakrishna Mission, Vadodara.
She contacted Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, in 2011.
She has already done six peaks until 2014: Everest in Asia, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Elbrus in Europe, Kosciuszko in Australia, Aconcagua in South America, and Denali in North America.
In 2015, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian award of India.
Arunima Sinha was born in Ambedkar Nagar near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
Her father was in the Indian Army and her mother was a supervisor in the health department.
She has an elder sister and a younger brother.
After her father died, her mother tried to take care of her family.
Arunima liked football and also was a national volleyball player.
She wanted to join the paramilitary forces.
She got a call letter from the CISF and faced her life-changing accident while travelling to Delhi.
Robbers snatched her bag and pushed her out of the running train.
She fell on the track and was unable to move due to her severe injuries.
A train coming from the opposite side ran over her leg below the knee.
She was lying there for the whole night, 40 trains passed and no one helped.
On the next day, the locals then took her to the hospital.
She completed her final summit of Mount Vinson in Antarctica on 1 January 2019.