Diksha Dagar, an Indian golfer who did not do well at the Olympics in Tokyo, is hoping to make a big impression in Paris this year. Following South Africa’s Paula Reto’s withdrawal from the women’s competition, the 23-year-old received a last-minute call-up to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. Aditi Ashok, the other Indian player, struggled in the last round and ended fourth, while Dagar tied for 50th place. The same group from India is competing in the women’s golf tournament in Paris.
Dagar participated in two prior Deaflympic competitions. The golfer from Haryana, who made her second participation in 2022, won the gold medal in the final against Ashlyn Grace of the United States. She was also the first athlete from India to compete in the Deaflympics. Dagar has been reliant on assistive technology since he was six years old.
Notwithstanding the difficulty, Dagar made the decision to pick up the game and get pro in 2019. At the age of eighteen, she defeated four-time winner Lee-Anne Pace to win the South African Open. At the Aramco Team Series in London in 2021, Dagar won the team event with Olivia Cowan and Sarina Schmidt.
Age: 23
Sports/Discipline: Golf
Working Ranking: 164
First Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020
Major Achievements
Deaflympics Silver, 2017
Deaflympics Gold, 2022
South African Open 2019
Aramco Team Series 2021
Paris Olympics Qualification
The Olympic Golf Rankings (OGR) quota has allowed a total of sixty female players to qualify for the Paris campaign. Dagar asserted her position as the player rated forty-one. The only golfer in history to compete in both the Deaflympics and the Olympics is her.
As the first golfer from India to compete in 100 events on the Ladies European Tour (LET), Dagar just made history. Prior to competing in the Aramco Team Series in May at the New Korea Country Club, she had 16 top-ten results in the previous 99 LET tournaments. At the Czech Ladies Open in the previous year, Dagar won her second title in the paid division.
All Golf Events: From July 27 to August 6
