Bhuvneshwari Kumari (born September 1, 1960) is a former women'ssquash champion fromIndia. She is a recipient of prestigious awards likePadma Shri andArjuna Award. She is also a record holder of Guinness Book of World Records for being India's national champion 16 consecutive times. She belongs to the former royal family ofAlwar.[1]
Kumari, also known as Princess Candy, was born at New Delhi on 1 September 1960 to Yashwant Singh and Brinda Kumari. She is the granddaughter of MaharajaTej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur ofAlwar. She has done her B.A. from St. Stephen's College ofDelhi University.[2]
She was Women's National Squash Champion for 16 consecutive seasons (1977-1992).[3]
She is winner of 41 State titles and two International titles (Kenyan Open 1988 and 1989).
She was awarded theArjuna Award in 1982 and thePadma Shri in 2001.
She is also co-Coach for the Indian Women's Squash team with Cyrus Poncha. They trained the team for Asian Games 2018 that were held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[4]
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