Arunima Sinha, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Arunima Sinha

World's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1988

Place of Birth: Ambedkar Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India

Profession: mountaineer, volleyball player

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Arunima Sinha

  • Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountain climber and sportswoman.
  • She is a seven time Indian volley ball player, mountaineer and the World's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro (South Africa), Mount Elbrus (Russia), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount Aconcagua (South America), Carstensz Pyramid (Indonesia) and Mount Vinson.She was pushed from a running train by some robbers in 2011 while she was resisting them.
  • As a result, her left leg had to be amputated below the knee, rod's in right leg and multiple fractures in spinal cord.Her aim was to climb each of the continents' highest peaks and hoist the national flag of India.
  • She has already done seven peaks till 2014: Everest in Asia, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Elbrus in Europe, Kosciuszko in Australia, Aconcagua in Argentina, and Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) in Indonesia.
  • She completed her final summit of Mount Vinson in Antarctica on 1st January 2019.

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