5 Indian athletes who have come from remote villages

Yadav hails from Khaperkheda

#2 Deepika Kumari (Archery)

Kumari is a former world number 1

The former world number one, Kumari hails from the Ratucheti village in Jharkhand. The 21-year old has won three consecutive silver medals at the World Championships and also secured two gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Her father was an auto rickshaw driver, and she used to practise archery with bamboo bows and arrows. She is now training at the Tata Archery Academy in Jamshedpur for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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