Vantika Agrawal
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Vantika Agrawal

Vantika Agrawal (born September 2002) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is a three-time gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad including two gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024 at Budapest. She won a silver medal with the Indian Team at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games. Agrawal's accolades also include medals in Commonwealth, World Youth, Asian Youth and National Championships.

Vantika was born to Ashish and Sangeeta Agrawal on 28 September 2002 in Uttar Pradesh, India where she did her schooling from Amity International School, Noida. She started playing chess at a very young age of seven along with her elder brother. Vantika won her first major gold medal at the age of nine at the U-9 Asian Schools Championship, Delhi. Both of her parents are Chartered Accountants. She holds a B.Com (honours) degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.

Gold in Asian Schools Championship U-9 Girls, Delhi, India.

Silver in National U-11 Chess Championship at Delhi, India

Silver in National U-13 Chess Championship at Jamshedpur, India.

Bronze in National Juniors Delhi, India.

Gold Medal in Fide Online Chess Olympiad, Aug 2020. The 12-player team also included Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, Harikrishna, Humpy, Harika, Vaishali and Divya among others.

On 17th January 2025, Vantika was felicitated with the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games in 2024.

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