Indian alpine skier

Aanchal Thakur (born 28 August 1996) is an Indian female alpine skier. She represented India at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics that took place in Innsbruck. In the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics she took part in the Alpine skiing - Girl's Slalom and Girl's Giant Slalom events. She is sister of Himanshu Thakur who is also an international alpine skier.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Alpine skiing results
  • 2.1 World Championship results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Thakur was named to India's 2017 Asian Winter Games team in February 2017.

In 2018, Thakur created history after becoming the first Indian skier ever to claim a medal in the international skiing event. She won the bronze medal in the 2018 Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup which was held in Turkey and was organised by the Federation Internationale de Ski.

Thakur won her second medal in the international skiing event at FIS Alpine Ski Compe*ion held at Kolašin, Montenegro. She won the bronze medal at the 2021 event held in Montenegro under the banner of the Jamaican national championships. She also became the first Indian skier to win multiple international skiing medals.

Alpine skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

World Championship results

References

External links

• Aanchal Thakur at FIS (alpine)
• Aanchal Thakur at Olympedia