Bhakti Kulkarni and Ivana Furtado - In Short

Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni

1. Goa's first titled player - Woman FIDE Master

2. First Goan to qualify for the National Women's 'A'

and appeared on the prize list in her first attempt in 2006.

3. Won the Bronze Medal in the Asian Girls Under 14 in New Delhi in 2005.

4. Won the Gold Medal in the Asian Girls Under 14 in Teheran in 2006.

5. Won the Silver Medal in the Asian Girls Under 16 in Tashkent in 2007.

6. Won the Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Girls Under 18 in Mumbai in 2006.

7. Won the Goa State Men's Championship three years in a row from 2004-2006.

Ivana Maria Furtado

1. Youngest Indian World Champion in any sport when she won the Gold Medal

in the World Youth Girls Under 8 in Batumi, Georgia in 2006. (Her name appears

in the Limca Book of records for this feat on page 400).

2. Won the Bronze Medal in the Asian Girls Under 8 in New Delhi in 2005.

3. Won the Silver Medal in the Asian Girls Under 8 in Teheran in 2006.

4. Won the Gold Medal in the Asian Schools Girls Under 7 in Singapore in 2006

and the Gold Medal for the Team Championship.

5. Won the Gold Medal in the World Schools Girls Under 8 in Greece in 2007

and the Gold Medal for the Team Championship.

Between the two of them, both the girls have won 10 international medals (6 Gold,

2 Silver and 2 Bronze) in a period of 1.5 years

Courtesy - Sameer Salgaocar