NE SPORTS BUREAU
CHANDIGARH, MAR 27
Sejal Gulia has won the women’s Epee Gold medal in the 22nd Sub- Junior National Fencing Championship, which was held in Bhubaneswar from March 24 to 26, a release said.
Sejal, the golden girl from Haryana, represented Karnataka in the fencing championship and defeated her rivals with an enterprising exhibition of speed and agility leading to the bagging of gold medal.
Daughter of two army officers, Colonel Yash Raj Gulia, presently serving in Arunachal Pradesh, and his wife Captain (retired) Ambika Gulia, the emerging golden girl of Indian fencing originally hails from Jhajjar in Haryana. Sejal currently lives in Bengaluru, where her mother helps her train in fencing.
Sejal’s victories are a testament to her commitment to the sport. The Haryanvi-descent sporting star aspires to represent India on the world stage, following the footsteps of her idol Bhavani Devi, who recently became the first Indian women fencer to qualify for the Olympics.