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Rachel Thomas is an Indian skydiver. She was the first Indian woman to skydive from 7,000 ft over the North Pole on 20 April 2002, to commemorate 150 years of the Indian Railways. During the North Pole expedition she stayed on the ice for six days in - 45-55 °C temperature. A former employee of Indian Railways, she was the first woman to compete for India in a skydiving competition in 1987 and has the record of being the first Indian female to skydive over the North Pole in 2002. She completed 650 jumps in 18 countries during her career, since her first jump in 1979. A winner of the National Adventure Sports Award, she was honored again by the Government of India, again in 2005, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. (en) |
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Air Chief’s Commendation, 1992 (en) Indira Gandhi Priyadashni Award, 1995 (en) National Adventure Award, 1994 (en) Padma Shri, 2005 (en) People of the Year - Limca Book, 2003 (en) Railway Ministers Award, 1993 (en) |
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Kerala, India (en) |
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Annie Thomas (en) Dennis Thomas (en) |
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Rachel Thomas is an Indian skydiver. She was the first Indian woman to skydive from 7,000 ft over the North Pole on 20 April 2002, to commemorate 150 years of the Indian Railways. During the North Pole expedition she stayed on the ice for six days in - 45-55 °C temperature. A former employee of Indian Railways, she was the first woman to compete for India in a skydiving competition in 1987 and has the record of being the first Indian female to skydive over the North Pole in 2002. She completed 650 jumps in 18 countries during her career, since her first jump in 1979. A winner of the National Adventure Sports Award, she was honored again by the Government of India, again in 2005, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. (en) |
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