Europa bhowmik

Don’t you think I have a pretty odd name for an Indian girl?” asks 

Europa Bhowmik

, pulling smoothly on the rowing machine, her arms moving in rhythm, her biceps rippling. It’s the self-unconscious question of a teenager, one who’s just completed her Plus Two and has dreams of a bright future in her eyes.


But then, Europa — true to her uncommon name — is an uncommon girl. Not for her the dreams of studying medicine or engineering, completing her MBA, bagging a top job at an MNC.


For this 18-year-old, her body is her temple and she worships with a lot of faith and fervour. Europa is a female bodybuilder, a rare breed in 

Bengal

. “I am 18 now and when I started, I was the youngest bodybuilder in the country. I think I still am,” chuckles the 4' 11" girl, who won a silver in the lightweight category at the Asian Bodybuilding and Physique 

Sports

Championship 2017, which took place in South Korea in August. She treasures her victory.

In 2015, she first appeared in competition at a national-level bodybuilding championship in Belgaum, Karnataka. “Though I didn’t win, I found my focus. I was floored by the chiselled bodies of other competitors. And there I found my coach 

Indranil Maity

. I’ve never looked back,” confesses Europa. In 2016, she won silver in the same competition. “I am hoping for gold this year.”

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