City skater Reethu Dinesh seen with Governor H.R. Bhardwaj and Women and Child Welfare Minister C.C. Patil in Bangalore yesterday.

Mysore:

City skater Reethu Dinesh received the State-level Prathibha Puraskar in sports category (multi-talended) by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj at a function organised by the Women and Child Welfare Department as part of Children’s Day at Bal Bhavan in Bangalore yesterday.

A 10th std. student of JSS Public School in Siddartha Layout, Reethu is the first artiste to have performed Bhara-tanatya Rangapravesha on skates.

She secured 7th position in the 14th Asian Roller Skating Championship held at Kaohsiung Chinese Taipei in July 2010. She also won two silver medals in Asian ice skating championship at Taipei, Taiwan during Oct. 2007.

She is the daughter of R.N. Dinesh, a resident of Siddhartha Layout in city.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / General News / November 15th, 2011