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F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 14, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth27 September 1987

Age35 Years (as of 2022)

BirthplaceRanchi, Jharkhand

ProfessionLawn bowler

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseAmrit Minj

FamilyFather: Ujjwal Tirkey; Mother: Amita Tirkey; Sister: Raina Rani Tirkey

Rupa Rani Tirkey Biography

Rupa Rani Tirkey is an Indian lawn bowler from Ranchi, Jharkhand, best known as the skip of the women’s fours team that won India’s first Commonwealth gold

Early life and background
Rupa Rani Tirkey was born on 27 September 1987 in Ranchi, Jharkhand. She grew up in Ranchi and attended St. Anne’s Girls High School before continuing her studies at Gossner College in Ranchi and the Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education & Sports Sciences in Delhi. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. Rupa’s family includes her father Ujjwal Tirkey, who worked in the office of the superintendent of railway police at Tatanagar, and her mother Amita Tirkey, who later worked at a post office. She has a sister, Raina Rani Tirkey, who is a sports teacher at Tirkey Bishop School in Doranda.

Career
Rupa Rani Tirkey is a lawn bowler who represented India at major international events. She switched to lawn bowls after previously competing in kabaddi and basketball at the national level. Over the years she has earned medals at regional and international tournaments. At the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships she helped secure bronze medals in the triples and fours in 2009 in Malaysia, and another bronze in the triples in 2019 in Australia.

Her most notable achievement came at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she served as the skip of the Indian women’s fours team. Leading a quartet that included Lovely Choubey, Pinki, and Nayanmoni Saikia, Rupa Rani guided the team to a gold-medal victory, defeating South Africa 17–10 in the final. This win marked India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in lawn bowls.

Rupa has trained under coaches including Madhukant Pathak, a former cricket umpire, and Richard Gayle. She has said that being the team’s skipper carries significant responsibility. The Indian women’s lawn bowls unit trained with official coaching support through 2018; after the COVID-19 pandemic they continued preparations largely on their own due to limited federation funds. Outside competition, Rupa serves as the Director of Sports & Youth Affairs for West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

Public profile
Rupa’s success at the Commonwealth Games brought wider attention to lawn bowls in India and to sportspersons from Ranchi. After the team qualified for the final, she noted her disappointment that many people in her hometown associated national sporting fame primarily with one other athlete from Ranchi. Her victory drew congratulations from students at her alma mater and from the local community.

In her personal life, Rupa is married to Amrit Minj, an engineer; the couple were married on 29 January 2022. Rupa’s listed physical profile from competition records records her height as 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in), weight as 68 kg (154 lbs), with black hair and black eyes.

Latest updates
Rupa remains a prominent figure in Indian lawn bowls following the Commonwealth gold in 2022. Her comments after securing the semifinal reflected the team’s determination to achieve what had not been done before. Team manager Anju Luthra, who has worked with the group since 2009, has spoken of the long journey and the pride in proving lawn bowls’ competitiveness on the international stage.

Rupa continues to be identified with Ranchi and Jharkhand as both her hometown and birthplace, and she competes internationally while also holding a district-level sports administration role.

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Commonwealth Games 2022 — Women’s Fours (Skip)

Skip of the Indian quartet that won the gold medal in women’s fours, India’s first Commonwealth medal in lawn bowls.

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Career Highlights

  1. Gold medal — Commonwealth Games 2022 (Women’s Fours, skip)
  2. Bronze medals — Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 2009 (Triples and Fours)
  3. Bronze medal — Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 2019 (Triples)
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