Fifteen-year-old Khushbu Rajakbhai Darjada made history this week, becoming the first Siddi athlete – and only the second Indian – to win a Youth Olympics medal in judo.

Before Khushbu’s silver in the girls’ 63-kg category in Dakar, Senegal, on Monday (November 2), her older sister, Shahin, also a judoka, had represented India at the Junior and Senior Asian Championships, Asian Cup, European Cup, Junior World Championships, and the Tashkent Grand Slam.

The Darjada sisters are part of an elite club of boys and girls belonging to the Siddi community of Gujarat who have excelled in sports.…