Nayanmoni Saikia
 Saikia in August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1988 Golaghat, Assam, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nayanmoni Saikia (born 21 September 1988) is a female Indian international lawn bowler.
Bowls career
World Championship
In 2023, she was selected by the Indian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.
Commonwealth Games
Saikia has represented India at three Commonwealth Games; in the triples and fours at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the pairs and fours at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and in the pairs and fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the 2022 competition, she was part of the Indian Women's fours team, along with Lovely Choubey, Pinki Singh and Rupa Rani Tirkey which won gold medal beating South Africa in the final, 17-10.
Asian Championships
In the Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, Saikia has won gold in women's triples in 2017 and bronze in women's fours in 2018. She has been awarded Arjuna Award in 2022 by Government of India.
In 2023, she won the fours gold medal at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur.