She won the gold medal in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event at the Tokyo Olympics 2021. With her win, came at par with the world record and broke the Paralympic Games record.
The Paralympian dedicated her medal to all differently-abled people. In her opinion, if they believe in themselves, they can achieve everything in the world.
Hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Prachi Yadav is India’s only entry at the Tokyo Paralympics canoeing event.
She had secured a quota for the Tokyo Paralympics after clinching gold at Peru’s World Shooters Para-Sports Championship in June this year.
In the first attempt he scored 66.95 then went on to make even better throws during the event, In his fifth throw he smashed another world record with 68.55m throw.
Lekhara equalled Ukrainian shooter Iryna Shchetnik’s world record score from 2018 at Tokyo Paralympics on August 30.
Lekhara won her first state medal using a rifle borrowed from her coach and clinched consecutive gold medals at the National Shooting Championship in 2015 and 2016.
Hailing from the village of Sundhiya in Gujarat, Patel began her career as a para athlete at the age of 17.
Patel, who picked up the sport for fun, plays in her wheelchair. Today, the player who hails from Ahmedabad is considered a formidable force in wheelchair table tennis.
She started as a 17-year-old and today, she is an Eklavya awardee para table tennis player. Bhavina plays table tennis in her wheelchair
