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A 3-time Paralympian and an Arjuna Awardee, Amit Kumar Saroha suffered a car accident when he was 22, causing him to become a quadriplegic due to compression of the spinal cord. Before his injury, Amit was a national level hockey player. However, his tryst with fame as a sportsperson happened after his injury, when he met Jonathan Sigworth, an American wheelchair rugby player who was on a tour to India to promote para sports. While playing in a demonstration match of wheelchair rugby with a Brazilian team, he met several para athletes from across the world and learnt of the official Paralympic category under which athletes with injuries like his compete in (F-51). Amit decided to take training in sports which require upper body strength and started competing in throw ball and discus throw; he has not looked back since. In 2013, Amit was honoured with the Arjuna Award and today, he is not only a sports champion, but also a role model and an inspiration for differently-abled individuals in India. Amit returned from a break at the 2017 IPC World Para Athletics Championships in London, where he recorded a personal best throw of 30.25m, an Asian Record and clinched the silver medal along the way - his second at a World Championships. He also secured 3rd position at the Asian Para Games 2022 held at China.
- Sport Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51)
- Hometown Sonipat, Haryana
- Current Training Base Sports Authority of India, Sonipat
Achievements
- Bronze medal in the Club throw at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games 2022, China 2023.
- Gold medal in Club throw event at 4th Indian Open National Para Athletics Championship 2022, Bengaluru
- Represented India in Tokyo 2021 Paralympics and finished 5th in Club throw event.
- Gold Medal in Tunisian World Para Athletics Grand Prix, 2018
- Gold Medal at the 2018 Asian Games, Jakarta
- Silver Medal at the IPC World Para Athletics Championships, 2017 (Asian Record)
- Finished 4th in Club Throw at the Paralympics in Rio, 2016
ATHLETE PROFILE
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Amit Kumar Saroha
Sport | Athletics -Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Sonipat |
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Ekta Bhyan
Sport | Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Hissar, Haryana |
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Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar
Sport | Para Badminton (SL3) |
Hometown | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
Current Training Base | Sri Krishan Sagar Sport academy, Noida |
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Varun Bhati
Sport | Para - Athletics - High Jump (T-42) |
Hometown | Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | JLN Stadium, New Delhi |
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Sumit
Sport | Para Athletics - Javelin throw (F64) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sonipat, Haryana |
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Rakesh Kumar
Sport | Para-Archery |
Hometown | Katra, Jammu |
Current Training Base | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sports Complex, Jammu |
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Narayan Thakur
Sport | Para Athletics (100m, 200m) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Tyagraj Stadium and IIT, Delhi |
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Manpreet Kaur
Sport | Powerlifting – 41kg |
Hometown | Jalandhar, Punjab |
Current Training Base | SAI NSWC Gandhinagar |
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Jyoti Balyan
Sport | Archery (compound - standing) |
Hometown | Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Shrine Board Sports Complex Katra, Jammu |
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Rakshita Raju
Sport | Para Athletics - 400m, 800m, 1500m (T11) |
Hometown | Chikmangalur, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bangalore |
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Devanshi Satija
Sport | Para- Swimming (S10) |
Hometown | Faridabad, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Faridabad |
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Tarun Dhillon
Sport | Badminton (SL-4) |
Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana |
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Ravi Baby Sahana
Sport | Para Table Tennis, Class 9 |
Hometown | Hosur, Tamil Nadu |
Current Training Base | SDAT-AKG TT Development center, Chennai |
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Swapnil Patil
Sport | Swimming (S10) |
Hometown | Kolhapur, Maharashtra |
Current Training Base | Dolphin Aquatics, Bangalore |
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Suyash Jadhav
Sport | Swimming (S7) |
Hometown | Solapur, Maharashtra |
Current Training Base | Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre, Bangalore |
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Jayanti Behera
Sport | Athletics - 200m, 400m and 800m (T-47) |
Hometown | Sakhigopal, Odisha |
Current Training Base | Gurukul Athletics Training Center, Odisha |
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Nisha Kanwar
Sport | Para-Shooting (SH1A) |
Hometown | Rajasthan |
Current Training Base | Bhawani Sports Shooting Academy, Rajasthan |
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Niranjan Mukundan
Sport | Swimming (S7) |
Hometown | Bangalore, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | National training center, Berlin, Germany |
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Himanshu Nandal
Sport | Para-Swimming(S11) |
Hometown | Rohtak, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Talkatora Stadium New Delhi |
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Ankur Dhama
Sport | Athletics - 1500m & 5000m (T-11) |
Hometown | Khekera, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Nehru Stadium, New Delhi |
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Dharambir
Sport | Para - Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Sonipat |
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Manoj Sarkar
Sport | Badminton (SL3) |
Hometown | Rudrapur, Uttarakhand |
Current Training Base | Sports Stadium, Rudrapur |
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Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Sport | Badminton (SL4) |
Hometown | Shivamogga, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Babu Banarasi Das Academy, Lucknow |
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Mohd. Yasser
Sport | Athletics - Shotput (F-46) |
Hometown | Malerkotla, Punjab |
Current Training Base | SBS Athletics club, Sangrur |
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Meet Thadani
Sport | Athletics-100m & 200m ( T13) |
Hometown | Ahmedabad |
Current Training Base | SAI Gandhinagar |
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Jyoti Verma
Sport | Para Badminton (SL4) |
Hometown | Behbalpur Hisar |
Current Training Base | Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana |
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Vinay Kumar Lal
Sport | Athletics – 400m & 100m (T44) |
Hometown | Sector 30B, Chandigarh |
Current Training Base | Chandigarh |
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Charanjit Kaur
Sport | Badminton (SL3) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy, Lucknow, UP |
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Aruna Singh Tanwar
Sport | Taekwondo (K44) |
Hometown | Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Lucknow |
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A Selvaraj
Sport | Athletics - Javelin/Shot put (F40) |
Hometown | Konapet, Pudukottai |
Current Training Base | SDAT, Madurai |
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Sonia Sharma
Sport | Shooting - 10m Air Pistol (SH1A) |
Hometown | Agra |
Current Training Base | Sankalp Shooting Academy, Agra |
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Shridhar Malagi
Sport | Swimming (S8) |
Hometown | Belagavi, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | JNMC, Rotary Swimming Pool |
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Sharad Kumar
Sport | Athletics - High Jump (T-42) |
Hometown | Patna, Bihar |
Current Training Base | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi |
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Ravi Kumar
Sport | Athletics - 100m and 200m (T-35) |
Hometown | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Gurukul Athletics Training Center, Odisha |
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Vikash Bhatiwal
Sport | Athletics - shot put throw and discus throw (F-46) |
Hometown | Bikaner, Rajasthan |
Current Training Base | Delhi |
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Radha Venkatesh
Sport | Athletics 400m, 1500m (T12) |
Hometown | Chitradurga, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bangalore |
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Priyanka Sharma
Sport | Para Table Tennis (Class 7) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
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Neeraj Yadav
Sport | Para Athletics - Shot put, Discus throw & Javelin throw (F55) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru |
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Virender Dhankar
Sport | Athletics - Shotput and Javelin (F-57) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Sonipat |