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Meet was born with a visual disability and is growing day by day. Since childhood Meet was brilliant in studies. Meet's younger brother teased him about not being good at sports one day, despite the fact that he excels in both studies and sports. This really spurred him to accomplish something in sports. So he decided to try athletics for 100m and got 2nd place in his first ever competition. This truly urged him to go further in the sport. Deep down, he knew that he was good at the sport. He just had to work hard to get better results. In search of a better training facility and professional training, he decided to join an academy after his 10th standard. Through the guidance of coaches and mentors, he started doing well in the sport. Because of his talent and hard work, he got selected for the Khelo India games. After doing well in the Khelo India games, Meet started training in the Sports Authority of India training centre in Gandhinagar. In the year 2020, COVID-19 came and everything was shut down, and he got an injury in the same year that took him 73 days to recover from. In 2021, he got another injury; despite it, Meet maintained the routine of his diet exercises and stayed positive in the tough times. He is back to his training and has started winning medals in various national and international events.
- Sport Athletics-100m & 200m ( T13)
- Hometown Ahmedabad
- Current Training Base SAI Gandhinagar
Achievements
- Gold medal in 100m event at the 5th Indian Open Para Athletics Championship, 2023.
- Gold medal in 100m event at the 21st National Para Athletics Championship 2023.
- Silver medal in 100m event at the National Para Athletics Championship 2022, Bhubaneswar
- Participated in World Para Athletics Grand Prix, Switzerland, 2022.
- Gold medal in 100m event at the Youth Asian Para Games, Bahrain, 2021.
ATHLETE PROFILE
Ekta Bhyan
Sport | Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Hissar, Haryana |
Varun Bhati
Sport | Para - Athletics - High Jump (T-42) |
Hometown | Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | JLN Stadium, New Delhi |
Sumit
Sport | Para Athletics - Javelin throw (F64) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sonipat, Haryana |
Rakesh Kumar
Sport | Para-Archery |
Hometown | Katra, Jammu |
Current Training Base | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sports Complex, Jammu |
Manpreet Kaur
Sport | Powerlifting – 41kg |
Hometown | Jalandhar, Punjab |
Current Training Base | SAI NSWC Gandhinagar |
Jyoti Balyan
Sport | Archery (compound - standing) |
Hometown | Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Shrine Board Sports Complex Katra, Jammu |
Rakshita Raju
Sport | Para Athletics - 400m, 800m, 1500m (T11) |
Hometown | Chikmangalur, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bangalore |
Devanshi Satija
Sport | Para- Swimming (S10) |
Hometown | Faridabad, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Faridabad |
Tarun Dhillon
Sport | Badminton (SL-4) |
Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana |
Ravi Baby Sahana
Sport | Para Table Tennis, Class 9 |
Hometown | Hosur, Tamil Nadu |
Current Training Base | SDAT-AKG TT Development center, Chennai |
Suyash Jadhav
Sport | Swimming (S7) |
Hometown | Solapur, Maharashtra |
Current Training Base | Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre, Bangalore |
Jayanti Behera
Sport | Athletics - 200m, 400m and 800m (T-47) |
Hometown | Sakhigopal, Odisha |
Current Training Base | Gurukul Athletics Training Center, Odisha |
Nisha Kanwar
Sport | Para-Shooting (SH1A) |
Hometown | Rajasthan |
Current Training Base | Bhawani Sports Shooting Academy, Rajasthan |
Niranjan Mukundan
Sport | Swimming (S7) |
Hometown | Bangalore, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | National training center, Berlin, Germany |
Himanshu Nandal
Sport | Para-Swimming(S11) |
Hometown | Rohtak, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Talkatora Stadium New Delhi |
Ankur Dhama
Sport | Athletics - 1500m & 5000m (T-11) |
Hometown | Khekera, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Nehru Stadium, New Delhi |
Dharambir
Sport | Para - Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Sonipat |
Manoj Sarkar
Sport | Badminton (SL3) |
Hometown | Rudrapur, Uttarakhand |
Current Training Base | Sports Stadium, Rudrapur |
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Sport | Badminton (SL4) |
Hometown | Shivamogga, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Babu Banarasi Das Academy, Lucknow |
Mohd. Yasser
Sport | Athletics - Shotput (F-46) |
Hometown | Malerkotla, Punjab |
Current Training Base | SBS Athletics club, Sangrur |
Meet Thadani
Sport | Athletics-100m & 200m ( T13) |
Hometown | Ahmedabad |
Current Training Base | SAI Gandhinagar |
Jyoti Verma
Sport | Para Badminton (SL4) |
Hometown | Behbalpur Hisar |
Current Training Base | Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana |
Vinay Kumar Lal
Sport | Athletics – 400m & 100m (T44) |
Hometown | Sector 30B, Chandigarh |
Current Training Base | Chandigarh |
Aruna Singh Tanwar
Sport | Taekwondo (K44) |
Hometown | Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Lucknow |
Sonia Sharma
Sport | Shooting - 10m Air Pistol (SH1A) |
Hometown | Agra |
Current Training Base | Sankalp Shooting Academy, Agra |
Shridhar Malagi
Sport | Swimming (S8) |
Hometown | Belagavi, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | JNMC, Rotary Swimming Pool |
Sharad Kumar
Sport | Athletics - High Jump (T-42) |
Hometown | Patna, Bihar |
Current Training Base | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi |
Vikash Bhatiwal
Sport | Athletics - shot put throw and discus throw (F-46) |
Hometown | Bikaner, Rajasthan |
Current Training Base | Delhi |
Radha Venkatesh
Sport | Athletics 400m, 1500m (T12) |
Hometown | Chitradurga, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bangalore |