Janki Goud Explained

Janki Goud
Birth Place:Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Sport:Judo
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Janki Goud is an Indian judoka.[1] She won a bronze medal at the 2017 Judo Asian & Oceania Championship held by the International Blind Sports Federation at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2] [3] She was congratulated by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a tweet.[4]

In 2016 and 2017, she won silver and gold medals respectively at the 4th and 5th National Judo Championship for Deaf & Blind.[5] She won the gold medal at the 6th National Blind and Deaf Judo Championship, held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in February 2018.[6]

At the age of 5, she lost her sight after contracting measles. As of August 2018, she has been reported to be 23 years old.[1] She received judo and self-defence training from Sightsavers, a nongovernmental organization.[7]

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  1. News: Majendie . Matt . She took a self-defense class for blind women; now she's a judo champion . . 22 August 2018.
  2. News: Majumdar . Swapna . Looking Up to Visually-Impaired Girls in India, through Judo . . 14 March 2018.
  3. News: Isyana Putri . Frieda . Wanita India Ini Buktikan Buta Tak Halangi Jadi Atlet Judo Internasional . . 25 August 2018 . Indonesian.
  4. News: Pandey . Baalmeek . ताशकंद में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय कांस्य पदक विजेता दिव्यांग जानकी का भव्य स्वागत, सीएम ने बधाई के साथ दिया ये संदेश . . 2018 . Hindi.
  5. News: The blind judo stars of India . . 8 March 2018.
  6. News: दिव्यांग जानकी ने जूडो में जीता स्वर्ण पदक . Naidunia . 7 February 2018 . Hindi.
  7. News: Shukla . Ira . From Learning Judo For Self Defence To Becoming A National Blind Champion, This Is Janki's Story . . 23 August 2018.