Sonalben Patel Explained

Full Name:Sonalben Manubhai Patel
Birth Date:1987 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Viramgam, Gujarat, India
Spouse:Ramesh Chaudhary
Sport:Athletics
Event:Para Table Tennis C3

Sonalben Manubhai Patel is an international Para table tennis player and Asian medalist from Viramgam, Gujarat, India.

Career

She is participating in wheelchair class 3 para table tennis. She is making her Paralympic debut in Tokyo Paralympic 2020.[1] [2]

Ms. Lakhia from Blind People's Association, Ahmedabad encouraged her to take up Table Tennis and she soon began to train professionally under the guidance of her coach Nilay VyasIn the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles by defeating England's Sue Bailey.[3]

Personal life

She was diagnosed with polio when she was 6 months old, which later affected both her legs and right hand and left her with 90% disability.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Press Trust of India. Tokyo Paralympics, table tennis: Bhavinaben and Sonalben Patel go down in opening round matches. 2021-08-26. Scroll.in. en-US.
  2. Web site: admin. newstesla. 2021-08-25. Tokyo Paralympics: Paddler Sonalben Patel loses her Group D opener Tokyo Olympics News - Times of India NewsTesla. 2021-08-26. newstesla.com. en-US.
  3. Web site: CWG 2022: Sonalben Patel clinches bronze in Para Table Tennis women’s singles. 2022-08-07. ThePrint. en.