Palak Kohli
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Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jalandhar, Punjab India | 12 August 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5.2 ft (158 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Gaurav Khanna (badminton) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | SU5-11th (August 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Palak Kohli (born 12 August 2002) is an Indian professional Para-badminton player from Jalandhar.[1][2]
Medals[]
BWF Para-Badminton International 2019 Uganda
Gold - Women's Double
Silver - Women's Singles
BWF Para-Badminton International 2019 Japan[3]
Bronze - Women's Double
BWF Para-Badminton Tournament 2021 Dubai[4]
Silver - Women's Singles
Bronze - Women's Double
Bronze - Mixed Double
Personal life[]
Palak Kohli comes from Jalandhar.[5] She studied in St.Joseph's Convent school.
Early life and training[]
In 2020 Kohli was training in the national training camp under Gaurav Khanna who is the head coach of Indian Para-badminton team.[6]
In April 2021, she (and Manasi Joshi) both gained a silver medal in the World para-badminton in Dubai at their respective singles category. She was beaten by in the SU3 final.[4]
Kohli is the only para badminton athlete from the country to qualify for both singles and women's doubles for Tokyo Paralympics 2021.[7]
References[]
- ^ "How Palak Kohli beat the odds to qualify for Tokyo Paralympics". Mintlounge. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ "Hulic Daihatsu Japan Para-Badminton International 2019 | BWF Para-Badminton". bwfpara.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ a b Scroll Staff. "Dubai Para Badminton International: Pramod Bhagat, Prem Kumar, Palak Kohli lead India's medal rush". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Janiaczyk, Małgorzata (2015-01-01). "Para-badminton – sport for people with disabilities". Physiotherapy. 23 (4). doi:10.1515/physio-2015-0018. ISSN 2083-8204.
- ^ "Paralympics-bound Palak Kohli continues full training despite lockdown in Lucknow - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ May 22, IANS /; 2021; Ist, 18:27. "Shuttler Palak Kohli qualifies for Tokyo Paralympics | Tokyo Olympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-05-22.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- Living people
- 2002 births
- Indian female badminton players
- Indian female para-badminton players
- People from Jalandhar
- Paralympic badminton players of India
- Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics