Sonalben Patel

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Sonalben Patel
Personal information
Full nameSonalben Manubhai Patel
Born (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 (age 34)
Viramgam, Gujarat, India
Spouse(s)Ramesh Chaudhary
Sport
Country India
SportAthletics
Event(s)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 Lalan Doshi.

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.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tokyo Paralympics, table tennis: Bhavinaben and Sonalben Patel go down in opening round matches". Scroll.in. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ admin; newstesla (25 August 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics: Paddler Sonalben Patel loses her Group D opener | Tokyo Olympics News - Times of India | NewsTesla". newstesla.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ Polio couldn't stop her, Gujarat's Sonalben Patel is India's Paralympic hope | The Bridge, retrieved 26 August 2021


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