Sonalben Patel
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Full name | Sonalben Manubhai Patel |
Born | Viramgam, Gujarat, India | 15 September 1987
Spouse(s) | Ramesh Chaudhary |
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Country | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
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[]
- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics, table tennis: Bhavinaben and Sonalben Patel go down in opening round matches". Scroll.in. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Polio couldn't stop her, Gujarat's Sonalben Patel is India's Paralympic hope | The Bridge, retrieved 26 August 2021
Categories:
- Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Indian female table tennis players
- Paralympic table tennis players of India
- Living people
- 1987 births
- Asian table tennis biography stubs
- Indian sportspeople stubs