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Preethi Pal (born 22 September 2000) [2] is an Indian para athlete. [3] She won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the women's 100m and 200m T35 race events and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win two medals in track and field events at Paralympic Games .
Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event. [25] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event. [26]
Women's 100 metres T35 at the XVII Paralympic Games Venue Stade de France Dates 30 August 2024 Competitors 9 from 7 nations Winning time 13.58 Medalists Zhou Xia China Guo Qianqian China Preethi Pal India ← 2020 Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women 1500 m men women 5000 m men women 4×100 m relay mixed Road ...
Preethi is a name primarily used in India. Notable people with the name include: Preethi Asrani (born 1999), Indian actress in Telugu and Tamil films and television; Preethi Nair (born 1971), British author of Indian heritage; Preethi Pal (born 2001), Indian para athlete; Preethi Sharma, Indian actress in Tamil and Telugu television
Preethi Pal won India's first track medals at athletics by clinching two bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T35 events. [32] Mona Agarwal and Rubina Francis also won bronze medals in shooting. [20] [33] Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with ...
Sema was born in P. Vihoto in the Niuland district, Nagaland.He joined as a havildar in the Indian Army and was promoted as Naib Subedar with 9 Assam Regiment. [7] He lost his leg in 2002 during an operation at the Line of Control due to a landmine blast.
The award is named after Arjuna, a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India.He is one of the Pandavas, depicted as a skilled archer winning the hand of Draupadi in marriage and in the Kurukshetra War, Krishna becomes his charioteer teaching him the sacred knowledge of Gita. [4]
He took up the sport of para-athletics in 2009. In November 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's T47 category at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships and, as a result, he qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [9]