Bhavina Patel
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Full name | Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sundhiya village, Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Table Tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 3 (September 2023)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Para Table Tennis C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Lalan Doshi[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player from Mehsana, Gujarat.[3] She won a silver medal in Class 4 Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[4][5]
Career
Patel has won a number of medals in national and international competitions.[6] She reached the World Number 2 ranking by winning the silver medal for India in the individual category at the 2011 PTT Thailand Open.[7] In October 2013, Patel won the silver medal in the women's singles Class 4 at the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing.[8] In 2017, Patel won the bronze medal in Bhavina won the bronze medal in the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, China.[9]
In the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, she reached the semi-finals after defeating Borislava Rankovic and won the silver medal after being defeated by Zhou Ying.[10] She is coached by Lalan Doshi and is guided by team official, Tejalben Lakhia.[11] Patel also works with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Ahmedabad, India.[12]
In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the women's singles class 3–5.[13]
Awards
- Arjuna Award (2021)
References
- ^ "PATEL Bhavinaben". stats.ipttc.org. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Imtiyaz, Mohammad (27 August 2021). "Bhavina cried over phone after confirming medal at Tokyo Paralympics — Coach Lalan Doshi". The Bridge. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ Shastri, Parth; Cherian, Sabu (3 July 2021). "Girl power from Gujarat in Tokyo-bound India contingent". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Live Updates: Paddler Bhavina Patel Bags Silver, Loses Final by Straight Games". News18. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Highlights: Bhavina Patel & Nishad Kumar win silver medals, bronze for Vinod Kumar The Tines of India. Retrieved 29 August 2021
- ^ Hindustan Times-Physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh Patel Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PTI. "Paddler Bhavinaben Patel wins historic silver at Tokyo Paralympics". Business Line. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ Bhavina winsSilver Medal in Asia Wheelchair Para Table Tennis championship Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gujarat's super six women make it to Olympics". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Indian physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh..." Getty Images. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Bhavina Patel: A Career Of Many Setbacks, Answered With More Fightback". The Quint. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "CWG 2022: Bhavina Patel Wins Historic Gold in Para Table Tennis Women's Singles". News18 India. 7 August 2022.
External links
- ITTF Para Table Tennis Profile
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![Gold](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Gold_medal_Paralympics.svg/16px-Gold_medal_Paralympics.svg.png)
: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg)
: Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro)
: Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
: Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo)
: Sumit Antil (2020 Tokyo)
: Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo)
: Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo)
: Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo)
![Silver](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Silver_medal_Paralympics.svg/16px-Silver_medal_Paralympics.svg.png)
: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York)
: Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York)
: Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London)
: Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
: Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo)
: Nishad Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
: Yogesh Kathuniya (2020 Tokyo)
: Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo)
: Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo)
: Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
: Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo)
: Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2020 Tokyo)
![Bronze](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bronze_medal_Paralympics.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_Paralympics.svg.png)
: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York)
: Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens)
: Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
: Sundar Singh Gurjar (2020 Tokyo)
: Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo)
: Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
: Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo)
: Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo)
: Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo)