Bhavina Patel Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bhavina Patel

• Bhavina Patel is an Indian para desk tennis participant who grew to become the primary Indian to safe a medal on the Paralympics when she reached the finals within the Women’s Singles Class 4 Category and received a silver on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

• Bhavina has received many gold, silver, and bronze medals for India in 28 worldwide occasions together with world championships.
  

  Bhavina Patel together with her medals and trophies

• Bhavina Patel belongs to Sundhiya close to Vadnagar, the identical taluka the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi grew up.

• Bhavina grew up in Mehsana, Gujarat, the place her family owned a small cutlery kiosk.

• When Bhavina was only one yr outdated, she suffered from polio that affected her total decrease physique. According to Bhavina, she received Polio from one other remedy that she used to take for an sickness.

• Although her family was disheartened by the sickness, throughout this troublesome interval in her life, they stood by her.

• In 2004, Bhavina, alongside together with her family, moved to Ahmedabad from her native village Sundhiya in Mehsana district of Gujarat.

• Reportedly, Bhavina needed to develop into a trainer, and when she was rejected in an interview for her bodily incapacity, her father, Hasmukhbhai Patel, determined to enroll her within the ITI course after he got here throughout an commercial from the Blind People’s Association, an award-winning establishment for the specially-abled in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and since her becoming a member of the affiliation in 2007, Bhavina has by no means seemed again.

• While learning at BPA, Bhavina developed an curiosity within the sport of desk tennis.

• In 2011, she secured the rating of World Number 2, after she received Silver Medal for India in The Individual Category on the PTT Thailand Table Tennis Championship.

• In October 2013, Bhavina received one other Silver medal on the Asian Para desk tennis championships held in Beijing within the ladies’s singles Class 4 class.

• In August 2017, she received the bronze medal in International Table Tennis Federation Asian Para Table Tennis Championship held in Beijing, she defeated Korean participant Kang by 3-0 within the Women’s Singles Class 4 Category.

• In 2021, Bhavina grew to become the primary Indian feminine desk tennis participant to qualify for the Paralympics when she certified for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Earlier, in 2016, she additionally clinched a berth for the 2016 Rio Paralympics; nevertheless, she couldn’t compete at the moment because the Board didn’t refill a kind.

Para Athlete Bhavina Patel to begin marketing campaign for #India within the Para Table Tennis occasion from twenty fifth of August. Departed right now with a number of enthusiasm and hopes to provide her greatest for the nation@Media_SAI @MIB_India@ianuragthakur @tapasjournalist pic.twitter.com/oR45mVBr1N

— DD News (@DDNewsdwell) August 18, 2021

• Sonalben Patel, additionally from Gujarat, joined Bhavina as India’s contributors in desk tennis occasions on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the place they paired up for the ladies’s doubles occasion.

✈️ Destination Tokyo
Tokyo #Paralympics Contingent comprising of Bhavina Patel & Sonalben Patel to depart for Tokyo right now from IGI Airport, Delhi

PCI President @DeepaAthlete will accompany the Contingent to Tokyo to help & inspire our Para Athletes#Cheer4India#Praise4Para pic.twitter.com/UGqeO8mdA5

— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 18, 2021

• According to Bhavina, it was at all times her dream to play within the Paralympics. She says,
  

  To play in Paralympics has been a dream of mine, this dream didn’t even let me sleep.”

  She added,

  Without my family’s help, this could have been not possible and my dad and mom are nothing lower than God to me.”

• On 26 August 2021, Bhavina knocked out Rio Paralympic Gold medalist and world quantity 5 Borislava Peric Rankovic of Serbia within the ladies’s singles Class 4 occasion to enter the semifinals on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics; Bhavina beat her Serbian opponent 11-5 11-6 11-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted 18 minutes. After this win, Bhavina mentioned,
  

  I might win my semifinal match as a result of help of the individuals of India. Please maintain supporting me in order that I can win my semifinal match.”

   

• Bhavina went on to beat China’s Zhang Miao within the semi finals on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and reached the finals, the place she misplaced to China’s Zhou Ying and settled for a silver.

• Reportedly, Bhavina has secured a job with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) within the sports activities quota.

• According to Bhavina, a sportsperson’s power lies within the thoughts, not the physique. She says,
  

  You want to coach your thoughts to be victorious. Then all the things falls into place. Whether you’re disabled or not, I’d give the identical recommendation: Never ever underestimate your self. Each one has a singular expertise, which might be introduced out and honed.”