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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 | 12 (August 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Para Table Tennis C4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lalan Doshi [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player from Mehsana, Gujarat. [2] She won a silver medal in Class 4 Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. [3] [4]
Patel has won a number of medals in national and international competitions. [5] She reached the World Number 2 ranking by winning the silver medal for India in the individual category at the 2011 PTT Thailand Open. [6] In October 2013, Patel won the silver medal in the women's singles Class 4 at the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing. [7] In 2017, Patel won the bronze medal in Bhavina won the bronze medal in the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, China. [8]
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. [9] She is coached by Lalan Doshi and is guided by team official, Tejalben Lakhia. [10] Patel also works with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Ahmedabad, India. [11]
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