Career
Bhyan was coached by Amit Saroha in club and discus throw. [1] Her competitive career started with the 2016 IPC Grand Prix held at Berlin in July, where she bagged silver medal in club throw. She then competed in the 2016 National Para Athletics Championship held at Panchkula where she won gold medal in club throw and bronze medal in discus throw.
In 2017, she competed for the second time in the National Championship and secured gold medal in both the events. She also competed in the 2017 IPC Grand Prix held at Dubai. She was ranked 4th overall and set a new Asian record in both events. That year, Bhyan also competed in her first World Championships held at London where she was ranked 6th internationally and 1st in Asia, in club throw.
Bhyan, already the reigning national champion, completed her third stint at the National Championship, held in 2018 at Panchkula, bagging gold medal in both events. That year, she had her eyes set on the 2018 Asian Para Games to be held in October at Jakarta and was in preparation mode throughout the year. She followed up with the 2018 IPC Grand Prix held at Tunisia winning Gold in club throw and Bronze in discus throw.
In October 2018, Bhyan won India's fourth gold at the Asian Para Games by topping the women's club throw event in Kuala Lumpur. She produced her best throw in her fourth attempt, 16.02m, winning the F32/51 event ahead of UAE's Alkaabi Thekra, who threw 15.75m. Bhyan became the second Indian woman to win gold medal at the Asian Para Games and the very first from her home-state, Haryana.
In 2019, Bhyan had her second stint at the World Para Athletics Championship and won the Paralympic quota for Tokyo 2020 in the Women's Para Athletics category during 2019 World Championships, Dubai.
In 2021, Bhyan represented India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and secured the 6th position. She went on to win a gold medal in the Club Throw event and the Discus Throw event at the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships. At the National Para Athletics Championships, Ekta again won a gold in both her events..
In 2022, she won a gold medal in the Club Throw and Discus Throw events at the National Para Athletics Championships. At the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships, she won a gold medal in the Club Throw event and a bronze medal in the Discus Throw event.
In 2023, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Club Throw F32/51 at the Para Games 2022 held in Hangzhou, China and the bronze medal in the women's club throw F51 at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in 2023 held in Dubai, UAE and the bronze medal in the women's club throw F51 event at the 2023 World Championships held in Paris. [5] At the National Para Athletics Championship, Etka secured a gold medal in the Club Throw event and a bronze medal in the Discus Throw event. She also competed at the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships, wherein she won a gold medal in the club throw event and a medal at the discus throw event.
She is also supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme and Welspun Corp through their Welspun Super Sport Women Program.
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