Kanchan Lakhani

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Kanchan Lakhani (13 March 1984) is an Indian para athlete from Faridabad, Haryana. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris. [1] [2] [3] She will compete in the women's discus throw F53 category at the Paralympics. [4] [5] She is ranked 3rd in the World Para Athletics Rankings 2024 in the F53 javelin throw for women. [6] She is also ranked World 7th in discus throw. [7]

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Early life and education

Lakhani is from Faridabad, Haryana. Her father Manohar Lal, mother Pushpa, and brothers Sunil and Kamal, supported her. She did her schooling at K L Mehta Dayanand Senior Secondary School. She met with a train accident on 4 September 2008 and lost her hand. She was also paralysed from waist below due to the injury to spinal cord. [8] In 2016, she met coach Narsi Ram at Raja Nahar Singh Stadium and he convinced her to take up athletics and trained her in throws.

Career

In 2022, Lakhani took part in the World Para Grand Prix Athletics Championships in Tunisia. In 2021, she won gold medals in javelin and discus and a silver in shot put at the third Indian Open National Para Athlete Championships at Bangalore. [9] In 2018, she represented India at the World Para Grand Prix Athletics Championships in Paris. The next year in 2019, she also took part in the World Para Grand Prix Athletics Championships in Beijing. [9] Earlier in 2017, she won three gold medals in the National Para Athletics Championships in Jaipur. [8] [9] In March 2018, she won a gold at the 18th National Para Athletics held in Panchkula. [9]

Dainik Jagran, a national newspaper, gave her the Nari Shaktikaran Award on Women's Day. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ Desk, The Bridge (2024-08-14). "Paralympics 2024: India to send their biggest ever contingent to Paris". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2024-08-17.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ↑ "India name Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil as flag bearers for Paralympics". India Today. 2024-08-16. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  4. ↑ "Australian medal-winning cyclist defects to Britain". ESPN. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  5. ↑ "Paris Paralympics 2024: Full List Of Indian Athletes - All You Need To Know | Olympics News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  6. ↑ https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/web/ranking/at/pdf/type/WR/list/1058/category/out/gender/W/evt/JAV/class/F53
  7. ↑ https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/web/ranking/at/pdf/type/WR/list/1058/category/out/gender/W/evt/DIS/class/F53
  8. 1 2 "जिंदगी से नहीं मानी हार, यूं बनीं पैरा ऐथलीट चैंपियन". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Faridabad News: कुदरत की करनी को पीछे छोड़ कंचन लखानी ने लिख दी सफलता की इबारत - Leaving the actions of nature behind wrote the success story jagran special". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2024-08-23.
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