Mona Agarwal

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Mona Agarwal
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Agarwal in September 2024
Personal information
Born (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 (age 36)
Sport
Country India
Sport Para Shooting
Medal record
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
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Paralympic Games
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Mona Agarwal (born 1987) is an Indian para shooter from Rajasthan. She competes in women's 10m air rifle SH1 category. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris. [1] She won a quota place for the Paris Paralympics winning gold at the WSPS Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024. [2] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [3]

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Early life

Agarwal is born in Sikar, Rajasthan. She took up shooting in December 2021 after trying different other sports including volleyball. Her husband, Ravindra Chaudhary, a former wheelchair basketball player, suffered brain injury in an accident, and is under rehab at home. She got a polio attack when she was nine months old. [1] She shifted to Jaipur after marriage. [4] Due to stigma against girls, she could not complete her schooling. After two elder sisters, her parents wanted a boy but Mona was an 'unwanted' child in the conservative family. But her maternal grandmother, Geetha Devi, supported her. [4] She has a son, Avik and a daughter Aarvi.

Career

Agarwal made her international debut at the World Cup in Osijek, Croatia in July 2023. [4] After the Delhi gold, she won another gold at the Para World Cup in Changwon, Korea in April 2024. [5]

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References

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