Rachana Patel

Last updated

Rachana Patel
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg India
Sport Para-badminton
Medal record
Para-badminton Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Representing Flag of India.svg India
Asian Para Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles team
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Pattaya Women's doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles

Rachana Patel (born 1997) is an Indian para-badminton player. She won a bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games. She claimed bronze in the women's doubles in the SH6 category along with Nithya Sre Sivan on 25 October 2023 at Hangzhou, China. [1]

Contents

Early life and education

She hails from Becharaji village Mehsana District but resides in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. [1] Her parents are Shailesh Patel and Bhavana. She did her MBBS in China. She has a brother, who is settled in Canada. [1] She had to undergo seven surgeries due to Scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine and lives with 12 screws and two rods in her back. [1]

Career

Patel won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Badminton women's doubles SH6 category pairing with Nithya Sre Sivan. In May 2023, she won a bronze medal in the women's doubles at Para Badminton International at Pattaya, Thailand. [2] Later on 23 May 2023, she continued her form winning a silver medal with Nithya Sre at the Bahrain Para-Badminton International in Manama. [3] In December 2022, she won a bronze with the same partner at the Peru Para Badminton International at Lima. [4] [5] In November 2022, she won a bronze medal at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2022 with her partner Nithya Sre. [6]

Achievements

World Championships

Women’s doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2022 Yoyogi National Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan
Flag of India.svg Nithya Sre Sivan Flag of Peru.svg Rubí Fernández
Flag of Peru.svg Giuliana Póveda
7–21, 3–6 retired Med 3.png Bronze
2024 Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall,
Pattaya, Thailand
Flag of India.svg Nithya Sre Sivan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Fengmei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Shuangbao
5–13 retired Med 2.png Silver

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "At 4ft 3in, Rachana stands tall with bronze at para Asiad". The Times of India. 29 October 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. Correspondent, Our (16 May 2023). "Indian para badminton players clinch 16 medals in Thailand". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. "Para shuttler Bhagat bags two golds, one bronze". Rediff. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. PTI (6 December 2022). "Peru Para Badminton: Mandeep shocks world champion; Nehal bags 2 gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. "Peru Para-Badminton International: Mandeep Kaur Shocks World Champion; Nehal Gupta Wins Two Golds". News18. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. Scroll Staff (5 November 2022). "BWF Para Badminton World C'ships: Pramod Bhagat back in final, Manasi Joshi among bronze medallists". Scroll.in. Retrieved 11 January 2024.