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Indian Paralympic table tennis player

Bhavina Patel
Personal information
Full nameBhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel
Born6 November 1986 (1986-11-06) (age 38)
Sundhiya village, Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportTable Tennis
Rank3 (September 2023)
EventPara Table Tennis C4
Coached byLalan Doshi
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing  India
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Singles C4
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Singles C3–5
Asian Para Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Singles C4

Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel (born 6 November 1986), also known as Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel, is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player from Mehsana, Gujarat. She won a silver medal in Class 4 Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

Career

Patel has won a number of medals in national and international competitions. She reached the World Number 2 ranking by winning the silver medal for India in the individual category at the 2011 PTT Thailand Open. In October 2013, Patel won the silver medal in the women's singles Class 4 at the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing. In 2017, Patel won the bronze medal in Bhavina won the bronze medal in the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, China.

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. She is coached by Lalan Doshi and is guided by team official, Tejalben Lakhia. Patel also works with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Ahmedabad, India.

In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the women's singles class 3–5.

Awards

References

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  2. ^ "Bhavina Hasmukhbhai PATEL". Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 22 September 2024. Date of Birth: November 6, 1986 / Height (cm): 176
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  10. Bhavina winsSilver Medal in Asia Wheelchair Para Table Tennis championship Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Gujarat's super six women make it to Olympics". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  12. "Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  13. "Indian physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh..." Getty Images. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  14. "Bhavina Patel: A Career Of Many Setbacks, Answered With More Fightback". The Quint. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  15. "CWG 2022: Bhavina Patel Wins Historic Gold in Para Table Tennis Women's Singles". News18 India. 7 August 2022.

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India Paralympic medalists for India
Gold Gold medalists
Silver Silver medalists
Bronze Bronze medalists
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