Bhavina Patel

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Bhavina Patel is an Indian para table tennis player who became the first Indian to secure a medal at the Paralympics when she reached the finals in the Womens Singles Class 4 Category and won a silver at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.Bhavina has won many gold, silver, and bronze medals for India in 28 international events including world championships. Bhavina Patel with her medals and trophies.Bhavina Patel belongs to Sundhiya near Vadnagar, the same taluka where Prime Minister Narendra Modi grew up. [3]Vibes of India.Bhavina grew up in Mehsana, Gujarat, where her family owned a small cutlery kiosk.When Bhavina was just one year old, she suffered from polio that affected her entire lower body. According to Bhavina, she got Polio from another medication that she used to take for an illness. [4]Vibes of India.Although her family was disheartened by the illness, during this difficult period in her life, they stood by her.In 2004, Bhavina, along with her family, moved to Ahmedabad from her native village Sundhiya in Mehsana district of Gujarat.Reportedly, Bhavina wanted to become a teacher, and when she was rejected in an interview for her physical disability, her father, Hasmukhbhai Patel, decided to enroll her in the ITI course after he came across an advertisement from the Blind Peoples Association, an award-winning institution for the specially-abled in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and since her joining the association in 2007, Bhavina has never looked back.While studying at BPA, Bhavina developed an interest in the sport of table tennis.In 2011, she secured the ranking of World Number 2, after she won Silver Medal for India in The Individual Category at the PTT Thailand Table Tennis Championship.