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At the age of 8, Yasser met with a freak accident involving a husk removal machine and lost his hand. He started sports at an early age and was inspired by his coach who introduced him to para sports and started coaching him. Yasser used to even practice Shot Put with able-bodied athletes. Yasser believes that nothing is impossible and has a strong will power which has led him to win medals at the big stage; such as his bronze medal at the 2017 China Open Para Athletics Championship, his first ever international competition and international medal. His promising performance in China saw him shortlisted and eventually selected for support under the GoSports Foundation Para Champions Programme 2017-18. Yasser discontinued studies after class 12, however he has plans to pursue a Bachelors in Arts. Yasser idolises fellow GoSports athletes Amit Kumar Saroha and Rajinder Singh Rahelu and aims to equal their achievements one day.
- Sport Athletics - Shotput (F-46)
- Hometown Malerkotla, Punjab
- Current Training Base SBS Athletics club, Sangrur
- Participated in Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games
- Silver medal in Shot Put at the 5th Indian Open National Para Athletics Championship, 2023.
- Silver medal in Shot Put at the 21st Para Athletics National Championship, 2022.
- Silver medal in Shot Put at the Marrakech 2022 Grand Prix.
- Silver medal in Shot Put at the 4th Indian Open National Para Athletics Championship, 2022.
- Silver medal in Shot Put at the Dubai Para Athletics Grand Prix 2022
- Gold medal in Shot put at the Dubai Para Athletics Grand Prix 2021
- Gold medal in Shot Put and Silver medal in Discus throw at the 2020 Para Athletics Nationals Championship
ATHLETE PROFILE
Amit Kumar Saroha
Sport | Athletics -Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Sonipat |
Ekta Bhyan
Sport | Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Hissar, Haryana |
Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar
Sport | Para Badminton (SL3) |
Hometown | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
Current Training Base | Sri Krishan Sagar Sport academy, Noida |
Varun Bhati
Sport | Para - Athletics - High Jump (T-42) |
Hometown | Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | JLN Stadium, New Delhi |
Sumit
Sport | Para Athletics - Javelin throw (F64) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sonipat, Haryana |
Rakesh Kumar
Sport | Para-Archery |
Hometown | Katra, Jammu |
Current Training Base | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sports Complex, Jammu |
Narayan Thakur
Sport | Para Athletics (100m, 200m) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Tyagraj Stadium and IIT, Delhi |
Manpreet Kaur
Sport | Powerlifting – 41kg |
Hometown | Jalandhar, Punjab |
Current Training Base | SAI NSWC Gandhinagar |
Jyoti Balyan
Sport | Archery (compound - standing) |
Hometown | Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Shrine Board Sports Complex Katra, Jammu |
Rakshita Raju
Sport | Para Athletics - 400m, 800m, 1500m (T11) |
Hometown | Chikmangalur, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bangalore |
Devanshi Satija
Sport | Para- Swimming (S10) |
Hometown | Faridabad, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Faridabad |
Tarun Dhillon
Sport | Badminton (SL-4) |
Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana |
Ravi Baby Sahana
Sport | Para Table Tennis, Class 9 |
Hometown | Hosur, Tamil Nadu |
Current Training Base | SDAT-AKG TT Development center, Chennai |
Swapnil Patil
Sport | Swimming (S10) |
Hometown | Kolhapur, Maharashtra |
Current Training Base | Dolphin Aquatics, Bangalore |
Suyash Jadhav
Sport | Swimming (S7) |
Hometown | Solapur, Maharashtra |
Current Training Base | Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre, Bangalore |
Jayanti Behera
Sport | Athletics - 200m, 400m and 800m (T-47) |
Hometown | Sakhigopal, Odisha |
Current Training Base | Gurukul Athletics Training Center, Odisha |
Nisha Kanwar
Sport | Para-Shooting (SH1A) |
Hometown | Rajasthan |
Current Training Base | Bhawani Sports Shooting Academy, Rajasthan |
Niranjan Mukundan
Sport | Swimming (S7) |
Hometown | Bangalore, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | National training center, Berlin, Germany |
Himanshu Nandal
Sport | Para-Swimming(S11) |
Hometown | Rohtak, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Talkatora Stadium New Delhi |
Ankur Dhama
Sport | Athletics - 1500m & 5000m (T-11) |
Hometown | Khekera, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Nehru Stadium, New Delhi |
Dharambir
Sport | Para - Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Sonipat |
Manoj Sarkar
Sport | Badminton (SL3) |
Hometown | Rudrapur, Uttarakhand |
Current Training Base | Sports Stadium, Rudrapur |
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Sport | Badminton (SL4) |
Hometown | Shivamogga, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Babu Banarasi Das Academy, Lucknow |
Mohd. Yasser
Sport | Athletics - Shotput (F-46) |
Hometown | Malerkotla, Punjab |
Current Training Base | SBS Athletics club, Sangrur |
Meet Thadani
Sport | Athletics-100m & 200m ( T13) |
Hometown | Ahmedabad |
Current Training Base | SAI Gandhinagar |
Jyoti Verma
Sport | Para Badminton (SL4) |
Hometown | Behbalpur Hisar |
Current Training Base | Shining Star Badminton Academy, Haryana |
Vinay Kumar Lal
Sport | Athletics – 400m & 100m (T44) |
Hometown | Sector 30B, Chandigarh |
Current Training Base | Chandigarh |
Charanjit Kaur
Sport | Badminton (SL3) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Gaurav Khanna Excellia Badminton Academy, Lucknow, UP |
Aruna Singh Tanwar
Sport | Taekwondo (K44) |
Hometown | Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Lucknow |
A Selvaraj
Sport | Athletics - Javelin/Shot put (F40) |
Hometown | Konapet, Pudukottai |
Current Training Base | SDAT, Madurai |
Sonia Sharma
Sport | Shooting - 10m Air Pistol (SH1A) |
Hometown | Agra |
Current Training Base | Sankalp Shooting Academy, Agra |
Shridhar Malagi
Sport | Swimming (S8) |
Hometown | Belagavi, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | JNMC, Rotary Swimming Pool |
Sharad Kumar
Sport | Athletics - High Jump (T-42) |
Hometown | Patna, Bihar |
Current Training Base | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi |
Ravi Kumar
Sport | Athletics - 100m and 200m (T-35) |
Hometown | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh |
Current Training Base | Gurukul Athletics Training Center, Odisha |
Vikash Bhatiwal
Sport | Athletics - shot put throw and discus throw (F-46) |
Hometown | Bikaner, Rajasthan |
Current Training Base | Delhi |
Radha Venkatesh
Sport | Athletics 400m, 1500m (T12) |
Hometown | Chitradurga, Karnataka |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India (SAI), Bangalore |
Priyanka Sharma
Sport | Para Table Tennis (Class 7) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh |
Neeraj Yadav
Sport | Para Athletics - Shot put, Discus throw & Javelin throw (F55) |
Hometown | New Delhi |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru |
Virender Dhankar
Sport | Athletics - Shotput and Javelin (F-57) |
Hometown | Sonipat, Haryana |
Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Sonipat |