Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Suhas first experienced the sport of badminton during his school sports camp. Earlier, he used to play with able-bodied players and switched to para badminton in 2007 after learning about para sports. In addition to pursuing sport, Suhas is also a civil servant, an IAS officer. His wife is also an officer in the state administrative service. Suhas won a Gold medal at the 2016 BWF Para Badminton Championship held in China. In the same year, he was also recognised as the ‘Best Para Athlete’ by the Uttar Pradesh government. Since then, Suhas has grown into one of the best Para shuttlers in the country and is a key part of the Indian Para Badminton Team which has been performing so well over the years. Suhas belongs to a middle class family, his father went all the way to make him play sports and as result of that efforts, he is a Paralympic silver medalist at 2020 Paralympic games which the whole nation is proud about.
- Sport Badminton (SL4)
- Hometown Shivamogga, Karnataka
- Current Training Base Babu Banarasi Das Academy, Lucknow
Achievements
- Won gold medal in Singles event at Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games
- Won silver medal in Singles event at Bahrain Para Badminton International 2023
- Won gold medal in Thailand Para Badminton International 2023
- Won bronze medal in Spanish Para Badminton International 2023
- Silver medal (Singles) at Tokyo Paralympic Games, 2020
- Bronze medal (Men’s team) at Asian Para Games, 2018
- Gold medal in Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles events at the 2017 BWF Para-Badminton Championship, Antalya, Turkey
Gallery
ATHLETE PROFILE
Ekta Bhyan
| Sport | Athletics - Club and Discus throw (F-51) |
| Hometown | Hissar, Haryana |
| Current Training Base | Hissar, Haryana |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Aruna Singh Tanwar
| Sport | Taekwondo (K44) |
| Hometown | Haryana |
| Current Training Base | Sports Authority of India, Lucknow |
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 |
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 |