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{{Short description|Indian para athlete}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Mona Agarwal
| image = Mona Agarwal in September 2024.jpg
| caption = Agarwal in September 2024
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|11|08}}
| birth_place = [[Sikar]], Rajasthan
| country = {{IND}}
| sport = [[Para-shooting]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalSport|Women's Air Rifle [[Para Shooting]] SH1}}[[File: Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|30px]]
{{MedalCount | total = yes
| [[Shooting at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]] | 0 | 0 | 1
| Para World Cup | 1 | 1 | 0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Shooting at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]]}}[[File:IPC logo (2019).svg|center|40px]]
{{MedalBronze|[[Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – R2 Women's 10 metre air rifle standing SH1|Women's 10 m SH1]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[WSPS World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|2024 New Dehli|Women's 10 m}}
{{MedalSilver|2025 Changwon|Women's 10 m}}
}}

'''Mona Agarwal''' (born 8 November 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Meet Mona Agarwal, the polio-stricken athlete and mother of two who won shooting bronze at Paralympics |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/mona-agarwal-india-at-paralympics-2024-shooting-13809969.html |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref> is an Indian para shooter from [[Rajasthan]]. She competes in women's 10m air rifle SH1 category. She qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] at [[Paris]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-09 |title=Para Shooting World Cup: Athlete-turned-shooter Mona Agarwal claims gold in 10m air rifle event, aims more glory |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/para-shooting-world-cup-mona-agarwal-wins-gold-10m-air-rifle-event-result-aims-more-glory-news/article67933043.ece |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She won a quota place for the Paris Paralympics winning gold at the WSPS Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-09 |title=Para shooter Mona Agarwal wins 10m air rifle gold, clinches Paris Paralympic quota for India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/para-shooter-mona-agarwal-wins-10m-air-rifle-gold-clinches-paris-paralympic-quota-for-india/articleshow/108354980.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She won a bronze medal at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Once mocked for being girl child and polio-stricken, Mona Agarwal is now a Paralympics medallist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mona-agarwal-girl-child-polio-paralympics-bronze-medallist-9541641/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Agarwal was born in [[Sikar]], Rajasthan. She took up shooting in December 2021 after trying different other sports including volleyball. Her husband, Ravindra Chaudhary, a former wheelchair basketball player, suffered brain injury in an accident, and is under rehab at home. She got a polio attack when she was nine months old.<ref name=":0" /> She shifted to Jaipur after marriage.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Para shooter Mona Agarwal turns adversity into her biggest strength |url=https://www.indianshooting.com/news/para-shooter-mona-agarwal-turns-adversity-into-her-biggest-strength/ |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Indianshooting |language=en-US}}</ref> Due to stigma against girls, she could not complete her schooling. After two elder sisters, her parents wanted a boy but Mona was an 'unwanted' child in the conservative family. But her maternal grandmother, Geetha Devi, supported her.<ref name=":1" /> She has two children.

== Career ==
Agarwal made her international debut at the World Cup in [[Osijek]], Croatia in July 2023.<ref name=":1" /> In March 2024, she won a gold medal at the World Cup in [[New Delhi]].<ref name="2024 New Delhi">{{cite news |url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/new-delhi-2024-agarwal-delivers-gold-paris-2024-quota-hosts |title=New Delhi 2024: Agarwal delivers gold, Paris 2024 quota for hosts |last=Sharma |first=Priyanka |date=9 March 2024 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811220457/https://www.paralympic.org/news/new-delhi-2024-agarwal-delivers-gold-paris-2024-quota-hosts |archive-date=11 August 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref> She won another gold at the Para World Cup in Changwon, Korea in April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funds to buy new wheelchair hindering champion para shooter Mona Agarwal's Paralympic preparation |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/funds-to-buy-new-wheelchair-hindering-champion-para-shooter-mona-agarwals-paralympic-preparation-3047728 |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> In May 2025, she won a silver medal at the Para World Cup in Changwon.<ref name="2025 Changwon">{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mona-agarwal-strong-field-win-silver-para-shooting-world-cup-10041405/ |title=Mona Agarwal defies a strong field to win silver at the Para Shooting World Cup |last=Sharma |first=Nitin |date=1 June 2025 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en-ID |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250602051236/https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mona-agarwal-strong-field-win-silver-para-shooting-world-cup-10041405/ |archive-date=2 June 2025 |url-status=live |access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref>

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[[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]

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