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{{Short description|Indian para athlete}}
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'''Sakshi Kasana''' (born 21 August 1996)<ref>{{Cite web| title=Sakshi Kasana | url=https://www.tomsa.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/38.-Sakshi-Kasan.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109183856/https://www.tomsa.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/38.-Sakshi-Kasan.pdf | archive-date=2024-11-09}}</ref> is an Indian para athlete from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She competes in the women's discus throw F55 category. She qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] at [[Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Paralympics 2024: India to send their biggest ever contingent to Paris |url=https://thebridge.in/para-sports/india-biggest-contingent-paris-paralympics-49084 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/paris-paralympics-2024/news/paris-2024-india-paralympics-contingent-full-list-of-84-indian-athletes-qualified-sports-ministry-paralympic-games-news/article68512627.ece |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=India name Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil as flag bearers for Paralympics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/paris-paralympics-india-bhagyashree-jadhav-sumit-antil-flag-bearer-2583153-2024-08-16 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kasana was born with a congenital deformity in her right leg that affected her mobility. After taking up sports, she learnt her basics at the Sports Authority of India training centre at [[Ghaziabad]] under coach Amit Kumar.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=7 Indian Female Para Athletes Who Shone At Asian Para Games 2023 |url=https://www.womenentrepreneursreview.com/viewpoint/art-and-culture/7-indian-female-para-athletes-who-shone-at-asian-para-games-2023-nwid-4256.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Career ==
She could not qualify for the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] at Tokyo as many Indians could not travel to the qualifying event, the European Grand Prix Circuit, in May 2021 due to COVID-19.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2021-05-17 |title=Indians missed chance to win Paralympic quotas due to Covid: Coach |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/indians-missed-chance-to-win-paralympic-quotas-due-to-covid-coach/articleshow/82716153.cms |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

However, she later won a bronze at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou, China]]. She threw a distance of 24.77m and finished behind China's Wang Yanping and Iran's [[Hashemiyeh Motaghian]] Moavi in the javelin throw.<ref name=":0" /> She also placed 6th in the discus throw.

In March 2021, she came into limelight with a silver at the National Para Athletics Championship at [[Bangalore]].<ref name=":1" /> At the [[2023 World Para Athletics Championships]], she placed 6th and the 11th in the Discus and Javelin throw respectively. At the [[2024 World Para Athletics Championships]], she placed 7th in the Discus throw. After missing out on Tokyo, Sakshi qualified for the discus throw at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]]. There she placed 7th with a throw of 21.45 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Paris Paralympics: Disappointment for India in discus final as Karamjyoti and Sakshi miss out |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/news/disappointment-for-india-in-discus-final-as-karamjyoti-and-sakshi-miss-out-eee505b4 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=English.Mathrubhumi}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Paralympic athletes for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Meerut]]
[[Category:Indian women discus throwers]]
[[Category:Indian women javelin throwers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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