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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian para athlete (born 1999)}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|11|9|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India<br />
| image = Simran Sharma in January 2025.jpg<br />
| caption = Sharma in 2025<br />
| sport = [[Para-athletics]]<br />
| disability_class = [[T12 (classification)|T12]]<br />
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprints]]<br />
| pb = ''[[100 m]]'': 11.95 ([[2025 World Para Athletics Championships|2025]])<br>''[[200 m]]'': 24.46 {{AthAbbr|AR}} ([[2025 World Para Athletics Championships|2025]])<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[para-athletics]]}}<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Paralympic Games]]}} [[File:IPC logo (2019).svg|center|40px]]<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres T12|200m T12]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Para Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2024 World Para Athletics Championships|2024 Kobe]]|[[2024 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres|200m T12]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships|2025 New Delhi]]|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres|100m T12]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships|2025 New Delhi]]|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres|200m T12]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Para Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Asian Para Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Asian Para Games|100m T12]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Asian Para Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Asian Para Games|200m T12]]}}<br />
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'''Simran Sharma''' (born 9 November 1999) is an Indian [[visually-impaired]] [[para-athlete]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-10-29 |title=With two medals at Para Asiads, Simran sees a silver lining |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/with-two-medals-at-para-asiads-simran-sees-a-silver-lining/articleshow/104792463.cms |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She won a bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres#T12|200 m T12]] event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavthale |first=Sumeet |date=2024-09-07 |title=Simran Sharma wins Bronze in women's 200m to bring India's 28th medal at Paris Paralympics 2024 |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/other/simran-sharma-wins-bronze-in-women-s-200m-to-bring-india-s-28th-medal-at-paris-paralympics-2024-2024-09-07-950983 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=India TV News |language=en}}</ref> In the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres T12|100 m T12]], she qualified first in her heat with a season best of 12.33 but finished 4th in the finals despite a time of 12.31.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-07 |title=Simran enters final of women's 200m T12 race at Paris Paralympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-paralympics/simran-enters-final-of-womens-200m-t12-race-at-paris-paralympics/articleshow/113136665.cms |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-07 |title=Meet Simran Sharma: Delhi Girl Who Defied All Odd to Clinch a Paralympic Bronze in Paris |url=https://www.news18.com/sports/meet-simran-sharma-delhi-girl-who-defied-all-odd-to-clinch-a-paralympic-bronze-in-paris-9040146.html |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Sharma is from Burari, Delhi.<ref name=":1" /> She was born to Savita Sharma and Manoj Sharma. On 29 November 2017, she married her coach Naik Gajendra Singh. He is posted at New Delhi's 227 company of the [[Indian Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]].<ref name=":0" /> She was born prematurely after six and half months term and with visual impairment. She was in incubator for six months. Her father Manoj Sharma supported her to take up the sport. She trains at SAI JLN Stadium, New Delhi.<ref name=":1" /> She is doing her graduation at Rukmani Modi Mahila Inter College at Modinagar, Ghaziabad.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=A sweet and brave love story that culminated in Simran Sharma becoming 200m para world champion |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/simran-sharma-para-world-champion-200m-t12-9351981/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Sharma took part in China Grand Prix and World Para Grand Prix at [[Dubai]] in 2021. She became the first Indian para athlete to qualify for the [[2020 Summer Paralympics|Tokyo Paralympics]] in 2021, but she did not get any medal.<ref name=":2" /> She was selected to represent the Indian team at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2023-10-21 |title=India at Asian Para Games 2023: Full list of Indian athletes |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/asian-games/india-at-asian-para-games-2023-complete-list-of-indian-athletes-china-hangzhou-2022-news/article67445414.ece |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> where she won two silver medals in the 100m and 200m T12 events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chotrani |first=Mahek |title=Tokyo Paralympics: Simran Sharma Becomes First Indian Woman To Qualify For 100M Track Event |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/army-jawans-wife-tokyo-paralympics-simran-sharma-first-indian-woman-to-qualiy-for-100m-track-event/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=www.shethepeople.tv |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=#NationalSportsDay: Female Athletes Who Have Put India On The Global Map This Year - Elle India |url=https://elle.in/article/nationalsportsday-female-athletes-who-have-put-india-on-the-global-map-this-year/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |language=en-US}}</ref> At the [[Asian Games]], she clocked 12.68 seconds for 100m on 24 October 2023 and 26.12 seconds for 200m on 26 October 2023.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2023-10-28 |title=Army jawan's wife wins two silver medals at Para Asian Games |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023/india-asian-games/army-jawans-wife-wins-two-silver-medals-at-para-asian-games/articleshow/104785986.cms |access-date=2024-01-04 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |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=2024-08-27 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref><br />
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In May 2024, she won a gold medal at the [[World Para Athletics Championships]] in Kobe, Japan.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|+<br />
!Year<br />
!Award<br />
!Category<br />
!Result<br />
!Ref(s)<br />
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|2024<br />
|[[Arjuna Award]]<br />
|Outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024<br />
|{{won}}<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-02 |title=National Sports Day 2024: Full list of Khel Ratna, Arjuna award winners |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/khel-ratna-arjuna-award-dronacharya-manu-bhaker-d-gukesh-full-list-winners-national-sports-day-2658628-2025-01-02 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-16 |title="When we meet PM Modi, its like we are sitting with our best friend...": Arjuna Awardee para-athlete Simran Sharma |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/when-we-meet-pm-modi-its-like-we-are-sitting-with-our-best-friend-arjuna-awardee-para-athlete-simran-sharma20250116230131/ |website=ANI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-22 |title=From fighting the society to making it proud: The gritty journey of Arjuna Awardee Paralympian Simran Sharma |url=https://www.oneturf.news/news/from-fighting-the-society-to-making-it-proud-the-gritty-journey-of-arjuna-awardee-paralympian-simran-sharma |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=OneTurf News |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships]]<br />
[[Category:World Para Athletics Championships winners]]<br />
[[Category:Competitors in the sport of athletics with visual impairment]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for India]]<br />
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