| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sonalben Manubhai Patel |
| Born | 15 September 1987 Viramgam, Gujarat, India |
| Spouse(s) | Ramesh Chaudhary |
| Sport | |
| Country |  India |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Para Table Tennis C3 |
Sonalben Manubhai Patel is an international Para table tennis player and Asian medalist from Viramgam, Gujarat, India.
Career[edit | edit source]
She is participating in wheelchair class 3 para table tennis. She is making her Paralympic debut in Tokyo Paralympic 2020.[1][2]
Ms. Lakhia from Blind People's Association, Ahmedabad encouraged her to take up Table Tennis and she soon began to train professionally under the guidance of her coach Lalan Doshi.
Personal life[edit | edit source]
She was diagnosed with polio when she was 6 months old, which later affected both her legs and right hand and left her with 90% disability.[3]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Tokyo Paralympics, table tennis: Bhavinaben and Sonalben Patel go down in opening round matches". Scroll.in. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ↑ admin; newstesla (25 August 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics: Paddler Sonalben Patel loses her Group D opener | Tokyo Olympics News - Times of India | NewsTesla". newstesla.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ↑ Polio couldn't stop her, Gujarat's Sonalben Patel is India's Paralympic hope | The Bridge, retrieved 26 August 2021
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