Bhavina Patel

Bhavina Patel
Personal information
Full name	Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel
Born	Sundhiya village, Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Table Tennis
Rank	12 (August 2021)
Event	Para Table Tennis C4
Coached by	Lalan Doshi
Medal record
Women's para table tennis
Representing India
Paralympic Games
Commonwealth Games
Asian Para Games

Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel is an Indian parathlete and table tennis player from Mehsana, Gujarat.^[2] She won a silver medal in Class 4 Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.^[3]^[4]

Career[edit]

Patel has won a number of medals in national and international competitions.^[5] She reached the World Number 2 ranking by winning the silver medal for India in the individual category at the 2011 PTT Thailand Open.^[6] In October 2013, Patel won the silver medal in the women's singles Class 4 at the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships in Beijing.^[7] In 2017, Patel won the bronze medal in Bhavina won the bronze medal in the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, China.^[8]

In the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, she reached the semi-finals after defeating Borislava Rankovic and won the silver medal after being defeated by Zhou Ying.^[9] She is coached by Lalan Doshi and is guided by team official, Tejalben Lakhia.^[10] Patel also works with the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Ahmedabad, India.^[11]

In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the women's singles class 3–5.^[12]

Awards[edit]

Arjuna Award (2021)

References[edit]

^ Imtiyaz, Mohammad (27 August 2021). "Bhavina cried over phone after confirming medal at Tokyo Paralympics — Coach Lalan Doshi". The Bridge. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ Shastri, Parth; Cherian, Sabu (3 July 2021). "Girl power from Gujarat in Tokyo-bound India contingent". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Live Updates: Paddler Bhavina Patel Bags Silver, Loses Final by Straight Games". News18. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Highlights: Bhavina Patel & Nishad Kumar win silver medals, bronze for Vinod Kumar The Tines of India. Retrieved 29 August 2021
^ Hindustan Times-Physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh Patel Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ PTI. "Paddler Bhavinaben Patel wins historic silver at Tokyo Paralympics". Business Line. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ Bhavina winsSilver Medal in Asia Wheelchair Para Table Tennis championship Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Gujarat's super six women make it to Olympics". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "Indian physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh..." Getty Images. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
^ "Bhavina Patel: A Career Of Many Setbacks, Answered With More Fightback". The Quint. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^ "CWG 2022: Bhavina Patel Wins Historic Gold in Para Table Tennis Women's Singles". News18 India. 7 August 2022.

External links[edit]

[1] Imtiyaz, Mohammad (27 August 2021). "Bhavina cried over phone after confirming medal at Tokyo Paralympics — Coach Lalan Doshi". The Bridge. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[2] Shastri, Parth; Cherian, Sabu (3 July 2021). "Girl power from Gujarat in Tokyo-bound India contingent". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[3] "Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Live Updates: Paddler Bhavina Patel Bags Silver, Loses Final by Straight Games". News18. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[4] Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Highlights: Bhavina Patel & Nishad Kumar win silver medals, bronze for Vinod Kumar The Tines of India. Retrieved 29 August 2021

[5] Hindustan Times-Physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh Patel Archived October 31, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[6] PTI. "Paddler Bhavinaben Patel wins historic silver at Tokyo Paralympics". Business Line. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[7] Bhavina winsSilver Medal in Asia Wheelchair Para Table Tennis championship Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[8] "Gujarat's super six women make it to Olympics". Ahmedabad Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[9] "Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[10] "Indian physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh..." Getty Images. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[11] "Bhavina Patel: A Career Of Many Setbacks, Answered With More Fightback". The Quint. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[12] "CWG 2022: Bhavina Patel Wins Historic Gold in Para Table Tennis Women's Singles". News18 India. 7 August 2022.

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v t e Paralympic medalists for India
1968 1972 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Gold medalists	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Sumit Antil (2020 Tokyo) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo)
Silver medalists	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2020 Tokyo) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2020 Tokyo)
Bronze medalists	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo)