Mona Agarwal
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| Born | 8 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para Shooting | ||||||||||||||
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Mona Agarwal (born 8 November 1987)[1] 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.[2] She won a quota place for the Paris Paralympics winning gold at the WSPS Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024.[3] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[4]
Early life
[edit]Agarwal is 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.[2] She shifted to Jaipur after marriage.[5] 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.[5] She has a son, Avik and a daughter Aarvi.
Career
[edit]Agarwal made her international debut at the World Cup in Osijek, Croatia in July 2023.[5] After the Delhi gold, she won another gold at the Para World Cup in Changwon, Korea in April 2024.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Meet Mona Agarwal, the polio-stricken athlete and mother of two who won shooting bronze at Paralympics". Firstpost. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ a b PTI (2024-03-09). "Para Shooting World Cup: Athlete-turned-shooter Mona Agarwal claims gold in 10m air rifle event, aims more glory". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Para shooter Mona Agarwal wins 10m air rifle gold, clinches Paris Paralympic quota for India". The Times of India. 2024-03-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ "Once mocked for being girl child and polio-stricken, Mona Agarwal is now a Paralympics medallist". The Indian Express. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ a b c "Para shooter Mona Agarwal turns adversity into her biggest strength". Indianshooting. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ PTI. "Funds to buy new wheelchair hindering champion para shooter Mona Agarwal's Paralympic preparation". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
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