Mona Agarwal
Indian para Olympian
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| Born | (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para Shooting | ||||||||||||||
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Mona Agarwal (born 1987) 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.[1] She won a quota place for the Paris Paralympics winning gold at the WSPS Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024.[2] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[3]
Early life
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.[1] She shifted to Jaipur after marriage.[4] 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.[4] She has a son, Avik and a daughter Aarvi.
Career
Agarwal made her international debut at the World Cup in Osijek, Croatia in July 2023.[4] After the Delhi gold, she won another gold at the Para World Cup in Changwon, Korea in April 2024.[5]
References
- ^ 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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Paralympic medalists for India 
- 1968
- 1972
- 1984
- 1988
- 1992
- 1996
- 2000
- 2004
- 2008
- 2012
- 2016
- 2020
- 2024
Gold medalists
: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg)
: Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro)- : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
: Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)- : Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)
- : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo)
: Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo)- : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris)
: Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris)- : Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris)
- : Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris)
- : Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
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 (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)
- : Yogesh Kathuniya (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)
- : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo)
- : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo)
- : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo)
- : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)
- : Manish Narwal (2024 Paris)
- : Thulasimathi Murugesan (2024 Paris)
- : Sharad Kumar (2024 Paris)
- : Ajeet Singh Yadav (2024 Paris)
- : Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (2024 Paris)
- : Pranav Soorma (2024 Paris)
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 (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris)
- : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo)
- : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo)
- : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo)
- : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Mona Agarwal (2024 Paris)
- : Preethi Pal (2 titles, 2024 Paris)
- : Rubina Francis (2024 Paris)
- : Manisha Ramadass (2024 Paris)
- : Sheetal Devi (2024 Paris)
- : Rakesh Kumar (2024 Paris)
- : Nithya Sre Sivan (2024 Paris)
- : Deepthi Jeevanji (2024 Paris)
- : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2024 Paris)
: Kapil Parmar (2024 Paris)- : Hokato Hotozhe Sema (2024 Paris)
- : Simran Sharma (2024 Paris)
