Sonalben Patel

Indian Paralympic table tennis player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIndian Paralympic table tennis player
PlacesIndia
isAthlete Table tennis player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth15 September 1987, Viramgam, Viramgam Taluka, Ahmedabad district, India
Age37 years
Star signVirgo
The details

Biography

Sonalben Manubhai Patel is an international Para table tennis player and Asian medalist from Viramgam, Gujarat, India.

Career

She is participating in wheelchair class 3 para table tennis. She is making her Paralympic debut in Tokyo Paralympic 2020.

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 Nilay Vyas In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's singles by defeating England's Sue Bailey.

Personal life

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.

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