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.

Sonalben Patel

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.

Sonalben Patel

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.

Sonalben Patel

See also

India at the Paralympics

Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

References

Living people

1987 births

Indian female table tennis players

Gujarati people

Sportswomen from Gujarat

Racket sportspeople from Gujarat

People from Ahmedabad district

Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic table tennis players for India

Table tennis players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India

Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Medalists at the 2018 Asian Para Games