Deepthi Jeevanji bronze medal: On Tuesday, Deepthi Jeevanji clinched a bronze for India within the Paris 2024 Paralympics within the girls’s 400m T20 classification closing. It was India’s sixteenth medal on the ongoing Summer time Video games.
The 21-year-old clocked a sensation 55.82 seconds within the closing, ending behind her counterparts from Ukraine and Turkey.
Deepthi’s journey
Deepthi hails from Telangana. She was born within the Kalleda village within the Warangal district. Having taken an curiosity in athletics from a younger age, she overcame her mental impairment to shine on the worldwide stage.
On the age of 15, whereas collaborating on the state-level athletics meet, Deepthi was noticed by Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) coach N Ramesh, who took her below his wing.
Her journey in para-athletics started on the Asian Youth Championships in Hong Kong in 2019, coincidentally with a bronze medal win. On the Khelo India Youth Video games a yr later, Deepthi bagged a gold medal within the 100m and the 200m class.
But it surely was on the Asian Para Video games final yr that Deepthi made her largest mark in para-athletics, breaking the Video games and the Asian Document by successful gold within the 400m T20 classification closing with a world file of 55.07 seconds.
Deepthi’s achievements
- Asian Para Video games (2022) – Gold medal (Video games Document, Asian Document)
- World Championship (2024) – Gold Medal (World Document)