Through The Power Of Sports Changing Lives - Isha Outreach
Through The Power Of Sports Changing Lives - Isha Outreach
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Anjani Patel<br />
Balauda, CHHATTISGARH<br />
At the age of three, polio snatched the strength<br />
from Anjani’s left leg. <strong>The</strong> inviting waters of the<br />
village pond, however, continued to beckon! At<br />
nine, little Anjani took her first plunge and she has been<br />
riding the waves generated by that leap of faith ever since.<br />
In 2005, contesting in the combined category with seven<br />
differently abled boys, 14-year old Anjani thrilled her village<br />
by finishing 3 rd in a State Level Swimming Competition.<br />
This was followed by two Gold Medals at the 2006<br />
National Paralympic Swimming Meet, a Silver at the<br />
2007 Long Distance Swimming Meet at Allahabad and<br />
two Golds and a Silver at the 2008 National Paralympic<br />
Swimming Meet. Anjani Patel – the only physically<br />
challenged participant in the regulation category of the<br />
2009 Indian National Women’s Swimming Competition,<br />
also finished in the top five of all her events at the<br />
International Disabled Swimming Championships held in<br />
Bangalore in 2010.<br />
“My first leap into the village pond<br />
has carried me far. I hope that<br />
others like me swim to success and<br />
make the country victorious at the<br />
international level.”<br />
Anjani Patel
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