Rachana_Patel
Rachana Patel
Indian Paralympic athlete
Rachana Patel (born 1997) is a para athlete from Gujarat. She won a bronze medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games. She claimed bronze in Badminton women's double in the SH6 category along with Nithya Sre Sivan on 25 October 2023 at Hangzhou, China.[1]
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| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-badminton | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She hails from Becharaji village Mehsana District but resides in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.[1] Her parents are Shailesh Patel and Bhavana. She did her MBBS in China. She has a brother, who is settled in Canada.[1] She had to undergo seven surgeries due to Scoliosis, a sideways curvature of the spine and lives with 12 screws and two rods in her back.[1]
Patel won a bronze medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Badminton women's doubles SH6 category pairing with Nithya Sre Sivan. In May 2023, she won a bronze medal in the women's doubles at Para Badminton International at Pattaya, Thailand.[2] Later on 23 May 2023, she continued her form winning a silver medal with Nithya Sre at the Bahrain Para-Badminton International in Manama.[3] In December 2022, she won a bronze with the same partner at the Peru Para Badminton International at Lima.[4][5] In November 2022, she won a bronze medal at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2022 with her partner Nithya Sre.[6]
World Championships
Women’s doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan |
Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan |
 Rubí Milagros Fernández Vargas Carmen Giuliana Póveda Flores |
7–21, 3–6 Retired |  Bronze |
| 2024 | Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Pattaya, Thailand |
Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan |
 Li Fengmei Lin Shuangbao |
5–13 Retired |  Silver |
- "At 4ft 3in, Rachana stands tall with bronze at para Asiad". The Times of India. 2023-10-29. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- Correspondent, Our (2023-05-16). "Indian para badminton players clinch 16 medals in Thailand". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- "Para shuttler Bhagat bags two golds, one bronze". Rediff. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- PTI (2022-12-06). "Peru Para Badminton: Mandeep shocks world champion; Nehal bags 2 gold". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- "Peru Para-Badminton International: Mandeep Kaur Shocks World Champion; Nehal Gupta Wins Two Golds". News18. 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- Scroll Staff (2022-11-05). "BWF Para Badminton World C'ships: Pramod Bhagat back in final, Manasi Joshi among bronze medallists". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-01-11.