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Preethi Pal
Personal information
Nationality	India
Born	22 September 2000 (age 24); Uttar Pradesh, India
Sport
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Cerebral palsy
Disability class	T35
Event	Sprints
Medal record
Representing India
Paralympic Games
World Championships

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Preethi Pal (born 22 September 2000) is an Indian para athlete.^[2] She won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the women's 100m and 200m T35 race events and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win two medals in track and field events at Paralympic Games.^[3]

Early life

Track Queen Preeti Pal is from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She had cerebral palsy during her childhood, and she could not get proper treatment at Meerut. She trains in Delhi under coach Gajendra Singh, who is also the coach of Simran Sharma.^[4]

Career

In May 2024, she won a bronze at the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, and clinched an Olympic quota, clocking 30.49 sec in the women's T35 200m event.^[5] She missed a medal twice by a close margin at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.^[4]^[6] Earlier in March 2024, she won two gold in the domestic 6th Indian Open Para Athletics Championships at Bangalore.^[7]

In 2024, she qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris^[4] and won a bronze medal in the women’s 100m T35 class. She clocked a personal best time of 14.21 seconds.^[8]

References

^ Sportstar, Team (2024-08-30). "Paralympics 2024: Preethi Pal wins bronze in women's 100m T35, first medal for India in track event at Para Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
^ "Who is Preeti Pal? The first Indian to secure a para-athletics medal at the Paralympics". The Times of India. 2024-08-31. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
^ "Preethi Pal creates history with second athletics medal at Paris Paralympics". The Times of India. 2024-09-02. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Preethi clinches bronze, secures Paralympics quota at World Para Athletics Championships". The Times of India. 2024-05-19. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
^ "Nishad Kumar, Preethi Pal clinch medals as Indians shine in Para Athletics World Championship". The Times of India. 2024-05-20. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
^ Desk, The Bridge (2024-05-19). "Preethi Pal secures India's first medal in women's 200m at Para Athletics C'ships". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2024-08-15. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Sportstar, Team (2024-05-18). "World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Praveen finishes fourth in High Jump, Preethi qualifies for final". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
^ "Preethi Pal's Stunning Run That Earned India Historic 100m Medal At Paris Paralympics - Watch | Olympics News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

[1] Sportstar, Team (2024-08-30). "Paralympics 2024: Preethi Pal wins bronze in women's 100m T35, first medal for India in track event at Para Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

[2] "Who is Preeti Pal? The first Indian to secure a para-athletics medal at the Paralympics". The Times of India. 2024-08-31. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-31.

[3] "Preethi Pal creates history with second athletics medal at Paris Paralympics". The Times of India. 2024-09-02. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-09-01.

[:0-4] "Preethi clinches bronze, secures Paralympics quota at World Para Athletics Championships". The Times of India. 2024-05-19. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-15.

[5] "Nishad Kumar, Preethi Pal clinch medals as Indians shine in Para Athletics World Championship". The Times of India. 2024-05-20. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-08-15.

[6] Desk, The Bridge (2024-05-19). "Preethi Pal secures India's first medal in women's 200m at Para Athletics C'ships". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2024-08-15. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[7] Sportstar, Team (2024-05-18). "World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Praveen finishes fourth in High Jump, Preethi qualifies for final". Sportstar. Retrieved 2024-08-15.

[8] "Preethi Pal's Stunning Run That Earned India Historic 100m Medal At Paris Paralympics - Watch | Olympics News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2024-08-30.

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 == Early life ==
-Pal is from [[Meerut]], Uttar Pradesh. She had cerebral palsy during her childhood, and she could not get proper treatment at Meerut. She trains in Delhi under coach Gajendra Singh, who is also the coach of [[Simran Sharma]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-05-19 |title=Preethi clinches bronze, secures Paralympics quota at World Para Athletics Championships |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/preethi-clinches-bronze-secures-paralympics-quota-at-world-para-athletics-championships/articleshow/110253163.cms |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
+Track Queen Preeti Pal is from [[Meerut]], Uttar Pradesh. She had cerebral palsy during her childhood, and she could not get proper treatment at Meerut. She trains in Delhi under coach Gajendra Singh, who is also the coach of [[Simran Sharma]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-05-19 |title=Preethi clinches bronze, secures Paralympics quota at World Para Athletics Championships |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/preethi-clinches-bronze-secures-paralympics-quota-at-world-para-athletics-championships/articleshow/110253163.cms |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
 == Career ==

v t e Paralympic medalists for India
1968 1972 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Gold medalists	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo) : Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris) : Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris) : Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris) : Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris) : Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
Silver medalists	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2024 Paris) : Thulasimathi Murugesan (2024 Paris) : Sharad Kumar (2024 Paris) : Ajeet Singh Yadav (2024 Paris) : Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (2024 Paris) : Pranav Soorma (2024 Paris)
Bronze medalists	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo) : Mona Agarwal (2024 Paris) : Preethi Pal (2 titles, 2024 Paris) : Rubina Francis (2024 Paris) : Manisha Ramadass (2024 Paris) : Sheetal Devi (2024 Paris) : Rakesh Kumar (2024 Paris) : Nithya Sre Sivan (2024 Paris) : Deepthi Jeevanji (2024 Paris) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2024 Paris) : Kapil Parmar (2024 Paris) : Hokato Hotozhe Sema (2024 Paris) : Simran Sharma (2024 Paris)