Manasi Girishchandra Joshi

Manasi Girishchandra Joshi is an Indian para-badminton athlete who is as of June 2019 World No. 2 in SL3 Singles.[8]

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Manasi Girishchandra Joshi
Personal information
Country India
Born (1989-06-11) 11 June 1989[1]
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)[2]
Medal record
Representing  India
Women Para-Badminton player
BWF Para-Badminton World Championships
2019Basel Switzerland
2015Stoke Mandeville, England[3]
2017Ulsan, South Korea[4]
Asian Championships
2016Asian Para-Badminton Championship[5]
International Championships
2018Thailand Para-Badminton International Women's singles[6]
Asian Para Games
2018Women's singles[7]

Joshi was six when she started playing badminton with her father, a retired scientist from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. She graduated in Electronics Engineering from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, University of Mumbai, in 2010 and was working as a software engineer in December 2011 when she was in an accident while riding her motorbike to work, and her leg ultimately had to be amputated.[9][10][11] She played badminton as part of her rehabilitation and another para-badminton player urged her to try out for the national team; she played her first international tournament in Spain.[11] When working at a bank in Ahmedabad, she asked Pullela Gopichand to coach her,[11] and enrolled in his badminton academy at Hyderabad in 2018.[12]

In September 2015, Joshi won a silver medal in mixed doubles at the Para-Badminton World Championship held in Stoke Mandeville, England.[13] In October 2018, she won a bronze medal for India at the Asian Para Games 2018, held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In August 2019, at the Para-Badminton World Championship 2019 in Basel, Switzerland, she beat her countrywoman Parul Parma to win a gold medal.[11][14]

Medals
  • 2015 medal in mixed doubles, Para-Badminton World Championships[3]
  • 2016 Bronze in women's singles & women's doubles, Para-Badminton Asian Championships [5]
  • 2017 Bronze in women's singles, Para-Badminton World Championships[4]
  • 2018 Bronze in women's singles, Thailand Para-Badminton International[9][15]
  • 2018 Bronze in women's singles, Asian Para Games 2018
  • 2019 Gold in women's singles, Para-Badminton World Championship, Basel, Switzerland[14]
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References
  1. "BWF Para-Badminton Classification Master List" (PDF). BWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2018.
  2. "Manasi Joshi-Indian Para-athlete" (PDF). Maharashtra Badminton Association.
  3. "Indian Para badminton team wins 11 medals at World Championships - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. "India win 10 medals in Para-Badminton World Championships". www.sportskeeda.com. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. "Parul Parmar Makes India Proud, Wins Two Gold Medals At Para World Championships". www.indiatimes.com. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. "BWF - Thailand Para-Badminton International 2018 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. "BWF - Asian Para Games 2018 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. "Para-Badminton World Ranking Singles".
  9. Subrahmanyam, V. V. (8 August 2018). "Manasi in search of an Asiad medal". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. "At 22, She Lost Her Leg. At 26, Manasi Joshi Was an International Level Para-Badminton Player!". The Better India. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  11. Perera, Ayeshea (4 February 2020). "Manasi Joshi: The accident that created a world champion". BBC News.
  12. "Who Is Manasi Joshi: Gold Medalist At Para World Badminton Championship 2019". Sakshipost. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  13. "Success Stories: Office of The State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Government of Meghalaya". megscpwd.gov.in. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  14. "World Para Badminton Championships Title a Dream Come True: Manasi Joshi". News 18. IANS. 25 August 2019.
  15. "Badminton: India's Manasi Joshi wins Bronze in women's singles at Thailand Para-Badminton International,2018 - Sports India Show". Sports India Show. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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