Simran Sharma

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Simran Sharma
File:Simran Sharma in January 2025.jpg
Sharma in 2025
Personal information
Born (1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 26)
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sport
SportPara-athletics
Disability classT12
Event
Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 11.95 (2025)
200 m: 24.46 AR (2025)
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing File:Flag of India.svg India
Paralympic Games
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Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris 200m T12
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe 200m T12
Gold medal – first place 2025 New Delhi 100m T12
Silver medal – second place 2025 New Delhi 200m T12
Asian Para Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 100m T12
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou 200m T12

Simran Sharma (born 9 November 1999) is an Indian visually-impaired para-athlete.[1] She won a bronze medal in the 200 m T12 event.[2] In the 100 m T12, she qualified first in her heat with a season best of 12.33 but finished 4th in the finals despite a time of 12.31.[3][4]

Early life and education

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Sharma is from Burari, Delhi.[4] She was born to Savita Sharma and Manoj Sharma. On 29 November 2017, she married her coach Naik Gajendra Singh. He is posted at New Delhi's 227 company of the Army Service Corps.[1] She was born prematurely after six and half months term and with visual impairment. She was in incubator for six months. Her father Manoj Sharma supported her to take up the sport. She trains at SAI JLN Stadium, New Delhi.[4] She is doing her graduation at Rukmani Modi Mahila Inter College at Modinagar, Ghaziabad.[5]

Career

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Sharma took part in China Grand Prix and World Para Grand Prix at Dubai in 2021. She became the first Indian para athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, but she did not get any medal.[6] She was selected to represent the Indian team at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China[7] where she won two silver medals in the 100m and 200m T12 events.[8][9] At the Asian Games, she clocked 12.68 seconds for 100m on 24 October 2023 and 26.12 seconds for 200m on 26 October 2023.[6][10]

In May 2024, she won a gold medal at the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan.[5]

Awards

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Year Award Category Result Ref(s)
2024 Arjuna Award Outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2024 Won [11][12][13]

References

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