Rajasthan's Avani Lakhera won the country's first gold medal in shooting at the Tokyo Paralympics. Avani, who hails from Jaipur, is also the first woman athlete from India to win a gold medal at the Paralympic Games. Earlier, she had made it to the finals by finishing 7th in the qualification round.
Avani was not handicapped since childhood, but she and her father Praveen Lekhra had an accident in 2012 while travelling from Jaipur to Dholpur. In which his father and she were injured. After some time her father recovered, but Avani had to spend three months in the hospital, yet she was unable to stand and walk due to Reed's bone injury. She has been in a wheelchair since then.
Avani remained in depression for a few days and locked herself in the room for a few days. After the continuous efforts of the parents, the self-confidence returned in Avani and taking inspiration from the biography of Abhinav Bindra, she started shooting.
Avani has won the silver medal in this year's World Cup. At the same time, in 2019, she has also won the silver medal in Croatia. In 2017, she has made a junior world record. His world ranking is 5.
Avani is also the third shooter to win a medal in the Paralympics. Before her, Deepa Malik won silver in Rio and silver medal in wheelchair table tennis at Tokyo Paralympics.
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