Know all the information, bio, age, disability, and career journey of Indian athlete Preethi Pal
Preethi Pal, born on September 22, 2000, is a distinguished Indian para athlete hailing from Uttar Pradesh. In the Paris Paralympics 2024 women’s 100m T35 event, she earned a bronze medal. With this medal, India earned it’s first Paralympics medal in a track event.
Who is para athlete Preethi Pal, biography, age, disability story, state, coach and medals list
By completing the race with a personal best of 14.21 seconds, Pal finished behind China’s Xia Zhou and Qianqian Guo. Pal’s bronze adds to India’s medal tally at the 2024 Para Games, following Avani Lekhara’s gold and Mona Agarwal’s bronze in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 final. In May 2024, Pal secured a bronze medal in the women’s 200m T35 at the World Para Athletics Championships.
BRONZE 🥉 For INDIA 🇮🇳
🏃♀️ Preethi Pal wins bronze medal in the Women’s 100m T35 Final#Paris2024 | #Cheer4Bharat | #Paralympics2024 | #ParaAthletics pic.twitter.com/Bv5MooLphU
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) August 30, 2024
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Zhou Xia | China | 13.58 |
| 2 | Guo Qianqian | China | 13.74 |
| 3 | Preethi Pal | India | 14.21 |
| 4 | Fatimah Suwaed | Iraq | 14.82 |
| 5 | Ingrid Renecka | Poland | 15.29 |
| 6 | Jagoda Kibil | Poland | 15.54 |
| 7 | Nienke Timmer | Netherlands | 15.69 |
| 8 | Isabelle Foerder | Germany | 16.36 |
| 9 | Saltanat Abilkhassymkyzy | Kazakhstan | 16.52 |
Who is Preethi Pal?
Preethi Pal is originally from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and was born in a farmer’s family. As a child, she faced the challenge of cerebral palsy, which was compounded by a lack of adequate treatment options in Meerut. She now trains in Delhi under the guidance of coach Gajendra Singh, who is also the mentor of Simran Sharma.
In May 2024, Pal earned a bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Kobe, Japan, and secured an Olympic quota with a time of 30.49 seconds in the women’s T35 200m event. Despite narrowly missing out on medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China, her performance there was notable. Earlier in March 2024, she achieved a significant triumph by winning two gold medals at the 6th Indian Open Para Athletics Championships in Bangalore.
Pal’s impressive trajectory continued in 2024 as she qualified to represent India at the Summer Paralympics in Paris, where she clinched a bronze medal in the women’s 100m T35 class, clocking a personal best time of 14.21 seconds.
- Age: 23-year-old
- Date of Birth: 22 September 2000
- State: Uttar Pradesh