Avani Lekhara

Avani Lekhara, 19 who has been wheelchair-bound since a road accident in 2012 is an Indian Athlete (Para Shooting). She won a gold medal in 10m air rifle standing women and a bronze medal in 50m rifle 3-position women at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Her current world ranking is no. 4 and has won various world cup medals since 2017. She had a couple of junior world records on her name as well. Starting from her 1st National Shooting Championship in 2015, she has been winning all colors of medals for Rajasthan. Avani is pursuing a five-year degree course in law from University of Rajasthan. She completed her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 3 Jaipur. She was among the toppers of her school. Her sporting motto is “Life consists not in holding good cards, but playing those you hold well.”

Avani has won 7 Gold Medals in National Shooting Championships between 2016-20. Winning multiple medals at World Cups. she is the first and only Indian female para athlete to have won a Paralympic Gold Medal, whilst breaking the Paralympic record and equalling the World Record to win the medal.

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