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”’Mona Agarwal”’ (born 8 November 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Meet Mona Agarwal, the polio-stricken athlete and mother of two who won shooting bronze at Paralympics |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/mona-agarwal-india-at-paralympics-2024-shooting-13809969.html |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref> is an Indian para shooter from [[Rajasthan]]. She competes in women’s 10m air rifle SH1 category. She qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] at [[Paris]].<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2024-03-09 |title=Para Shooting World Cup: Athlete-turned-shooter Mona Agarwal claims gold in 10m air rifle event, aims more glory |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/para-shooting-world-cup-mona-agarwal-wins-gold-10m-air-rifle-event-result-aims-more-glory-news/article67933043.ece |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She won a quota place for the Paris Paralympics winning gold at the WSPS Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-09 |title=Para shooter Mona Agarwal wins 10m air rifle gold, clinches Paris Paralympic quota for India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/para-shooter-mona-agarwal-wins-10m-air-rifle-gold-clinches-paris-paralympic-quota-for-india/articleshow/108354980.cms |access-date=2024-08-13 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She won a bronze medal at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Once mocked for being girl child and polio-stricken, Mona Agarwal is now a Paralympics medallist |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/mona-agarwal-girl-child-polio-paralympics-bronze-medallist-9541641/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

Indian para athlete

Mona Agarwal
Agarwal in September 2024
Born	(1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 (age 38)
Country	India
Sport	Para-shooting

Mona Agarwal (born 8 November 1987)^[1] is an Indian para shooter from Rajasthan. She competes in women’s 10m air rifle SH1 category. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris.^[2] She won a quota place for the Paris Paralympics winning gold at the WSPS Para Shooting World Cup at New Delhi in March 2024.^[3] She won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[4]

Agarwal is born in Sikar, Rajasthan. She took up shooting in December 2021 after trying different other sports including volleyball. Her husband, Ravindra Chaudhary, a former wheelchair basketball player, suffered brain injury in an accident, and is under rehab at home. She got a polio attack when she was nine months old.^[2] She shifted to Jaipur after marriage.^[5] Due to stigma against girls, she could not complete her schooling. After two elder sisters, her parents wanted a boy but Mona was an ‘unwanted’ child in the conservative family. But her maternal grandmother, Geetha Devi, supported her.^[5] She has two children.

Agarwal made her international debut at the World Cup in Osijek, Croatia in July 2023.^[5] After the Delhi gold, she won another gold at the Para World Cup in Changwon, Korea in April 2024.^[6]



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