Janki Goud
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Born | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
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Janki Goud is an Indian judoka.[1] She won a bronze medal at the 2017 Judo Asian & Oceania Championship held by the International Blind Sports Federation at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[2][3] She was congratulated by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a tweet.[4]
In 2016 and 2017, she won silver and gold medals respectively at the 4th and 5th National Judo Championship for Deaf & Blind.[5] She won the gold medal at the 6th National Blind and Deaf Judo Championship, held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in February 2018.[6]
At the age of 5, she lost her sight after contracting measles. As of August 2018, she has been reported to be 23 years old.[1] She received judo and self-defence training from Sightsavers, a nongovernmental organization.[7]
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References
- ^ a b Majendie, Matt (August 22, 2018). "She took a self-defense class for blind women; now she's a judo champion". CNN.
- ^ Majumdar, Swapna (March 14, 2018). "Looking Up to Visually-Impaired Girls in India, through Judo". Women's eNews.
- ^ Isyana Putri, Frieda (August 25, 2018). "Wanita India Ini Buktikan Buta Tak Halangi Jadi Atlet Judo Internasional" (in Indonesian). detik.com.
- ^ Pandey, Baalmeek (2018). "ताशकंद में अंतर्राष्ट्रीय कांस्य पदक विजेता दिव्यांग जानकी का भव्य स्वागत, सीएम ने बधाई के साथ दिया ये संदेश" (in Hindi). Patrika.
- ^ "The blind judo stars of India". BBC News. March 8, 2018.
- ^ "दिव्यांग जानकी ने जूडो में जीता स्वर्ण पदक" (in Hindi). Naidunia. February 7, 2018.
- ^ Shukla, Ira (August 23, 2018). "From Learning Judo For Self Defence To Becoming A National Blind Champion, This Is Janki's Story". ScoopWhoop.