Sporting star of Gujarat: Parul Parmar

Parul makes history at Para Asian Games

The 47 years old, Arjuna award winner, Parul Parmar did the nation proud by winning a gold and a silver medal in the women's badminton event at the 2014 Para Asian Games that recently concluded in Incheon, South Korea.Top-seeded shuttler Parul won against Kamtam Wannaphatdeein of Thailand in the summit clash of the women's singles. Partnering with Raj Kumar she won the silver in the mixed doubles category after they went down 21-14, 21-15 to the Indonesian pair of Setiawan Fredy and Leani Ratri in 21 minutes.

Parul is polio stricken since the age of three and has the distinction of being the only para-athlete from the state to have won multiple Para Asian Games medals. She clinched a bronze medal in the same category at the 2010 Guangzhou Para Asian Games.