Para players of Madhya Pradesh State Fencing Academy earned 2 bronze medals in A category of 14th National Para Fencing Championship-2022.
The players who returned from the championship met the Director Sports and Youth Welfare Department Ravi Kumar Gupta at Tatya Tope Stadium.
Notably, all three players are suffering from polio and have the passion to play. Director Sports and Youth Welfare Shri Ravi Kumar Gupta congratulated the players for winning medals. He said that in the academy they will not be allowed to have any shortage of training.
In the championship, 35-year-old Deepak Sharma took part in EP event and won bronze medal in individual and EP team event. Deepak, a resident of village Myna of Guna district, has been improving his performance by getting training in this sport since last one year.
Deepak has previously represented India in the World Cup held in Italy. There he performed brilliantly and secured 32nd rank. Sanjeev Kotia, a resident of village Jigani, Morena, took part in the championship and won a bronze medal in the EP team event.
The 23-year-old Sanjeev had made a big difference in this competition by defeating the title contender Haryana player. Sanjeev also plays Kayaking-Canoeing.
Arvind Rajak, a resident of Mehgaon, earned a bronze medal in the EP team event in this competition. Aravind Panja, 23, is an international wrestling player. He has also won a silver medal in the Paw Wrestling World Cup.
They got the training of fencing under instructor Bhupendra Singh Chauhan in the academy.