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Manasi Joshi Indian Para-athlete
Indian Para-athlete : Manasi Joshi • Manasi Joshi is an Indian Para-Badminton player who aspires to win the Gold at Paralympics 2020, Tokyo • Below is her World Ranking across different categories as per the updated player ranking list on Badminton World Federation (BWF) website : Category World Rank Singles (SL 3) 5th Women Doubles 17th Mixed Doubles 4th
Personal Details DOB 11th June 1989 Age 28 Years Height 171 cm Weight 68 Kg Educational Bachelor of Engineering, Qualification Mumbai University Profession Software Engineer joshimanasig | joshi.manasi | joshimanasi11
About Para-badminton
• Badminton is a Paralympic sport. The International Paralympic Committee announced to include badminton as an official
sport for the first time at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
• Para-badminton athletes compete in men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Athletes
are classified into “Sport Classes” to ensure fairness in competition. In para-badminton there are six Sport Classes.
Wheelchair Players in this class requires a wheelchair to play badminton. Players in this Sport Class usually have
1 WH 1 impairment in both lower limbs and trunk function.
Wheelchair A player in this class could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal or no impairment of the
2 WH 2 trunk.
Manasi’s Category
Standing In this class a player must play standing. The player could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and poor
Lower SL 3 walking/running balance.
Standing A second standing class where the player has a lesser impairment compared to Sport Class SL 3. The player
Lower SL 4 could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal impairment in walking/running balance.
Standing The player in this class has impairment of the upper limbs.
Upper SU 5
Short These are players who have a short stature due to a genetic condition often referred to as “dwarfism”.
Stature SS 6
Her Achievements
Manasi has participated and won at various National and International competitions. Below are some of the major
events and their results
Year Event Result Category
Sep 2017 Japan Para-Badminton International 2017 Gold Medallist in Women's Doubles International Level I
Mar 2017 Spanish Para-Badminton International 2017 Gold Medallist in SL3 Singles (exhibition match) and International Level I
Bronze Medallist in Women's Doubles
Nov 2016 Asian Para-Badminton Championships 2016 Bronze Medallist in SL3 Singles and Bronze Continental
Medallist in Women's Doubles Championships
June 2016 2nd Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 Silver Medallist in SL3 Singles and Bronze Medallist International Level I
in Women's Doubles
Dec 2015 QNET National Para-Badminton Championship 2015 Silver Medallist in Mixed Doubles and Bronze National Championship
Medallist in SU 5 Singles
Sep 2015 10th BWF Para- Badminton World Championship held at Silver Medallist in Mixed Doubles World Championship
Stoke Meadville, England
Mar 2015 V Spanish Para Badminton International Open held at Represented India and fought for Bronze in SU 5 International Level I
Alcudia, Spain Singles
Dec 2014 14th Senior National Para Badminton Championship, Silver Medallist in SL3 Singles National Championship
Mumbai
About Her
• Apart from being a Para-athlete, Manasi is also a software-professional and a change
maker. She wishes to drive a shift in how disability and Para-sport are perceived
• She did her schooling from Atomic Energy Central schools and then Bachelor in
Engineering with majors in Electronics, from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering,
Mumbai. She recently quit her job at Atos India where she was working as a Sr.
Software Engineer and moved to Ahmedabad in first week of September. She is now
working with Ahmedabad Cooperative Bank.
• In the next few years (4 to be precise), Manasi will be participating and representing
our country at various international tournaments (some of the major tournaments -
World championships in 2017, Asian Games 2018, World championships in 2019
followed by Paralympics 2020).
• She started playing badminton at the age of 10 when she got selected in a summer
camp organized by Department of Atomic Energy (a talent hunt program). Over the
years she has represented and won various competitions for her school, college,
district and corporate organization.
• In 2011, she lost her left leg in an accident and now wears an artificial leg for everyday
use. She started playing badminton (professionally) in 2014 and there has been no
looking back ever since.
• Last year she won the “Incredible Indian” award from Rotary International
• She loves travelling and makes sure to visit at least 3 new places a year. In her free
time she loves gardening, cooking and reading
• She also gets invites from India’s premier Business Schools, Engineering Colleges ,
Corporate, NGOs, etc. as a keynote speaker / guest lecturer, to spread awareness about
para-sports and disability
Her Goals
Short term Development Graph over the years
Her goal for this year is to participate in maximum tournaments (National and
International). These tournaments are essential for her continued World ranking :
Singles (SL3) – 7th
development as an athlete and also to improve her International ranking: Mixed Doubles – 2nd
Women’s Doubles- 22nd
1. She aspires to win a Gold at the World Championships this year 2016
2. She wishes to improve her ranking in Singles category (SL3). By the end 2015 World ranking :
of this year, she aims at becoming World # 2 Singles (SL3) – 3rd
Mixed Doubles – 3rd
2014 Women’s Doubles- 17th
Long term
Started playing
badminton at
• Become World #1 in Mixed Doubles category by Dec 2018 Corporate,
National &
• To win Gold at the 2020 Paralympics to be held at Tokyo International level
Tournament Calendar 2017 | International
Event Name Host – City/Country Dates Tournament Type
Spanish Para-Badminton International 2017* Alcudia, Spain 7th – 12th March 2017 International Level I
Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017 Kampala, Uganda 25th – 30th April2017 International Level I
Turkish Para-Badminton International 2017 Cappadocia, Turkey 9th – 14th May 2017 International Level I
Thailand Para-Badminton International 2017* Bangkok, Thiland 30th May – 4th June 2017 International Level I
Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 Dublin, Ireland 20st – 25th June 2017 International Level I
Peru Para-Badminton International 2017 Lima, Peru 1st – 6th August 2017 International Level I
Japan Para-Badminton International 2017* Tokyo, Japan 5th – 10th September 2017 International Level I
Brazil Para-Badminton International 2017 Curitiba, Brazil 12th – 17th September 2017 International Level I
USA Para-Badminton International 2017* Colarado, USA 24th – 29th October 2017 International Level I
BWF Para-Badminton World Championships Ulsan, Korea 21st – 26th November 2017 World Championships
2017*
* Tournaments Manasi has participated /will participate in
Media Coverage| Social Media
• She has been featured in many publications and websites like
FirstPost, Times of India blog, DNA India, Mumbai Mirror, Pune
Mirror, Scoopwhoop, Huffington Post, buzzfeed, etc. to name a few.
• She has been on-air and given interview to radio channels like:
a) Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM – in a youth oriented show with Meethi Mirchi
RJ Prerna
b) 94.3 Radio One – in the prime time breakfast show with RJ Hrishikesh
Kanan
c) All India Radio – In a Guajarati youth oriented program “Chaal Jivi
Laiyee Zindagi”
d) Radio City 91.1 FM – in prime time evening show “ Mumbai taka-tak”
With RJ Rohit Vir
• She has been featured in the April edition on New woman Magazine
• She was also a part of a product launch event for sports nutrition
brand Fast & Up
• Her article on Humans of Bombay had a reach of 5 Million and got
87,000+ likes , 17,000+ shares and more than 3000 comments Manasi’s Humans of Bombay article share by Milind Soman got 1 lakh plus likes
and 20 thousand plus shares
Media Coverage | Social Media
Office Chai features Manasi in an
Times of India blog Manasi’s interview with Sportskeeda TOI tweets Manasi’s story
article that covers “7 amazing people
who fought their disability and rose
to top”Media Coverage | Newspapers
Various Newspapers like TOI, DNA, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Business Standards, etc. and News Channels like IBN Live,
Times Now, Aaj Tak, India TV, etc. covered the news of the Indian contingent winning at the World Championships
DNA Mumbai South Central covers Manasi ‘s story on
World Disability Day
Deccan Herald covers Manasi ‘s achievement at Irish
International 2016Media Coverage | Regional Newspapers
Manorama (Malayalam)
Rajasthan Partika (Hindi) Gujarat Samachar (Gujarati)
Mid Day Mumbai (Gujarati) covers
Manasi’s success story
Manasi’s interview in Maharashtra
Lokmat (Hindi) Times – celebrating her spirit on
Women's dayMedia Coverage | Magazine • Manasi was featured in the April issues of the New Woman Magazine that has a circulation of 1, 00,008 copies and a readership of 3, 50,000.
Calendar shoot | Coverage
Manasi got featured in India’s 1st amputee calendar – Being You, a
project called "Rising above", produced by Mission Smile. The launch
of the same has been covered in print as well as social media.
Photo source Being You Photography by G. KumaranManasi has also been visiting India’s premier Business Schools, Engineering Colleges ,
Corporate, NGOs, etc. as a keynote speaker / guest lecturer, to spread awareness about para-
sports and disability
Addressing the employees of SEBI on Spoke at Yellow Talks on importance Guest Lecturer at IIT Roorkee’s Annual
the occasion of Women’s Day of Skill development Social convention 2016 -Sankalp
Chief Guest at IMT Gaziabad Interview with RJ Rishi, Radio one Interaction with kids at an NGO run
Municipal School in DadarThank you! Nupur Joshi | joshi.nupur@gmail.com | +91 9833 927 745 Manasi Joshi | Joshimanasi11@gmail.com | +91 9969 195 613
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