Simran Sharma (Para Athlete) Height, Age, Husband, Family, Biography

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Hometown: Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Age: 24 Years

Husband: Naik Gajendra Singh

Bio/Wiki
Other Name	Simran Vats
Nickname	Simmi
Profession	Para Athlete
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 4" (163 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Para Athletics
Medals	Gold • 2020: World Athletics Grand Prix in 100m Sprint • 2021: World Championships • 2023: National Para Athletics Championship in 100m • 2023: National Para Athletics Championship in 200m • 2023: National Para Athletics Championship in Long Jump • 2024: World Championships in 200m T12 Silver • 2021: World Championships • 2022: Asian Para Games in 100m T12 • 2022: Asian Para Games in 200m T12 Bronze • 2024: Paralympic Games in 200m T12
Events	• 100m T12, 100m T13 • 200m T12, 200m T13 • 400m T12, 400m T13 • Long Jump
Award(s)	• 2020: AWWA Awards of Excellence by the Army Wives Welfare Association • 2020: India Sports Award • 2024: Rani Laxmi Bai Award in Uttar Pradesh for Female Para Athlete of the Year at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Coach	Naik Gajendra Singh
Personal Life
Date of Birth	9 November 1999 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2023)	24 Years
Birthplace	Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
College/University	Rukmani Modi Mahila Inter College, Modinagar, Bisokhar, Uttar Pradesh
Educational Qualification	Graduation
Religion	Hinduism
Social Media	• Instagram • YouTube • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Naik Gajendra Singh (athletics coach, Army Service Corps)
Marriage Date	November 2017
Family
Husband/Spouse	Naik Gajendra Singh
Parents	Father- Manoj Kumar (medical practitioner) Mother- Savita Sharma (cook food and wash utensils in a hostel)
Siblings	She has an elder sister and an elder brother.
Favourites
Sports Person	Cristiano Ronaldo

Some Lesser Known Facts About Simran Sharma

Simran Sharma was born into a poor family.

She was a premature baby and was born in only six months. She weighed around one kg at the time of her birth. She was born with vision impairment. Her straight vision was blurred, and she could not see beyond six feet. However, her vision sideways was better.
Simran Sharma’s childhood picture

In school, one of her sports teachers did not like her. She treated her badly as she considered her different from other girls. She was even bullied by her relatives, neighbours, and schoolmates.

She continued participating in various sports in her school. However, she never thought of pursuing sports professionally.
Simran Sharma during her school days

While she was in college, she started participating in various inter-college running competitions.

One day while she was practicing on the MM College athletics track, the Indian Army official Gajendra Singh spotted her. He observed her while practising and decided to train her in athletics. He contacted her for her training. She agreed to it and Singh started her professional training in athletics as he was also an athlete.

While practising together, they fell in love with each other, and in 2017, they got married. Initially, Singh’s parents did not approve of his decision to get married to Simran. However, later, they agreed to it.

Simran once shared that after one day of her marriage, her husband instructed her to resume her training in athletics.

After two years of her marriage, she met the Indian para-athlete Narayan Thakur who motivated her to participate in para-athletic competitions.

Initially, Simran and her husband did not have enough money to buy equipments for her training. Her husband then took a loan and sold his plot to buy training equipments.

She has participated in various para-athletic competitions like the World Para Grand Prix T13 category, World Para Championships, and Paralympics.
Simran Sharma in Paris Paralympics 2024