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Para-athletics (F57 seated throws — shot put, discus, javelin) · INDIA

Jyoti

Sirsa (Ellenabad), Haryana para-athlete (F57 seated throws), born 28 December 2007, who won discus SILVER + javelin BRONZE + shot put BRONZE at the World Abilitysport Games 2023, javelin gold + two silvers at the World Ability Sport Youth Games 2024, and discus GOLD at the Asian Youth Para Games Dubai 2025; PMRBP 2025, Sports, aged 17 at conferral. Class XI, PM Shri JNV Odhan; trains with the Aditya Mehta Foundation. No surname exists in any official source.

Born 28 December 2007 (official results book); aged 17 at the award (December 2025)

Haryana · India

Jyoti holding up her bundle of para-athletics medals at home
Jyoti at home in Sirsa with the medals she has won in para-athletics
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BEHIND THE RESULT

Three medals in Thailand

Jyoti, born on 28 December 2007, is a para-athlete from Ellenabad in Haryana’s Sirsa district, and she was 17 years old when she received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar in December 2025. Born with one leg shorter than the other, she competes in the F57 class for seated throwers, across the shot put, discus and javelin. She is a Class XI student of PM Shri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Odhan. Her talent was spotted at a 2022 Aditya Mehta Foundation camp in Haridwar, and she trained for two years in Hyderabad. At the World Abilitysport Games in Thailand in December 2023, she won three under-20 medals: silver in the discus with 11.47 metres, and bronze in both the javelin (10.05 metres) and the shot put (4.68 metres).

Gold in Dubai, honour at home

At the National Junior and Sub-Junior Para Athletics Championships in Bengaluru in 2024 she won silver medals in the shot put and discus, and at the World Ability Sport Youth Games in Thailand later that year she won gold in the javelin and silver in the discus and shot put. In December 2025, at the Asian Youth Para Games in Dubai, she won the gold medal in the women’s discus. “I want to tell other children not to let any physical disability stop them,” she told The Tribune after the award. “Stay confident, keep moving forward, and success will definitely come.”

A spark to explore

Jyoti trains far from home while keeping up with her schoolwork — what helps you keep going when something is difficult? That is a question from us, not part of her record.

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The achievement, in context.

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2025 — Sports; Asian Youth Para Games 2025 — Discus Gold; World Abilitysport Games 2023 — Discus Silver, Javelin Bronze, Shot Put Bronze

Sirsa (Ellenabad), Haryana para-athlete (F57 seated throws), born 28 December 2007, who won discus SILVER + javelin BRONZE + shot put BRONZE at the World Abilitysport Games 2023, javelin gold + two silvers at the World Ability Sport Youth Games 2024, and discus GOLD at the Asian Youth Para Games Dubai 2025; PMRBP 2025, Sports, aged 17 at conferral. Class XI, PM Shri JNV Odhan; trains with the Aditya Mehta Foundation. No surname exists in any official source.

2025-12-26 · Supporting source ↗

Sources you can explore.

World Abilitysport Games 2023 · official athletics results book ↗Official results book

PIB · PMRBP-2025 awardee list (official), 26 December 2025 ↗Official award list

The Tribune · Sirsa teens script sporting success stories, January 2026 ↗Regional press report

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