Sheetal Devi

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YEAR-WISE DEVELOPMENTS

As in 2023

Oct 28, 2023: The Times of India

Kolkata : Like any other girl of her age Sheetal Devi wanted to dress up beautifully and hear the jangle of the bangle, matching her outfit.


But that was not to be because of cruel twist of fate which left her arm-less at birth. The Jammu girl went to a clinic in Bengaluru to fix prosthetic arms but she n ever underwent the procedure. 
With fierce determination, Sheetal became the ‘Lady with Golden feet“, winning the women’s individual compound archery event at the Para-Asian Games in Hangzhou.

Instead of bangles, she now takes immense pride in adorning herself with gold medals -and inspire fellow Indians. “These medals mean so much, and look much better than the bangles,” she said from Hangzhou.


“I hope these will inspire many others (differently-abled) athletes to take up sport and win medals for the country.”
The 16-year-old, who is first armless female armless archer to compete Internationally, on Friday won her second yellow metal at the Hangzhou event by emerging champion in the women’s individual compound event. Sheetal has also won the compound mixed team gold partnering Rakesh Kumar and a silver in the women’s doubles along with Sarita.


Showing unwavering composure, Sheetal overcame her deficit in the first three ends to defeat Singapore’s Alim Nur Syahidah 144-142. She needed almost perfect shots in the last two ends, as Sheetal shot 10s in her next six shots to take the gold and seal her third medal from the Games.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has acknowledged Sheetal’s extraordinary feat. “Proud of Sheetal Devi on her extraordinary Gold Medal in Archery Women’s Individual Compound open event at the Asian Para Games. This achievement is a testament to her grit and determination,” Modi wrote on his official X handle.


In 2021, Sheetal, all of 14, had no clue about archery.
PTI