{{Short description|Indian para athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Preethi Pal | image = Preethi Pal in September 2024.jpg | caption = Pal in 2024 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|9|22}} | birth_place = Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India <ref>{{Cite web |date=30 August 2024 |title=Paralympics 2024: Preethi Pal wins bronze in women's 100m T35, first medal for India in track event at Para Games |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/paris-paralympics-2024/news/paralympics-2024-preethi-pal-wins-bronze-womens-100m-t35-final-first-track-medal-for-india-in-para-games-indians-results/article68585381.ece |access-date=30 August 2024 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> | sport = Para athletics | disability = Cerebral palsy | disability_class = T35 | event = Sprints | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}center|40px {{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|100m T35}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|200m T35}} {{MedalCompetition |World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2025 New Delhi|100m T35}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Kobe|100m T35}} {{MedalBronze|2024 Kobe|200m T35}} {{MedalBronze|2025 New Delhi|200m T35}} }}
'''Preethi Pal''' (born 22 September 2000)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preeti Pal Profile - Athletics Player, India {{!}} News, Photos, Stats, Ranking, Records - NDTV Sports |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/athletics/players/121757-preeti-pal-playerprofile |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian para athlete.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 August 2024 |title=Who is Preeti Pal? The first Indian to secure a para-athletics medal at the Paralympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-paralympics/who-is-preeti-pal-the-first-indian-to-secure-a-para-athletics-medal-at-the-paralympics/articleshow/112939937.cms#:~:text=Preeti%20Pal%20has%20made%20history,best%20time%20was%2014.21%20seconds. |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the women's 100m and 200m T35 race events and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win two medals in track and field events at Paralympic Games.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 September 2024 |title=Preethi Pal creates history with second athletics medal at Paris Paralympics |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/paris-paralympics/preethi-pal-creates-history-with-second-athletics-medal-at-paris-paralympics/articleshow/112974166.cms |access-date=1 September 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
== Early life == Pal is from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She had cerebral palsy during her childhood, and she could not get proper treatment at Meerut. She trains in Delhi under coach Gajendra Singh, who is also the coach of Simran Sharma.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=19 May 2024 |title=Preethi clinches bronze, secures Paralympics quota at World Para Athletics Championships |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/preethi-clinches-bronze-secures-paralympics-quota-at-world-para-athletics-championships/articleshow/110253163.cms |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
== Career == In May 2024, she won a bronze at the World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, and clinched an Olympic quota, clocking 30.49 sec in the women's T35 200m event.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 May 2024 |title=Nishad Kumar, Preethi Pal clinch medals as Indians shine in Para Athletics World Championship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/nishad-kumar-preethi-pal-clinch-medals-as-indians-shine-in-para-athletics-world-championship/articleshow/110259987.cms |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She missed a medal twice by a close margin at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2024 |title=Preethi Pal secures India's first medal in women's 200m at Para Athletics C'ships |url=https://thebridge.in/athletics/preethi-pal-india-first-medal-in-women-200m-para-athletics-cships-47380 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref> Earlier in March 2024, she won two gold in the domestic 6th Indian Open Para Athletics Championships at Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2024 |title=World Para Athletics Championships 2024: Praveen finishes fourth in High Jump, Preethi qualifies for final |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/world-para-athletics-championships-2024-day-2-india-results-praveen-fourth-in-high-jump-preethi-in-final/article68190467.ece |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> [[File:Cérémonie_des_médailles_du_200_m_femmes_T35_aux_jeux_paralympiques_de_Paris_2024.jpg|alt=Receiving the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|thumb|Receiving the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] In 2024, she qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris<ref name=":0" /> and won a bronze medal in the women’s 100m T35 class. She clocked a personal best time of 14.21 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preethi Pal's Stunning Run That Earned India Historic 100m Medal At Paris Paralympics - Watch {{!}} Olympics News |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/paralympic-games-2024/preethi-pals-stunning-run-that-earned-india-historic-100m-medal-at-paris-paralympics-watch-6452937 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=NDTVSports.com |language=en}}</ref> == Award ==
* Arjuna Award 2024<ref name="National Sports Day 2024: Full list of Khel Ratna, Arjuna award winners">{{cite news |title=National Sports Day 2024: Full list of Khel Ratna, Arjuna award winners |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/khel-ratna-arjuna-award-dronacharya-manu-bhaker-d-gukesh-full-list-winners-national-sports-day-2658628-2025-01-02 |access-date=17 January 2025 |publisher=India Today |date=2 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117160930/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/khel-ratna-arjuna-award-dronacharya-manu-bhaker-d-gukesh-full-list-winners-national-sports-day-2658628-2025-01-02 |archive-date=17 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/preethi-pal_1989522 Preethi Pal] at the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympics ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/preethi-pal_1989522 alternate link], [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/preethi-pal_1989522 alternate link 2])
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pal, Preethi}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Indian women sprinters Category:Paralympic athletes for India Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for India Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Category:Athletes from Uttar Pradesh Category:Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen