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 Qualification

Bachelor of Engineering, Mumbai University

Profession Software Engineer

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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 1 WH 1

Players in this class requires a wheelchair to play badminton. Players in this Sport Class usually have impairment in both lower limbs and trunk function.

Wheelchair 2 WH 2

A player in this class could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal or no impairment of the trunk.

Standing Lower SL 3

In this class a player must play standing. The player could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and poor walking/running balance.

Standing Lower SL 4

A second standing class where the player has a lesser impairment compared to Sport Class SL 3. The player could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal impairment in walking/running balance.

Standing Upper SU 5

The player in this class has impairment of the upper limbs.

Short Stature SS 6

These are players who have a short stature due to a genetic condition often referred to as “dwarfism”.

Manasi’s Category

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 Bronze Medallist in Women's Doubles

International Level I

Nov 2016 Asian Para-Badminton Championships 2016 Bronze Medallist in SL3 Singles and Bronze Medallist in Women's Doubles

Continental Championships

June 2016 2nd Irish Para-Badminton International 2016 Silver Medallist in SL3 Singles and Bronze Medallist in Women's Doubles

International Level I

Dec 2015 QNET National Para-Badminton Championship 2015 Silver Medallist in Mixed Doubles and Bronze Medallist in SU 5 Singles

National Championship

Sep 2015 10th BWF Para- Badminton World Championship held at Stoke Meadville, England

Silver Medallist in Mixed Doubles World Championship

Mar 2015 V Spanish Para Badminton International Open held at Alcudia, Spain

Represented India and fought for Bronze in SU 5 Singles

International Level I

Dec 2014 14th Senior National Para Badminton Championship, Mumbai

Silver Medallist in SL3 Singles National Championship

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

Her goal for this year is to participate in maximum tournaments (National and

International). These tournaments are essential for her continued

development as an athlete and also to improve her International ranking:

1. She aspires to win a Gold at the World Championships this year

2. She wishes to improve her ranking in Singles category (SL3). By the end

of this year, she aims at becoming World # 2

Long term

• Become World #1 in Mixed Doubles category by Dec 2018

• To win Gold at the 2020 Paralympics to be held at Tokyo

2014

2015

2016

Started playing badminton at

Corporate, National &

International level

World ranking : Singles (SL3) – 7th

Mixed Doubles – 2nd Women’s Doubles- 22nd

World ranking : Singles (SL3) – 3rd

Mixed Doubles – 3rd Women’s Doubles- 17th

Development Graph over the years

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

2017*

Ulsan, Korea 21st – 26th November 2017 World Championships

* 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

Times of India blog Office Chai features Manasi in an article that covers “7 amazing people who fought their disability and rose to top”

Manasi’s interview with Sportskeeda TOI tweets Manasi’s story

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 2016

Media Coverage | Regional Newspapers

Mid Day Mumbai (Gujarati) covers Manasi’s success story

Rajasthan Partika (Hindi)

Lokmat (Hindi)

Gujarat Samachar (Gujarati)

Manorama (Malayalam)

Manasi’s interview in Maharashtra Times – celebrating her spirit on Women's day

• 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.

Media Coverage | Magazine

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. Kumaran

Manasi 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 the occasion of Women’s Day

Spoke at Yellow Talks on importance of Skill development

Chief Guest at IMT Gaziabad Interview with RJ Rishi, Radio one

Guest Lecturer at IIT Roorkee’s Annual Social convention 2016 -Sankalp

Interaction with kids at an NGO run Municipal School in Dadar

Thank you! Nupur Joshi | joshi.nupur@gmail.com | +91 9833 927 745

Manasi Joshi | Joshimanasi11@gmail.com | +91 9969 195 613