Kanchan Lakhani
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| Born | 13 March 1984 Faridabad, India |
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Kanchan Lakhani (born 13 March 1984) is an Indian para athlete from Faridabad, Haryana. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris.[1][2][3] With a personal best of 10.06m, she finished 7th in the women's discus throw F53 category at the Paralympics.[4][5] She is ranked 3rd in the World Para Athletics Rankings 2024 in the F53 javelin throw for women.[6] She is also ranked World 7th in discus throw.[7]
Lakhani is from Faridabad, Haryana. Her father Manohar Lal, mother Pushpa, and brothers Sunil and Kamal, supported her. She did her schooling at K L Mehta Dayanand Senior Secondary School. She met with a train accident on 4 September 2008 and lost her hand. She was also paralysed from waist below due to the injury to spinal cord.[8] In 2016, she met coach Narsi Ram at Raja Nahar Singh Stadium and he convinced her to take up athletics and trained her in throws.