Archive · 13 Aug 2026

Para paddler Nurjahan Jamani awarded Sardar Patel Sports Award

Para paddler Nurjahan Jamani awarded Sardar Patel Sports Award

A very good table tennis player from India named Nurjahan Jamani won a big award.

The award is called the Sardar Patel Sports Award and it was given by the government of Gujarat.

Nurjahan plays para table tennis, a sport for athletes with disabilities.

She had polio when she was five years old, which affects how her body works.

She played table tennis a long time ago, then stopped for more than ten years.

In 2022, she started playing again and became very successful.

Now she is the No.

1 player in India and No.

27 in the world.

She also works at an airport company and gets support from a sports program called Adani Sportsline.

Next, she hopes to compete in the Asian Para Games in Japan in 2026.

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