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'''Bhagyashree Jadhav''' (born 24 May 1985) is a para athlete from [[Maharashtra]]. She was part of the Indian para team for the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 - athletics - women-s-shot-put-f34 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/athletics/women-s-shot-put-f34 |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}</ref> She won a silver medal in shot put F34 category. She threw a distance of 7.54 metres.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jetnavare |first=Rohit Bibhishan |title=Asian Para Games 2023 : नांदेडच्या भाग्यश्री जाधवची ऐतिहासिक कामगिरी, गोळाफेकीत रौप्य पदकाची कमाई |url=https://marathi.hindustantimes.com/sports/asian-para-games-2023-bhagyashree-madhavrao-jadhav-won-the-silver-medal-in-womens-shot-put-f34-bhagyashree-jadhav-nanded-141698322374441.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Hindustan Times Marathi |language=mr |archive-date=7 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107055128/https://marathi.hindustantimes.com/sports/asian-para-games-2023-bhagyashree-madhavrao-jadhav-won-the-silver-medal-in-womens-shot-put-f34-bhagyashree-jadhav-nanded-141698322374441.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She qualified to represent [[India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]] at [[Paris]], her second Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-19 |title=Indian para athletes earn 17 quota places for Paris Games, record best ever finish at World Championship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/indian-para-athletes-earn-17-quota-places-for-paris-games-record-best-ever-finish-at-world-championship/articleshow/101960937.cms |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She is named as the flagbearer for India at the Paris Paralympics opening ceremony along with Sumit Antil.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=India name Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil as flag bearers for Paralympics |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/paris-paralympics-india-bhagyashree-jadhav-sumit-antil-flag-bearer-2583153-2024-08-16 |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Bhagyashree hails from Honvadaj in [[Mukhed taluka|Mukhed taluk]], [[Nanded district]], Maharashtra. After an accident in 2006, she began using a wheelchair and experienced depression. With the help of a Marathi journalist Prakash Kamble, she took up wheelchair sports.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=अनंत अमुचि ध्येयासक्ती |url=https://marathi.indiatimes.com/editorial/ravivar-mata/bhagyashree-jadhav-of-nanded-ready-to-lead-india-in-shot-put-at-tokyo-paralympics/articleshow/85366199.cms |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Maharashtra Times |language=mr}}</ref>

== Career ==
Bhagyashree won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games. Earlier, she was part of the Indian team at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] where she entered the final and was ranked 7th.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhagyashri Mahavrao Jadhav - Athletics {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile |url=https://www.paralympic.org/bhagyashri-mahavrao-jadhav |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=International Paralympic Committee |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-08-31 |title=Tokyo Paralympics: Bhagyashri Jadhav finishes 7th in women's shot put F34 final |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-paralympics/tokyo-paralympics-bhagyashri-jadhav-finishes-7th-in-womens-shot-put-f34-final/articleshow/85789268.cms |access-date=2024-01-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In 2021, she won a bronze medal at the Feja World Cup.<ref name=":0" /> In 2019, she took part in the World Para Athletics Games in [[China]] and won two bronze medals. She took up sports in 2017 and won two gold and a bronze in the Mayor's Cup at [[Pune]].<ref name=":0" />

== Award ==
In 2021, she won the 'Dr. Pradnya Nitin Joshi Smriti Kritagyata Sanman' award by Galaxy Hospital, Nanded.<ref>{{Cite web |last=UNI |date=2021-09-01 |title=Bhagyashree Jadhav conferred award |url=http://www.uniindia.net/bhagyashree-jadhav-conferred-award/west/news/2464587.html |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=www.UNIindia.net |archive-date=7 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107055128/http://www.uniindia.net/bhagyashree-jadhav-conferred-award/west/news/2464587.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Athletes from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Paralympic athletes for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Indian women shot putters]]
[[Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]

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