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{{short description|Indian Paralympic table tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| full_name = Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel
| birth_place = Sundhiya village, [[Vadnagar]], [[Mehsana district]], [[Gujarat]], India
| country = India
| image = Smt. Bhavina Patel Table Tennis medalist.jpg
| coach = Lalan Doshi<ref>{{cite web|first=Mohammad|last=Imtiyaz|url=https://thebridge.in/amp/tokyo-2020-paralympics/bhavina-patel-tokyo-paralympics-medal-coch-lalan-doshi-24715|title=Bhavina cried over phone after confirming medal at Tokyo Paralympics — Coach Lalan Doshi|publisher=The Bridge|date=27 August 2021|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref>
| sport = Table Tennis
| rank = 12 (August 2021)
| event = Para Table Tennis C4
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's [[para table tennis]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 4|Singles C4]]}}
{{Medal|Competition| [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold| [[Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]] | [[Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles C3–5|Singles C3–5]] }}
}}

'''Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel''' is an Indian [[parathlete]] and [[Para table tennis|table tennis]] [[Player (game)|player]] from [[Mehsana]], [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shastri|first1=Parth|date= 3 July 2021|first2=Sabu |last2=Cherian|title=Girl power from Gujarat in Tokyo-bound India contingent |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/girl-power-from-gujarat-in-tokyo-bound-india-contingent/articleshow/84084132.cms|access-date=2021-07-24|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> She won a silver medal in [[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 4|Class 4 Table tennis]] at the [[2020 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Tokyo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/amp/news/sports/tokyo-summer-paralympics-matches-live-updates-day-5-live-streaming-dd-sports-eurosports-discovery-plus-bhavina-patel-final-archery-4139999.html|title=Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Live Updates: Paddler Bhavina Patel Bags Silver, Loses Final by Straight Games|website=News18|access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-paralympics/tokyo-paralympics-2021-live-updates-tokyo-2020-paralympic-games-day-6/liveblog/85729715.cms Tokyo Paralympics 2021 Highlights: Bhavina Patel & Nishad Kumar win silver medals, bronze for Vinod Kumar] ''The Tines of India''. Retrieved 29 August 2021</ref>

== Career ==
Patel has won a number of medals in national and international competitions.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-DayInPictures/june14dayinpics/Article4-709404.aspx Hindustan Times-Physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh Patel] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031202602/http://www.hindustantimes.com/photos-news/Photos-DayInPictures/june14dayinpics/Article4-709404.aspx |date=October 31, 2013 }}</ref> She reached the World Number 2 ranking by winning the silver medal for India in the individual category at the [[2011 PTT Thailand Open]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=PTI|title=Paddler Bhavinaben Patel wins historic silver at Tokyo Paralympics|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/sports/paddler-bhavinaben-patel-wins-historic-silver-at-tokyo-paralympics/article36161266.ece|access-date=2021-08-31|website=[[Business Line]]|language=en}}</ref> In October 2013, Patel won the silver medal in the women’s singles Class 4 at the [[Asian Para Table Tennis Championships]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>[http://www.bilkulonline.com/gujarat-news/general-news/4003-bhavina-winssilver-medal-in-asia-wheelchair-para-table-tennis-championship Bhavina winsSilver Medal in Asia Wheelchair Para Table Tennis championship] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204043/http://www.bilkulonline.com/gujarat-news/general-news/4003-bhavina-winssilver-medal-in-asia-wheelchair-para-table-tennis-championship|date=October 29, 2013}}</ref> In 2017, Patel won the bronze medal in Bhavina won the bronze medal in the Asian Para Table Tennis Championships held in Beijing, China.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gujarat's super six women make it to Olympics|url=https://ahmedabadmirror.com/gujarats-super-six-women-make-it-to-olympics/81802501.html|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Ahmedabad Mirror|language=en}}</ref>

In the [[2020 Summer Paralympics|Tokyo 2020 Paralympics]], she reached the semi-finals after defeating Borislava Rankovic and won the silver medal after being defeated by [[Zhou Ying (table tennis)|Zhou Ying]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Results|url=https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results|access-date=2021-08-27|website=International Paralympic Committee|language=en}}</ref> She is coached by Lalan Doshi and is guided by team official, Tejalben Lakhia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/indian-physically-challenged-table-tennis-players-bhavina-news-photo/116031337|title=Indian physically challenged table tennis players - Bhavina Hasmukh...|website=Getty Images|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> Patel also works with the [[Employees' State Insurance|Employees' State Insurance Corporation]] (ESIC) in Ahmedabad, India.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 August 2021|title=Bhavina Patel: A Career Of Many Setbacks, Answered With More Fightback|url=https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/sports/olympic-sports/bhavani-patel-tokyo-paralympics-medallist-career-journey|access-date=11 September 2021|publisher=The Quint}}</ref>

In the [[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games]],She won a gold medal in the women’s singles class 3-5 held in Birmingham, England.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CWG 2022: Bhavina Patel Wins Historic Gold in Para Table Tennis Women's Singles.|url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/cwg-2022-bhavina-patel-wins-gold-sonalben-manubhai-patel-bronze-in-para-table-tennis-5703901.html|date=2022-08-07|website=[[News18_India]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Awards ==
*[[Arjun Award]] (2021)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ipttc.org/ International Table Tennis Federation Para Table Tennis]
*[http://www.paralympic.org/sport/table-tennis Table Tennis on International Paralympic Committee website]

{{Paralympic medalists for India}}

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