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'''Lalitha Killaka''' is a para athlete from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She won a gold and a silver at the [[World Para Athletics Championships]] in March 2024. Earlier in October 2023, she won a silver medal at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil leads India's charge with world record |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/asian-para-games-sumit-antil-leads-indias-charge-with-world-record-101698258117917.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Killaka is a visually challenged tribal girl from Gummalakshmipuram in [[Vizianagaram district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jaisankar |first=Priya |date=2023-10-25 |title=Breaking News: Lalitha Killaka Clinches Silver Medal at 2023 Asian Para Games |url=https://www.vtsworld.org/post/lalitha-killaka-clinches-silver-medal-at-2023-asian-para-games |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=VTSWORLD |language=en}}</ref> She did her schooling at Netra Vidyalaya run by Chinna Jeer Swami and passed Class X in 2020. She is currently studying 2nd year degree in Netra Vidyalaya college. She is trained by coach Rahul Balakrishna.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Prakash |first=Hita |title=Marvels of para sports |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/marvels-of-para-sports-2757141 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> Tabares Khan is her guide runner. Her father K. Borja<ref>{{Cite web |title=Para Athletics Licence Register 2024 |url=http://id.paralympicindia.org.in/athletics2024/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=id.paralympicindia.org.in}}</ref> and mother Chitamma are farm labourers. She is one of the four siblings.<ref name=":0" /> Her school awarded her a cash prize of Rs.3,00,000 and Rs.50,000 for her guide runner.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Today |first=Telangana |date=2025-03-13 |title=All eyes on golden girl Lalitha |url=https://telanganatoday.com/all-eyes-on-golden-girl-lalitha |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Telangana Today |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
She was part of the Indian team at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sportstar |first=Team |date=2023-10-21 |title=India at Asian Para Games 2023: Full list of Indian athletes |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/asian-games/india-at-asian-para-games-2023-complete-list-of-indian-athletes-china-hangzhou-2022-news/article67445414.ece |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> She won a silver medal<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |date=2023-10-25 |title=India at Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil, Sundar Singh Gurjar set new javelin world records on Day 4 |url=https://scroll.in/field/1058130/india-at-asian-para-games-sumit-antil-sundar-singh-gurjar-set-new-javelin-world-records-on-day-4 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-28 |title=India win 111 medals at Para Asian Games, here's every medal winner of the record-breaking campaign |url=https://www.espn.in/espn/story/_/id/38759315/100-asian-para-games-medals-india-every-medal-winner-record-breaking-campaign |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref> finishing second behind [[Rakshitha Raju]] in the women 1500m T11 on 25 October 2023.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil Bags Gold With WR, Indian Medal Tally Bulges to 64 |url=https://www.news18.com/sports/asian-para-games-sumit-antil-bags-gold-with-wr-indian-medal-tally-bulges-to-64-8633292.html |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-26 |title=Asian Para Games: India script history, achieve historic medal haul with 73 medals |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023/india-asian-games/asian-para-games-india-script-history-achieve-historic-medal-haul-with-73-medals/articleshow/104719778.cms |access-date=2024-01-06 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

In May 2023, she won a silver at the 5th Indian Open Para Athletics International Championship at Shree [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium|Kanteerava Stadium]] in [[Bengaluru]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=News |url=https://www.orisports.com/NewsDetails.aspx?nId=NzczNA== |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.orisports.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]
[[Category:Indian women middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Para Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]

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