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.[1]
Early life and education
Killaka is a visually challenged tribal girl from Gummalakshmipuram in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh.[2] 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.[3] Tabares Khan is her guide runner. Her father K. Borja[4] and mother Chitamma are farm labourers. She is one of the four siblings.[2] Her school awarded her a cash prize of Rs.3,00,000 and Rs.50,000 for her guide runner.[3][5]
Career
She was part of the Indian team at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China.[6] She won a silver medal[7][8] finishing second behind Rakshitha Raju in the women 1500m T11 on 25 October 2023.[9][10]
In May 2023, she won a silver at the 5th Indian Open Para Athletics International Championship at Shree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.[11]
References
- ↑ Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil leads India's charge with world record. Hindustan Times(2023-10-25). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Breaking News: Lalitha Killaka Clinches Silver Medal at 2023 Asian Para Games, Jaisankar, Priya. VTSWORLD(2023-10-25). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Marvels of para sports, Prakash, Hita. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ Para Athletics Licence Register 2024. id.paralympicindia.org.in. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ↑ All eyes on golden girl Lalitha, Today, Telangana. Telangana Today(2025-03-13). Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ↑ India at Asian Para Games 2023: Full list of Indian athletes, Sportstar, Team. Sportstar(2023-10-21). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ India at Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil, Sundar Singh Gurjar set new javelin world records on Day 4. Scroll.in(2023-10-25). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ India win 111 medals at Para Asian Games, here's every medal winner of the record-breaking campaign. ESPN(2023-10-28). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil Bags Gold With WR, Indian Medal Tally Bulges to 64. News18(2023-10-25). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ Asian Para Games: India script history, achieve historic medal haul with 73 medals. The Times of India(2023-10-26). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
- ↑ News. www.orisports.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.