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Manasi Joshi
  Indian Para-athlete
Manasi Joshi Indian Para-athlete - mbasso
Indian Para-athlete : Manasi Joshi
• Manasi Joshi is an Indian Para-Badminton player
  who aspires to win the Gold at Paralympics 2020,
  Tokyo

• Below is her World Ranking across different
  categories as per the updated player ranking list on
  Badminton World Federation (BWF) website :

  Category                     World Rank
  Singles (SL 3)                5th
  Women Doubles                17th
  Mixed Doubles                4th
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Personal Details
DOB                 11th June 1989

Age                 28 Years

Height              171 cm

Weight              68 Kg

Educational         Bachelor of Engineering,
Qualification       Mumbai University

Profession          Software Engineer

   joshimanasig |   joshi.manasi |   joshimanasi11
Manasi Joshi Indian Para-athlete - mbasso
About Para-badminton
• Badminton is a Paralympic sport. The International Paralympic Committee announced to include badminton as an official
  sport for the first time at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
• Para-badminton athletes compete in men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Athletes
  are classified into “Sport Classes” to ensure fairness in competition. In para-badminton there are six Sport Classes.
  Wheelchair       Players in this class requires a wheelchair to play badminton. Players in this Sport Class usually have
  1 WH 1           impairment in both lower limbs and trunk function.

  Wheelchair        A player in this class could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal or no impairment of the
  2 WH 2            trunk.
                                                                                                                                   Manasi’s Category
  Standing       In this class a player must play standing. The player could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and poor
  Lower SL 3     walking/running balance.

  Standing       A second standing class where the player has a lesser impairment compared to Sport Class SL 3. The player
  Lower SL 4     could have impairment in one or both lower limbs and minimal impairment in walking/running balance.

  Standing       The player in this class has impairment of the upper limbs.
  Upper SU 5

  Short          These are players who have a short stature due to a genetic condition often referred to as “dwarfism”.
  Stature SS 6
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Her Achievements
Manasi has participated and won at various National and International competitions. Below are some of the major
events and their results

Year        Event                                                 Result                                                 Category
Sep 2017    Japan Para-Badminton International 2017               Gold Medallist in Women's Doubles                      International Level I

Mar 2017    Spanish Para-Badminton International 2017             Gold Medallist in SL3 Singles (exhibition match) and   International Level I
                                                                  Bronze Medallist in Women's Doubles
Nov 2016    Asian Para-Badminton Championships 2016               Bronze Medallist in SL3 Singles and Bronze             Continental
                                                                  Medallist in Women's Doubles                           Championships
June 2016   2nd Irish Para-Badminton International 2016           Silver Medallist in SL3 Singles and Bronze Medallist   International Level I
                                                                  in Women's Doubles
Dec 2015    QNET National Para-Badminton Championship 2015        Silver Medallist in Mixed Doubles and Bronze           National Championship
                                                                  Medallist in SU 5 Singles

Sep 2015    10th BWF Para- Badminton World Championship held at   Silver Medallist in Mixed Doubles                      World Championship
            Stoke Meadville, England

Mar 2015    V Spanish Para Badminton International Open held at   Represented India and fought for Bronze in SU 5        International Level I
            Alcudia, Spain                                        Singles

Dec 2014    14th Senior National Para Badminton Championship,     Silver Medallist in SL3 Singles                        National Championship
            Mumbai
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About Her
•   Apart from being a Para-athlete, Manasi is also a software-professional and a change
    maker. She wishes to drive a shift in how disability and Para-sport are perceived
•   She did her schooling from Atomic Energy Central schools and then Bachelor in
    Engineering with majors in Electronics, from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering,
    Mumbai. She recently quit her job at Atos India where she was working as a Sr.
    Software Engineer and moved to Ahmedabad in first week of September. She is now
    working with Ahmedabad Cooperative Bank.
•   In the next few years (4 to be precise), Manasi will be participating and representing
    our country at various international tournaments (some of the major tournaments -
    World championships in 2017, Asian Games 2018, World championships in 2019
    followed by Paralympics 2020).
•   She started playing badminton at the age of 10 when she got selected in a summer
    camp organized by Department of Atomic Energy (a talent hunt program). Over the
    years she has represented and won various competitions for her school, college,
    district and corporate organization.
•   In 2011, she lost her left leg in an accident and now wears an artificial leg for everyday
    use. She started playing badminton (professionally) in 2014 and there has been no
    looking back ever since.
•   Last year she won the “Incredible Indian” award from Rotary International
•   She loves travelling and makes sure to visit at least 3 new places a year. In her free
    time she loves gardening, cooking and reading
•   She also gets invites from India’s premier Business Schools, Engineering Colleges ,
    Corporate, NGOs, etc. as a keynote speaker / guest lecturer, to spread awareness about
    para-sports and disability
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Her Goals

Short term                                                                          Development Graph over the years

Her goal for this year is to participate in maximum tournaments (National and
International). These tournaments are essential for her continued                        World ranking :
                                                                                        Singles (SL3) – 7th
development as an athlete and also to improve her International ranking:               Mixed Doubles – 2nd
                                                                                      Women’s Doubles- 22nd
     1.   She aspires to win a Gold at the World Championships this year                                        2016
     2.   She wishes to improve her ranking in Singles category (SL3). By the end                   2015        World ranking :
          of this year, she aims at becoming World # 2                                                         Singles (SL3) – 3rd
                                                                                                               Mixed Doubles – 3rd
                                                                                     2014                     Women’s Doubles- 17th
Long term
                                                                                       Started playing
                                                                                       badminton at
• Become World #1 in Mixed Doubles category by Dec 2018                                  Corporate,
                                                                                         National &
• To win Gold at the 2020 Paralympics to be held at Tokyo                            International level
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Tournament Calendar 2017 | International
Event Name                                         Host – City/Country          Dates                        Tournament Type
Spanish Para-Badminton International 2017*         Alcudia, Spain               7th – 12th March 2017        International Level I

Uganda Para-Badminton International 2017           Kampala, Uganda              25th – 30th April2017        International Level I

Turkish Para-Badminton International 2017          Cappadocia, Turkey           9th – 14th May 2017          International Level I

Thailand Para-Badminton International 2017*        Bangkok, Thiland             30th May – 4th June 2017     International Level I

Irish Para-Badminton International 2016            Dublin, Ireland              20st – 25th June 2017        International Level I

Peru Para-Badminton International 2017             Lima, Peru                   1st – 6th August 2017        International Level I

Japan Para-Badminton International 2017*           Tokyo, Japan                 5th – 10th September 2017    International Level I

Brazil Para-Badminton International 2017           Curitiba, Brazil             12th – 17th September 2017   International Level I

USA Para-Badminton International 2017*             Colarado, USA                24th – 29th October 2017     International Level I

BWF Para-Badminton World Championships             Ulsan, Korea                 21st – 26th November 2017    World Championships
2017*

                                     * Tournaments Manasi has participated /will participate in
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Media Coverage| Social Media
• She has been featured in many publications and websites like
  FirstPost, Times of India blog, DNA India, Mumbai Mirror, Pune
  Mirror, Scoopwhoop, Huffington Post, buzzfeed, etc. to name a few.
• She has been on-air and given interview to radio channels like:
     a)   Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM – in a youth oriented show with Meethi Mirchi
          RJ Prerna
     b)   94.3 Radio One – in the prime time breakfast show with RJ Hrishikesh
          Kanan
     c)   All India Radio – In a Guajarati youth oriented program “Chaal Jivi
          Laiyee Zindagi”
     d)   Radio City 91.1 FM – in prime time evening show “ Mumbai taka-tak”
          With RJ Rohit Vir

• She has been featured in the April edition on New woman Magazine
• She was also a part of a product launch event for sports nutrition
  brand Fast & Up
• Her article on Humans of Bombay had a reach of 5 Million and got
  87,000+ likes , 17,000+ shares and more than 3000 comments                     Manasi’s Humans of Bombay article share by Milind Soman got 1 lakh plus likes
                                                                                 and 20 thousand plus shares
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Media Coverage | Social Media

                      Office Chai features Manasi in an
Times of India blog                                           Manasi’s interview with Sportskeeda   TOI tweets Manasi’s story
                      article that covers “7 amazing people
                      who fought their disability and rose
                      to top”
Media Coverage | Newspapers
Various Newspapers like TOI, DNA, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Business Standards, etc. and News Channels like IBN Live,
Times Now, Aaj Tak, India TV, etc. covered the news of the Indian contingent winning at the World Championships

                                                                                      DNA Mumbai South Central covers Manasi ‘s story on
                                                                                      World Disability Day

                                                                                      Deccan Herald covers Manasi ‘s achievement at Irish
                                                                                      International 2016
Media Coverage | Regional Newspapers

                                                                                                             Manorama (Malayalam)

                                   Rajasthan Partika (Hindi)   Gujarat Samachar (Gujarati)
Mid Day Mumbai (Gujarati) covers
Manasi’s success story

                                                                         Manasi’s interview in Maharashtra
                                           Lokmat (Hindi)                Times – celebrating her spirit on
                                                                         Women's day
Media Coverage | Magazine
• Manasi was featured in the April issues of the New Woman Magazine that has a circulation of 1, 00,008
  copies and a readership of 3, 50,000.
Calendar shoot | Coverage
 Manasi got featured in India’s 1st amputee calendar – Being You, a
project called "Rising above", produced by Mission Smile. The launch
    of the same has been covered in print as well as social media.

                                              Photo source Being You   Photography by G. Kumaran
Manasi has also been visiting India’s premier Business Schools, Engineering Colleges ,
Corporate, NGOs, etc. as a keynote speaker / guest lecturer, to spread awareness about para-
sports and disability

  Addressing the employees of SEBI on   Spoke at Yellow Talks on importance   Guest Lecturer at IIT Roorkee’s Annual
     the occasion of Women’s Day                of Skill development            Social convention 2016 -Sankalp

 Chief Guest at IMT Gaziabad            Interview with RJ Rishi, Radio one    Interaction with kids at an NGO run
                                                                                  Municipal School in Dadar
Thank you!
Nupur Joshi | joshi.nupur@gmail.com | +91 9833 927 745
Manasi Joshi | Joshimanasi11@gmail.com | +91 9969 195 613
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