Lalitha Killaka
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]
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  India
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| Women's para-athletics | ||
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2022 Hangzhou | 1500m T11 |
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]In March 2024, she represented India at the World Para Athletics Championships, and won a gold medal in the 400m in the T-11 category, and a bronze medal in the 1500m in Delhi.
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 Rakhitha Raju in the women 1500m T11 on 25 October 2023.[9][10][9]
In May 2023, she won a silver at the 5th Indian Open Para Athletics International Championship at Shree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil leads India's charge with world record". Hindustan Times. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b Jaisankar, Priya (25 October 2023). "Breaking News: Lalitha Killaka Clinches Silver Medal at 2023 Asian Para Games". VTSWORLD. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b Prakash, Hita. "Marvels of para sports". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Para Athletics Licence Register 2024". id.paralympicindia.org.in. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Today, Telangana (13 March 2025). "All eyes on golden girl Lalitha". Telangana Today. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (21 October 2023). "India at Asian Para Games 2023: Full list of Indian athletes". Sportstar. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Scroll Staff (25 October 2023). "India at Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil, Sundar Singh Gurjar set new javelin world records on Day 4". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "India win 111 medals at Para Asian Games, here's every medal winner of the record-breaking campaign". ESPN. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Asian Para Games: Sumit Antil Bags Gold With WR, Indian Medal Tally Bulges to 64". News18. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Asian Para Games: India script history, achieve historic medal haul with 73 medals". The Times of India. 26 October 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "News". www.orisports.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.