He trains at the Sports Authority of India in Sonipat and is being supported by the GoSports Foundation[5] Born in Haryana in 1985, Amit had a car accident when he was 22, causing him to become a quadriplegic due to compression of the spinal cord.

However, his tryst with fame as a sportsperson happened after his injury when he met Jonathan Sigworth, an American wheelchair rugby player on a tour of India to promote para sports.

[6] While playing in a demonstration match of wheelchair rugby with a Brazilian team, he met several para-athletes from across the world and learnt the official Paralympic nomenclature for his injury – F 51.

Two years later, Amit won a gold medal in the Olympic qualifier event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, breaking the Asian record along the way.

He is a motivational speaker for the youth and has been invited to speak across prestigious institutions like IIT Guwahati (Chief Guest) and BITS, Pilani.