Ekta Bhyan

Ekta Bhyan (born 1985) is a para athlete who represents India in the women's Club and Discus throw events.

[1][2] She represented the country at the 2018 Asian Para Games held at Jakarta, Indonesia and won gold medal in the club throw event.

She has also represented India at the World Para Athletics Championships 2023, Paris, and won the Bronze medal at Club Throw.

Ekta also won a bronze medal at the Asian Para Games held in Hangzhou, China in the Club Throw event.

[2] Her competitive career started with the 2016 IPC Grand Prix held at Berlin in July, where she bagged silver medal in club throw.

That year, Bhyan also competed in her first World Para Athletics Championship held at London, UK where she was ranked 6th internationally and 1st in Asia, in club throw.

In October 2018, Bhyan won India's fourth gold at the Asian Para Games by topping the women's club throw event in Kuala Lumpur.

Bhyan became the second Indian woman to win gold medal at the Asian Para Games and the very first from her home-state, Haryana.

In 2023, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Club Throw F32/51 at the Para Games 2022 held in Hangzhou, China and the bronze medal in the women's club throw F51 at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in 2023 held in Dubai, UAE and the bronze medal in the women's club throw F51 event at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.