Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Indian paralympic athlete from India. She was awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri
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Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
About Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla
- Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla is an International para athlete from India.
- She was awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri for her achievements. She was born on 6 July 1968 in Bangalore.
- Her father ran a small hotel, while her mother took care of their four children.
- Malathi was paralyzed by a fever when she was one year old.
- Electric shock treatment for more than two years improved her upper body strength.Having won over 428 medals Malathi was conferred the prestigious Arjuna and Padma Shri awards.
- She represented India in the Paralympics held in South Korea, Barcelona, Athens and Beijing; the Asian Games held in Beijing, Bangkok, South Korea and Kuala Lumpur; World Masters held in Denmark and Australia, Commonwealth Games in Australia and Open Championships in Belgium, Kuala Lumpur and England. Malathi has so far undergone 34 surgeries.
- She works as a Manager in Syndicate Bank and shelters 16 children with various disabilities at Mathru Foundation — a charitable trust formed along with her friends.
- She focuses mainly on polio victims from rural areas, whose parents cannot afford to send their child to school or provide medical treatment.She launched her first authorized biography, A Different Spirit on 8 July 2009.“When I was small, I wanted to be first among my friends who used to run to the backyard to pick the fallen mangoes.
- I wanted to fly like a bird fearlessly from one place to another.
- But as I grew up I realised that you need legs to run and wings to fly.
- I was hurt, but I didn’t give up.
- I knew, one day, I would run…” says Malathi in the book. “Thus I took up sports and decided to do something different in life.
- Yes, we are different and so even our lives should be a shining example of that difference,” she adds.
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