Archana to represent India at Special Olympics


Team Udayavani, Feb 22, 2019, 6:21 AM IST

Manipal: Archana Jai Vittal has been selected to represent the country at the Special Olympics World Summer Games to be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE from March 14 to 21, 2019. Archana is a resident of Asare, a home for the mentally challenged which is a joint project of Archana Trust and MAHE.

Giving this information, her father Jai Vittal, Estate officer of MAHE said that Archana, an international swimmer, will be representing the country at the Games and will be in Delhi from March 1 to 7 for the final preparatory camp. He added that the sportspersons would be felicitated by Special Olympics Bharat Karnataka in Bengaluru on February 28, 2019.

Archana has a number of achievements to her credit. Some of them include the Special Olympics Asian pacific games at Australia in December 2014 where she won two bronze medals in swimming (4×25 metres).

She is a recipient of Udupi District “Karnataka Rajyotsava Award-2012” for sports. She has received the national award in Role Model Category by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on December 3, 2015.

Archana has received the Aryabhata International award 2016 for excellent contribution, talent and service in the field of disabled sports on May 21, 2017 at Bengaluru.

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