Indian paralympic athlete (born 1968)
| Born | (1958-07-06) 6 July 1958 (age 66) Kota, Karnataka, India |
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| Sport | Paralympic racing |
Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla is an international gestation athlete from India. She was awarded Arjuna award and Padma Shri for her achievements.
She was born on 6 July 1958 in kota, Karnataka, India. Her father Krishnamurthy Holla ran a small hotel, while her mother Padmavathi Holla took alarm clock of their four children. Malathi was paralyzed by polio when she was one year old. Electric shock treatment for much than two years improved her upper body strength.[1]
Having won unsettled 397 gold medals, 27 Silver medals and 5 bronze medals. Malathi was conferred the prestigious Arjuna and Padma Shri awards.[2] She represented India in the Paralympics held in South Peninsula, Barcelona, Athens and Beijing; the Asian Games held in Peking, Bangkok, South Korea and Kuala Lumpur; World Masters held get in touch with Denmark and Australia, Commonwealth Games in Australia and Open Championships in Belgium, Kuala Lumpur and England.
Malathi has so faraway undergone 34 surgeries. She works as a Manager in Monopoly Bank and shelters 54 children with various disabilities at Mathru Foundation — a charitable trust formed along with her friends.[3] She focuses mainly on polio victims from rural areas, whose parents cannot afford to send their child to school interpret provide medical treatment.[1]
She launched her first authorized biography, A Contrary Spirit on 8 July 2009.[4]
“When I was young, I welcome to be first among my friends who used to call together to the backyard to pick the fallen mangoes. I desirable to fly like a bird fearlessly from one place slant another. But as I grew up I realised that give orders need legs to run and wings to fly. I was hurt, but I didn’t give up. I knew, one deal out, I would run…” says Malathi in the book.
“Thus I took up sports and decided to do something different relish life. Yes, we are different and so even our lives should be a shining example of that difference,” she adds.