Ekta Bhyan (born 7 June 1985) is an Indian para club thrower who competes in the F51 event. She is a former World and Asian Para Games champion, having won gold in the women's club throw F51 event at the 2024 World Championships and the 2018 Asian Para Games. She has also represented India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where she finished sixth in the same event.

Early life Bhyan was born in 1985 in Hissar, Haryana. In 2003, Ekta met with a road accident damaging her spinal cord. In 2015, she started playing as a way to get fitness back. She met athlete Amit Saroha, who inspired her to become a para-athlete like him. She started her training in discus throw events. She went through two operations and a lot of hard work for her rehabilitation which made her confident.

Education Bhyan completed her graduation and post-graduation in English from Hisar. She also, completed her bachelor's degree in education from Hisar and was selected as English PGT in Haryana Government. In 2011, she cleared the Haryana Civil Services Examination and is now working as an Employment Officer.

Career Bhyan was coached by Amit Saroha in club and discus throw. Her competitive career started with the 2016 IPC Grand Prix held at Berlin in July, where she bagged silver medal in club throw. She then competed in the 2016 National Para Athletics Championship held at Panchkula where she won gold medal in club throw and bronze medal in discus throw.

In 2017, she competed for the second time in the National Championship and secured gold medal in both the events. She also competed in the 2017 IPC Grand Prix held at Dubai. She was ranked 4th overall and set a new Asian record in both events. That year, Bhyan also competed in her first World Championships held at London where she was ranked 6th internationally and 1st in Asia, in club throw.

Bhyan, already the reigning national champion, completed her third stint at the National Championship, held in 2018 at Panchkula, bagging gold medal in both events. That year, she had her eyes set on the 2018 Asian Para Games to be held in October at Jakarta and was in preparation mode throughout the year. She followed up with the 2018 IPC Grand Prix held at Tunisia winning Gold in club throw and Bronze in discus 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. She produced her best throw in her fourth attempt, 16.02m, winning the F32/51 event ahead of UAE's Alkaabi Thekra, who threw 15.75m. 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 2019, Bhyan had her second stint at the World Para Athletics Championship and won the Paralympic quota for Tokyo 2020 in the Women's Para Athletics category during 2019 World Championships, Dubai.

In 2021, Bhyan represented India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and secured the 6th position. She went on to win a gold medal in the Club Throw event and the Discus Throw event at the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships. At the National Para Athletics Championships, Ekta again won a gold in both her events..

In 2022, she won a gold medal in the Club Throw and Discus Throw events at the National Para Athletics Championships. At the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships, she won a gold medal in the Club Throw event and a bronze medal in the Discus Throw event.

In 2023, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Club Throw F32/51 at the Asian|Asian 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 Championships held in Paris. At the National Para Athletics Championship, Etka secured a gold medal in the Club Throw event and a bronze medal in the Discus Throw event. She also competed at the Indian Open Para Athletics Championships, wherein she won a gold medal in the club throw event and a medal at the discus throw event.

She is also supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme and Welspun Corp through their Welspun Super Sport Women Program.

Awards Year Award Title 2018 National Award for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Role Model 2018 State Award by Honourable Governor of Haryana 2019 ESPN Athlete of the Year Para Athlete2020 Sportstar Aces Sportswoman of the Year2023Times 40 Under 40 Leaders

Achievements Asian Para Games Year Venue Event Result 2018 Jakarta, Indonesia Club throw Gold 2023 Hangzhou, China Bronze

World Para Athletics Championships Year Venue Event Result 2017 London, UK Club throw 6th 2019 Dubai, UAE Won quota for 2020 Tokyo Paralympics 2023 Paris, France Bronze2024Kobe, Japan Gold2025New Delhi, India Silver

IPC Grand Prix Year Venue Event Result 2016 Berlin Club throw Silver 2017 Dubai Club throw 4th Place† Discus throw 4th Place† 2018 Tunisia Club throw Gold Discus throw Bronze 2023 Dubai Club throw Bronze † Set a new Asian record

National Para Athletics Championships Year Venue Event Result 2016 Panchkula Club throw Gold Discus throw Bronze 2017 Jaipur Club throw Gold Discus throw Gold 2018 Panchkula Club throw Gold Discus throw Gold 2021 Bengaluru Club throw Gold Discus throw Gold 2022 Bhubaneswar Club throw Gold Discus throw Gold 2023 Pune Club throw Gold Discus throw Bronze

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