Aruna Tanwar is an Indian Para Taekwondo athlete and two time Olympian from Haryana. She is currently ranked World No.4 in the W-49 kg | K43 | and World No. 30 in the W-49 kg | K44 event category of World Para Taekwondo Events. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris, her second Olympics.
Career Tanwar was born in Dinod village, near Bhiwani in Haryana. She began practicing Taekwondo at eight years and she is a five-time National champion. She is a B.P.Ed. student at Chandigarh University.
2020 Summer Paralympics Aruna became first-ever Indian Taekwondo athlete to qualify for Paralympics Olympic Games at Tokyo, Japan on the allocation of a bi-partite invitation spots, where Taekwondo Paralympic event was featured for the first time. She represented Indian Team in Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is coached by Swaraj Kumar Singh.
Tournaments record + International Competition Results Year Event G- Rank Location Place2019 5th Asian Para Open Taekwondo ChampionshipsG-4/G-2Amman 2019 8th World Para Taekwondo ChampionshipsG-10Antalya 2018 4th Asian Para Taekwondo ChampionshipsG-4/G-2Hochiminh 2018 3rd WT President's Cup Asian Region Para Taekwondo ChampionshipsG-1Kish Island 2018 Kimunyong International Para Taekwondo OpenG-1Seoul
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