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An all-rounder, he has been playing cricket since 1998. He is a true team player and is the man behind prolific scoring of Rajinder Verma who provides his running support to the powerful batting strokes.
Nirmal Kumar
Born: 12th july 1974
Nirmal Kumar is the youngest of four brothers. He is the only visually impaired person in his family. He completed his Post Graduation in 1998.
He plays for the...
A B1 player (totally blind), he has been playing blind cricket since 1998. During the tour of Pakistan in 2004, he got himself coined as, the ‘Blind Tendulkar’ for his prolific scoring.
Rajinder Verma
Born: Febrary 6, 1976
Rajinder Verma is a qualified Master in Arts. He is a trained teacher who is currently working in a government school as a middle school teacher.
He likes to open the innings...
A B2 player (partially blind), he is a batsman - wicket keeper, giving his able captaincy to the present Indian Blind cricket team.
Manvendra Singh Patwal
Born: June 14, 1978
Manvendra is a graduate and has been working as a stenographer with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He is also undergoing computer training from the National Association of Blind, New Delhi.
He represents...
The most successful IBSA athlete of all time is perhaps Marla Runyan of the USA. Nowadays, Marla is competing successfully in mainstream competition, although her sight category is probably B2 rather than the B3 it was when she took part in our competitions as a student.
Marla Runyan
Marla has Stargardt's syndrome and has been visually impaired since she was nine years old. It was as a B3, in...
Henry Wanyoike, a totally blind runner from Kenya , has many world records and gold medals to his credit. These include three gold medals at the Sydney and Athens Paralympics and world record at the marathon for the visually disabled, held in Boston, 2004.
Henry Wanyoike
Born : May 10 1974
Henry Wanyoike, of Kenya, is an accomplished athlete. He started his training as an athlete at the age...
This is the incredible story of world-class climber Erik Weihenmayer. Beginning from the diagnosis that foretold his loss of eyesight, to his dream to climb mountains and finally to be one of a select group of climbers who have climbed the seven summits and touched the top of the world.
Erik Weihenmayer
Born: 1968
Erik, born with retinoscheses, was completely blind by the age of 13 due to...
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