{"id":31602,"date":"2023-07-04T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T01:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=31602"},"modified":"2023-07-03T12:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T06:47:50","slug":"against-all-odds-badminton-player-jerlin-anika-is-making-the-country-proud","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/against-all-odds-badminton-player-jerlin-anika-is-making-the-country-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Against all odds: Badminton player Jerlin Anika is making the country proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(July 4, 2023)<\/strong> J. Jeya Ratchagen would watch his daughter, who was diagnosed with a hearing disability, sitting alone all day. With no friends or schoolmates to play with, the eight-year-girl would often sit idle and stare out the window of her small house. To cheer his daughter up, Jeya decided to involve her in sports and took her to a local stadium, where the kid instantly fell in love with the racket. A decade later, the same girl &#8211; badminton player J. Jerlin Anika &#8211; created history after winning three gold medals at the 24th Summer Deaflympics, held in Brazil earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24639\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24639\" class=\"wp-image-24639 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jerlin-anika.jpeg\" alt=\"Badminton | Jerlin Anika | Global Indian\" width=\"349\" height=\"465\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 349px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 349\/465;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24639\" class=\" wp-image-24639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/jerlin-anika.jpeg\" alt=\"Badminton | Jerlin Anika | Global Indian\" width=\"349\" height=\"465\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-24639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arjuna awardee Jerlin Anika, badminton player<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Initially, it was not for playing. I just wanted her to socialise. She was sitting idle and feeling lonely at home,&#8221; a proud Jeya said in an interview, adding, &#8220;When my eight-year-old daughter started showing a liking towards badminton, I thought the sport will distract her from her hearing impairment. I never thought that she would reach this level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cd2s--Cr4p7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cd2s--Cr4p7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jerlinanika (@jerlinanika18)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Passionate and focussed, Jerlin had earlier won the gold for India at the 2019 World Deaf Badminton Championship in China. On November 30, the 18-year-old badminton player will become India&#8217;s first-ever deaf athlete to receive the Arjuna Award, the second-highest sporting honour in the country.<\/p>\n<p>A huge fan of P.V. Sindhu, Jerlin never misses a single match of the shuttle ace. Inspired by her, she wishes to represent India at the August 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. &#8220;She wants to move into the general category, and represent India at the Olympics, having achieved everything in the \u2018deaf category\u2019,\u201d her father shared.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>A troubled start<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Jerlin was only two years old when her parents noticed that, unlike other kids, their daughter didn&#8217;t respond to voices at all. After several tests at a local hospital, the doctor informed them that their daughter had a hearing impairment. Jerlin&#8217;s father has recalled in several interviews that it was &#8220;the saddest day for the family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24640 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Badminton | Jerlin Anika | Global Indian\" width=\"633\" height=\"422\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 633px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 633\/422;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24640 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Badminton | Jerlin Anika | Global Indian\" width=\"633\" height=\"422\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>When the shuttler&#8217;s father decided to enroll her in the local badminton academy, he was ridiculed by his relatives, who thought that she wouldn&#8217;t last one day in the court. &#8220;I had a lot of faith that my daughter would make us proud. More than the success that she has achieved on the court, I am glad to see the smile on her face. She has put in a lot of hard work to achieve this. She is now an independent girl. My wife and I always wanted our daughter to be a strong person,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeYGFM6LeTF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeYGFM6LeTF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jerlinanika (@jerlinanika18)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Slowly, Jerlin started learning about the nuances of badminton from coach P. Saravanan at Bose academy. While she played well, she faced many difficulties understanding the rules of the game. Realising that he cannot teach her the same way he taught his other students, coach Saravanan came up with a witty solution to communicate with this young badminton player. &#8220;He used to train with the normal kids but after seeing her, he started learning ways to communicate with her,&#8221; explained Jeya, adding, &#8220;Not being able to understand the rules, she was hardly performing on the court. So, Saravanan came up with the idea of teaching her with visuals. A blackboard was brought in for training sessions. She started improving significantly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>When the going gets tough&#8230;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Her hard work and the dedication of her coach won her a silver medal at the Federation of India School Games 2016, and she subsequently earned a place in the Indian contingent going for the 2017 Summer Deaflympics. Shattering all limitations, the young badminton player secured the fifth place as the youngest player in her maiden appearance on an international platform. In 2018, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalindian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Global India<\/em><\/a> won two silver and a bronze at Asia Pacific Badminton Championship 2018 in Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>However, a small businessman from Madurai, Jeya found it difficult to support his daughter&#8217;s sports accessories and proper nutrition. As the family was trying to find new ways to get past this hurdle, Jerlin&#8217;s excellence in badminton fetched her a scholarship worth Rs 3.25 lakh by HCL Foundation&#8217;s &#8216;Sports for Change&#8217; initiative. The scholarship also helped her continue her practice during the COVID lockdown, and the star emerged as the most decorated Indian player at the Deaflympics.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#SportsForChange- Jerlin Anika, A Story of Grit, Passion and Determination\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5P_Fpnl5k6s?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the highest-ranked Indian players in World Deaf Badminton, Jerlin is working hard for her upcoming tournaments. According to her father, &#8220;She has reached the highest stage in the deaf category, so now she is looking to do well in the general Olympics. It won&#8217;t be easy as the level of the game is very high there and she has to improve a lot overall. So, we are planning to get her coaching in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, where she will have technical sessions from leading coaches internationally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Jerlin Anika on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jerlinanika18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 4, 2023) J. Jeya Ratchagen would watch his daughter, who was diagnosed with a hearing disability, sitting alone all day. With no friends or schoolmates to play with, the eight-year-girl would often sit idle and stare out the window of her small house. To cheer his daughter up, Jeya decided to involve her in sports and took her to a local stadium, where the kid instantly fell in love with the racket. A decade later, the same girl &#8211; badminton player J. 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