Preethi Srinivasan (born 1979)[1] was the captain of the under-19 Tamil Nadu women's cricket team,

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and lead the state team to the national championships in 1997 at the age of 17. After surviving an
accident that left her quadriplegic,[3] she co-founded Soulfree, a foundation that champions the
causes of restoring, rehabilitating, and re-integrating those with
spinal cord injuries and spreads awareness on its prevention among
Indian youth.[4]
She was also a title-holder swimmer, having won a state gold in
50 m breaststroke and silver in other events.[5] She also delivers
talks on disability issues
Preethi graduated from Upper Merion Area High
School, Pennsylvania, USA in 1997 and was awarded the academic
honours for outstanding accomplishment and excellence in
academics for year 1996/97 along with other recognitions. In class
12, she was among United States of America's top 2 percent merit
students and was awarded representation with Who's Who Among
American high school students.[citation needed] Due to her father's
transferable job, Preethi got the opportunity to extensively travel and
learn about different cultures/traditions.[citation needed]
After her accident, she took up a Bachelor correspondence course
in Medical Sociology from the University of Madras. She also holds
interest in music, art, films, and literature. She considers her mother, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan,
a constant source of encouragement and backing.[7]

Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman. She is the world's first
female amputee to scale Mount Everest(Asia), Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount
Elbrus (Europe), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount
Aconcagua (South America), Mount Denali (North America)
and Mount Vinson(Antarctica). She is also a seven time Indian
volleyball player.[1][2][3][4]
She was pushed from a running train by robbers in 2011 while she
was resisting them, causing in rods pushed into her left leg[5] and
multiple fractures of the spinal cord.[6]
Her aim was to climb each of the continent's highest peaks and hoist
the national flag of India. She has already done seven peaks until
2014: Everest in Asia, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Elbrus in Europe, Koscius
zko in Australia, Aconcagua in South America, and Denali in North
America.[7] She completed her final summit of Mount Vinson in
Antarctica on 1 January 2019.[4][8]
In 2015, the Government of India honored her with the Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian
award of India.[9]