Geeta Chauhan, an international-level wheelchair basketball champion and national para-athletics player from Mumbai, who is now the\u00a0Captain of the Indian Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team,\u00a0has never let circumstances define her. She has joined the StrongHER Movement, not just as an athlete, but as a living testament to resilience, discipline, and inner strength.<\/p>\n
From battling polio at the age of six to climbing her way, sometimes quite literally, into national and international arenas, Geeta\u2019s story is one of unmatched determination. Born into a middle-class family in Mumbai, life took a turn when polio struck, leaving her unable to walk. But it wasn\u2019t just her body that had to fight; it was the mindset of those around her.<\/p>\n
She was denied admission into private schools, forced to study in government institutions, and even discouraged from pursuing higher education. \u201cMy father thought spending on my education would be a waste,\u201d Geeta recalls. \u201cHe believed I wouldn\u2019t amount to much, that my life would remain confined within four walls.\u201d But her mother had other plans, plans rooted in fierce belief and unwavering love. It was her mother who pushed her forward, ensuring she enrolled in college and dreamt bigger.<\/p>\n
That fire eventually led her to a chance encounter with wheelchair basketball, a turning point that would change her life.\u00a0Introduced to the sport by an acquaintance, Geeta found not just a distraction but a calling. She trained relentlessly and, in 2017, made her mark at the 6th National Wheelchair Basketball Championship, where her team clinched gold. Since then, she has gone on to represent India in international tournaments.<\/p>\n
But she didn\u2019t stop there.\u00a0Geeta is also a national-level wheelchair lawn tennis player, a marathon racer, and an avid climber. In every space she enters, she shows up not just to compete, but to prove that strength knows no physical limits.<\/p>\n
Geeta has taken her journey one step; she champions women\u2019s right to prioritise themselves by taking wellness and fitness seriously. She believes fitness isn\u2019t just about aesthetics, it\u2019s about self-respect, consistency, and inner healing. Geeta embodies all of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cEqual respect feels good,\u201d she says. \u201cSociety still thinks disabled people should stay home, that we\u2019re incapable of achieving anything. That mentality has to change. If I can achieve so much with a disability, imagine what every other woman can do if she just starts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her message is clear:
Strength doesn\u2019t begin in the gym; it begins in the mind.
It\u2019s not about lifting weights, it\u2019s about lifting yourself.
And most importantly, it\u2019s never too late to begin.<\/p>\n
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Through her association with the StrongHER Movement, Geeta hopes to encourage more women, especially those facing social, physical, or emotional obstacles, to reclaim their right to fitness and self-worth.\u00a0She leads by example, showing that showing up for yourself every day is the ultimate form of strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geeta Chauhan, an international-level wheelchair basketball champion and national para-athletics player from Mumbai, who is now the\u00a0Captain of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[18869,64,63,726,18877,18860,18864,18875,18866,18871,18855,18861,18858,18868,18865,18872,18873,8536,18859,18870,18876,1880,18862,18874,85,15342,18856,7594,18857,18867,18863,4793],"class_list":["post-17712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-adaptive-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-c","tag-disability-rights","tag-discipline","tag-education-access","tag-fitness-for-women","tag-fitness-inspiration","tag-geeta-chauhan","tag-indian-women-in-sport","tag-international-level-athlete","tag-marathon-wheelchair-racer","tag-mental-resilience","tag-middle-class-upbringing","tag-mothers-support","tag-mumbai","tag-national-champion","tag-overcoming-odds","tag-personal-transformation","tag-physical-disability","tag-polio-survivor","tag-societal-bias","tag-sports","tag-strength","tag-strongher-movement","tag-wellbeing","tag-wheelchair-basketball","tag-wheelchair-tennis","tag-womens-fitness","tag-womens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}