Ranjesh Prakash

Ranjesh Prakash, born in 1988 or 1989 in Vatulaulau, Ba, Fiji [ [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=99144 "I'll do it for Fiji"] , "Fiji Times", August 29, 2008] , is a Fiji Islands athlete. He competes in sprinting for athletes with visual impairements (in the T13 category for partial blindness). [ [http://www.fijitv.com.fj/index.cfm?si=main.resources&cmd=forumview&uid=sportsnational&cid=12781 "Fiji's final medal hope"] , Fiji TV, August 28, 2008]

Prakash initially studied at the DAV College in Nabua, and is currently studying at the Suva Blind School in Suva. [ [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=99144 "I'll do it for Fiji"] , "Fiji Times", August 29, 2008]

In the FESPIC Games of 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, he won bronze in the 200 metre event. He also won a bronze medal at the Arafura Games in Darwin, in 2007. [ [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=99144 "I'll do it for Fiji"] , "Fiji Times", August 29, 2008]

Prakash was Fiji's flagbearer and sole representative at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, where he competed in the 100 metre sprint and finished in 23rd place out of 25 runners. It was his first participation in the Paralympic Games. [ [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=99144 "I'll do it for Fiji"] , "Fiji Times", August 29, 2008] He also aims to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. [ [http://www.fijitv.com.fj/index.cfm?si=main.resources&cmd=forumview&uid=sportsnational&cid=12781 "Fiji's final medal hope"] , Fiji TV, August 28, 2008]

His personal bests are 11.9 second in the 100 metres and 25 seconds in the 200 metres. [ [http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=99144 "I'll do it for Fiji"] , "Fiji Times", August 29, 2008]

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