OBEROI Ranki

Date of Birth: 21 Sep 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T20

Place of birth: ROTTERDAM

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Long Jump - T20	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Men's Long Jump - T20 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	Long Jump - T20	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6.96
World Championships
1	Long Jump - T20	2019	Dubai, UAE	7.39
3	Men's Triple Jump T20	2015	Doha, QAT	13.48
4	Long Jump - T20	2017	London, GBR	6.90
5	Long Jump - T20	2015	Doha, QAT	6.83
European Championships
3	Long Jump - T20	2018	Berlin, GER	7.13

Ranks, Virgil (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Spending time with family. (Mobiel Magazine, 01 May 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Rotterdam Atletiek [Netherlands]

Arno Mul [national], NED

Other sports:

He competed in able-bodied long jump at the 2021 Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, where he placed seventh. (SportsDeskOnline, 26 Mar 2021)

2014 for Netherlands, European Championships in Swansea, Great Britain (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

He injured his knee in 2015 and was out of action for five months. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

He took up athletics at age 15 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He switched to Para athletics in 2014. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; RTV Rijnmond YouTube channel, 13 May 2014)

He was inspired to try athletics after watching Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. "Bolt inspired me so much that I decided to start athletics. I didn't know anything about athletics before 2009. Then I saw Bolt and said, 'I want to do the same thing, I want to be like him'. In 2014 I switched to the long jump because in the T20 there are no 100m runners, but now I am a very good long jumper." (paralympic.org, 13 Nov 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, and to compete at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. (Mobiel Magazine, 01 May 2020)

He trains six days a week. He works on core strength on Wednesdays and Saturdays, sprints on Mondays and Thursdays, and does long jump training on Tuesdays and Fridays. (Mobiel Magazine, 01 May 2020)

Winning bronze in the T20 long jump at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, US long jumper Mike Powell. (paralympic.org, 13 Nov 2019; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

His siblings. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Nobody should be ashamed of their limitations. Perseverance and hard work make you stronger. Believe me, you wouldn't want to miss it for anything." (ad.nl, 20 Nov 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T20, F20 (IPC, 26 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Intellectual impairment (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with an intellectual impairment in 2009. "My coach needs more time to explain things. I often have difficulty remembering instructions and performing well." (ad.nl, 20 Nov 2019; dehavenloods.nl, 21 Feb 2019)

General
LATE DIAGNOSIS
He was bullied when he was younger because of his delayed speech development, but his intellectual impairment was not diagnosed until he was age 16. "When I was 13 I was not very good at speaking Dutch. Many children at school thought I came from abroad, but I was born in the Netherlands. I was very ashamed. I didn't want everyone to know that I had a disability. In the end I came out of it and I was able to achieve a lot. I'm proud of it, especially because people realise what I can do now." (ad.nl, 20 Nov 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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