Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla

Born: 6 July 1968

She is an International para-athlete from India.
She was awarded the Arjuna award and Padma Shri for her achievements.
She was born on 6 July 1968 in Bengaluru.
Her father ran a small hotel, while her mother took care of their four children.
She was paralyzed by a fever when she was one year old.
Electric shock treatment for more than two years improved her upper body strength.
Having won over 428 medals Malathi has conferred the prestigious Arjuna and Padma Shri awards.
She represented India in the Paralympics held in South Korea, Barcelona, Athens and Beijing; the Asian Games held in Beijing, Bangkok, South Korea, and Kuala Lumpur; World Masters held in Denmark and Australia, Commonwealth Games in Australia and Open Championships in Belgium, Kuala Lumpur and England.
She has so far undergone 34 surgeries.
She works as a Manager in Syndicate Bank and shelters 16 children with various disabilities at Mathru Foundation — a charitable trust formed along with her friends.
She focuses mainly on polio victims from rural areas, whose parents cannot afford to send their child to school or provide medical treatment.