surat this 31yearold tribal woman cannot speak or hear like a normal person but she has proven her abilities in a sports event where normal sports persons competed eva patel a resident of vyara in tapi district won a bronze medal in the recently held 9th ice stock winter national championship in gulmarg in kashmir she won the medal in the team event of ice stock sports while competing with normal sports persons eva a graduate in social work was part of the team of 20 from gujarat that participated in the national championship organized by indian ice stock sports federation for eva who has been fighting on various fronts apart from her 64 disability a victory in a sports event was perhaps not that challengingin 2006 she lost her father to an illness since then her mother has been supporting her to fulfil her dreams eva even learnt martial arts and earned a black belt she is a bharatanatyam visharad and has performed abroad as well she never says no to any new challenge said alka mother of evaa retired school teacher alka has been encouraging her daughter to achieve new heights i am happy and will work hard for future events said eva