Karuppupalam, Idukki District, KERALA :
Vandiperiyar:
Ameer Khan keeps reaping medals from the track, though he cannot listen to the loud cheers from the gallery. Despite being hearing and speech impaired by birth, Ameer Khan has won 3 medals including a gold in 400-meter relay in the sports meet for differently abled persons held in Ranchi.
Ameer Khan is the son of Idukki Karuppupalam native Konnarath Abdul Raheem and Shereefa. He started showing interest in sports since he was in class 7. He became a national athlete with his hard work and training.
As a result, he won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in the sports meet in Ranchi. Since he cannot speak, it was Ameer’s sports trainer who informed his parents about his achievement. His entire family and friends were thrilled on knowing his victory.
Ameer Khan is a BCom student in an institution for hearing impaired at Valiyaparamba in Malappuram.
He has two sisters, the elder one Raseena Raheem has completed engineering and the younger one Ajmiya Raheem is a student of BCom. The only income of the family is Abdul Raheem’s small scale business. He is educating his children by taking educational loan.
Many associations have decided to give grand receptions for Ameer Khan when he comes home during Christmas vacation.
source: http://www.english.mathrabhumi.com / Mathrabhumi / Home> News> Print / December 10th, 2017