Ranjesh Prakash

{{short description|Fijian Paralympic sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Ranjesh Prakash

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|9|df=yes}}

| nationality = {{FIJ}}

| country = {{FIJ}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = 100 m, 200 m

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport | Athletics (T13)}}

{{Medal|Competition|FESPIC Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2006 Kuala Lumpur | 200m}}

{{Medal|Competition|Arafura Games}}

{{Medal|Bronze| 2007 Darwin | ?}}

}}

Ranjesh Prakash (born 9 July 1989) in Vatulaulau, Ba, Fiji,{{cite web |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=99144 |title=I'll do it for Fiji |publisher=Fiji Times |date=29 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916020000/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=99144 |archive-date=16 September 2008 }} is a Fiji Islands track and field athlete. He competes in sprinting for athletes with visual impairments (in the T13 category for partial blindness).{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2008/08/28/ranjesh-bound-for-beijing/ |title=Ranjesh bound for Beijing |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=30 April 2023}}

Prakash initially studied at the DAV College in Nabua, before studying at the Suva Blind School in Suva. He graduated from Fiji National University in 2013 with a Trade Diploma in Office Administration and then studied at Australian Catholic University.{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2018/03/09/prakash-recalls-study-success-despite-being-blind/ |title=Prakash recalls study success despite being blind |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=9 March 2018 |access-date=30 April 2023}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/169910/fiji-disabled-athletes-do-well-in-arafura-games |title=Fiji disabled athletes do well in Arafura Games |publisher=RNZ |date=16 May 2007 |access-date=30 April 2023}}

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.

Prakash went on to compete in the 2011 South Pacific Games held in Nouméa, New Caledonia{{cite web |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2011/01/20/athletes-prepare-for-pacific-games/ |title=Athletes prepare for Pacific Games |publisher=Fiji Sun |date=20 January 2011 |access-date=30 April 2023}} where he won a bronze medal for the 100m Parasport Ambulant.{{cite web |date = 2011

|title = 2011 Pacific Games Full Results |publisher = Athletics Oceania |access-date = 8 June 2015 |format = PDF 0.1 MB |url = http://www.athletics-oceania.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Competitions/2011/Final_Consolidated_Results_NC_2011.pdf |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131030232053/http://www.athletics-oceania.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Competitions/2011/Final_Consolidated_Results_NC_2011.pdf |archive-date = 2013-10-30}}

His personal bests are 11.9 second in the 100 metres and 25 seconds in the 200 metres.