New Delhi: With the opening of Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday, the following is the last Indian medalist.
India has won 12 medals, including four silver and silver medals, in summer paralympics since its debut in the match 1968.
1972, Heidelberg ParalympicsSmurlikant Petkar: Goldpetkar won the country’s first medal in Paralympics when he won gold at the son of the son of 50m son, noted Time 37.33 seconds.
Initially a boxer in the Indian Army, Patekar turned to swimming and other sports after losing his arm at the Indo-Pak War in 1965.
He was the first gold medalist in India in Paralympics and Olympics.
1984, New York (USA), Stoke Mandeville (UK) ParalympicsJoginder Singh Bedi: 1 Perak, 2 Bronzebedi won a silver medal on a shot while bagging bronze and Javelin held an event.
He holds a record of being an Indian with the most paralympic medal.
Bhimrao Kesarkar: Silverkesarar won a silver medal at the Javelin Thravelin event in Paralympics 1984, boomed by Stoke Mandeville, England and New York, USA.
He finished ahead of his compatriot Joginder Singh Bedi, who claimed a bronze medal on the same event.
2004, Athena ParalympicsDevendra Jhjhariah: Goldjhajharia ended 20 years India awaited a paralympic medal by winning gold in the javelin male throw in Athens Games.
With a throw of 62.15m in Athens, Jhjhariah sets a new mark, a record that will be rewritten 12 years later.
Coming from a small village in the Churu Rajasthan district, Jhjhariah was around eight years old when his left hand had to be amputated as soon as he accidentally touched the life electrical cable that was intertwined in the tree branch he had climbed.
Jhjhariah will take action in Tokyo too.
Rajinder Singh Rahelu: The second Indian medalist at The Athens Games, Rahelu, competed at the 56kg man’s powerlifting event.
He bagged bronze with an effort of 157.5kg.
Born in Mehsampur Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, Rahelu suffered infantile paralysis.
He contracted Polio when he was eight months old.
2012, London ParalympicsGirisha Nagarajegowda: Silverthe Mealist India in the London Edition of the Games, Nagarajegowda won silver in a men’s high leap with a leap of 1.74 meters.
With that achievement, Nagarajegowda, who has a disturbance in his left leg, became the first Indian to win a medal at the event.
2016, Rio ParalympicsDevendra Jhjhariah: Goldjhajharia echoed his name in history books when he sent a spear to a distance of 63.97 meters at the Javelin men’s throw on Rio, became the first Indian to win two gold medals in Paralympics.
One of the most decorated Indian athletes in Paralympics, Jhjharia also improved his world record that he had set 12 years earlier in Athens Games.
He also competed in Tokyo’s match with the aim of winning his third gold medal.
Mariyappan ThangaveLu: Goldthangavelu bagged gold at a high jump in the Rio game by cleaning 1.89m.
He is one of three gold medal paralympians in this country.
Coming from the Salem district in Tamil Nadu, his brilliant effort saw him eliminated Asian records before.
ThangaveLu, who suffered permanent disability at the age of five when a bus destroyed his right foot under the knee, he would defend his gold in the Tokyo match.
Deepa Malik- Silvermalik became the first woman from India to win a Paralympic Medal when she won silver on a shooting event in Rio with the best throws of 4.61 m.
Paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down, Malik was sent to a wheelchair after being operated for the spinal tumor.
He currently serves as President of the Indian Paralympics Committee.
Varun Singh Bhati-Bronzebhati won a bronze medal in a high leap in the Rio game, accompanying compatriot Mariyappan ThangaveLu, who won gold, on the podium.
The most complete by Poliomyelitis at a young age, Bhati has produced a personal best value of 1.86 meters, limiting the most successful Indian Paralympics to date.
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