2016
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Racing
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Javelin Throw
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Shot put
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Cycling
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 2016, he won a gold medal at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship in Dubai. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F46 event, bettering his own 2004 record with a world-record throw of 63.97 metres.
Detailed explanation-2: -A veteran of the 1965 Indo-Pak War, Murlikant Petkar is the first Paralympic medallist of India. Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal at the 1972 Heidelberg Games in the men’s 50m freestyle 3 event. The Indian para swimmer clocked a then-world record of 37.33 seconds to win the top prize.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pramod Bhagat became the first Indian to win a gold medal for India in badminton at the Paralympics. The world no.
Detailed explanation-4: -Paralympics medallists Yogesh Khatuniya, Nishad Kumar, Praveen Kumar starred as India won a whopping 34 medals at the 2022 International Wheelchair and Amuptee Sports (IWAS) World Games in Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal.
Detailed explanation-5: -Devendra Jhajharia on Monday became the first para athlete to receive the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award. The 40-year-old javelin thrower received the prestigious award from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.