Devendra Jhajharia
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A brief biography
Dec 9, 2019: The Times of India
PARA-ATHLETICS
Devendra Jhajharia was the first Indian para-athlete to win two medals (both golds) at the summer Paralympic Games. Jhajharia’s achievements include winning gold medals at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, 2002 FESPIC Games in South Korea and 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, apart from a silver at the same event in 2015 and one at the 2014 Asian Games. He has received the Arjuna award, the Padma Shri and the Khel Ratna.
2016
The Times of India, Sep 15, 2016
Saibal Bose
Rio Paralympics: Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia wins goldRio Paralympics: Javelin throw
Devendra Jhajharia had won his first Gold medal in Athens in 2004
The javelin thrower had lost his left arm below the elbow after being electrocuted as an eight-year old.
He had won the second gold medal of his career in the Paralympics, creating history for India. The native of Rajgarh in Churu district of Rajasthan improved on his own world record of 62.15m -set in Athens in 2004 when he won his first gold -in men's F46 category with a throw of 63.97m."I was confident of winning the gold medal," Jhajharia told TOI later. "The world record is a bonus." Manju was expecting the record. "He had been working very hard for the past four months," she said. "I am not surprised that he bettered the world record."
