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Murlikant Petkar. Murlikant Petkar is India's first Paralympic gold medalist. He won an individual gold medal in the 1972 Summer Paralympics, in Heidelberg, Germany. He set a world record in the 50 m freestyle swimming event, at 37.33 seconds.
Murlikant Petkar is a former Indian athlete and a Paralympic gold medalist. He is known for winning the first Gold medal for India in Summer Paralympics in 1972, and also for setting a world record by finishing the 50m freestyle swimming in 37.33 seconds.
Aug 12, 2023 · Petkar, now 77, is a war hero and the winner of India’s first-ever Paralympics gold medal. He won the gold in the 50m freestyle (swimming) in 1972 in Heidelberg, Germany with a then world record time. And that after he had sustained multiple bullet wounds, nine to be precise, in the 1965 India-Pakistan war.
Jun 16, 2024 · Murlikant Petkar’s life turned upside down amidst the devastating Indo-Pak war of 1965. According to the Paralympics website, Petkar was in Kashmir when a sudden aerial attack took...
Story. In 1972, Murlikant Petkar won India its first-ever Paralympic gold medal in Heidelberg, Germany, for the 50 m freestyle swimming. Back then, he had set a world record of blazing across the waters in an impressive 37.33 seconds.
Padmashri Muralikant Petkar – India's First Paralympic Gold Medalist. Story. In 1972, Murlikant Petkar won India its first-ever Paralympic gold medal in Heidelberg, Germany, for the 50 m freestyle swimming.
Here is the story of Murlikant Petkar, the real-life Chandu Champion, a war veteran who won India's first Paralympic gold. The man who was moved to tears after watching the Katrik Aaryan film ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Murlikant Petkar is India’s first-ever Paralympics gold medalist who broke the world record in swimming in 1972. A paraplegic, his fightback has inspired the biopic ‘Chandu Champion’ starring Kartik Aaryan.
Jun 18, 2024 · In this episode, we present the gritty story of Pune's Murlikant Petkar, former Indian Army man who was India's first Paralympian to bring home a gold medal in 1972.
Aug 24, 2021 · A visit to London just before the 1968 Paralympic Games at Tel Aviv, Israel, proved an eye-opener for Murlikant Petkar, India’s first gold medallist in the Paralympics.
