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Sumit Antil (born 7 June 1998) is an Indian paralympian and javelin thrower. He won gold medals in men's javelin throw F64 category at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships. He holds the current world record, having thrown 73.29 meters at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou.
Aug 31, 2021 · Sumit Antil won gold in the F64 Men's javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics after he hurled the javelin a distance of 68.55m. In his first attempt, he scored 66.95m which beat his previous personal best of 62.88m and the current world record.
Oct 25, 2023 · On a day when her 25-year-old son Sumit Antil broke the paralympic world record in men’s javelin throw F64 category, Nirmala Devi was busy overseeing the construction of their new home in village Khewra near Sonepat.
Oct 28, 2023 · Sumit Antil remembers the days when started off as a javelin thrower. As a kid growing up in Khewra village of Sonepat district of Haryana, he wanted to be a wrestler. But an accident in January 2015 led to his left leg getting amputated.
Aug 30, 2021 · Sumit Antil today set three world records on his way to winning the men’s Javelin Throw F64 gold medal on debut in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo today. He dominated the competition with the four best throws by any competitor, finally writing the world record at 68.55m with his fifth attempt.
Sumit Antil broke the world record thrice in the men’s javelin throw F64 class en route winning India’s second gold medal of the day at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Monday. Sumit Antil threw a new world record of 68.55m to win the gold medal.
Reigning Paralympics champion Sumit Antil on Wednesday clinched a gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games javelin throw F64 event with a world record effort of 73.29m on the third day of...
Nov 11, 2021 · Sumit Antil broke world records on his way to a gold medal in F64 javelin throw at the Tokyo Paralympics with a final mark of 68.55m. He wants to cross the 75m-mark at the 2022 Asian Games before...
Sumit Antil rewrote his world record with a gold medal-winning throw of 73.29m in the javelin F64 event as Indian para athletes bagged a stunning 30 medals on Wednesday to mark another productive...
Oct 25, 2023 · The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Sumit Antil on winning the Gold medal in Men's Javelin F64 2 event and creating a Para Asian Record and Games Record at Asian Para Games 2022 in Hangzhou, China.
