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Aug 14, 2021 · Devendra Jhajharia is the current world record holder for the event. He threw the spear to 65.71m in July at the qualification competition. Besides this, he is also the first para-athlete to ...
Mar 9, 2024 · Indian athlete Devendra Jhajharia was elected as the new president of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on Thursday. The 42-year-old javelin thrower, who has secured three medals at the ...
Mar 9, 2024 · Two-time Paralympics gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia was on Saturday elected unopposed as the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) president, succeeding another celebrated para athlete Deepa Malik. The 42-year-old javelin thrower, who had won a gold medal each in the 2004 Athens and 2016 Rio Paralympics in the F46 disability category, was the only candidate in the fray for the top post.
Aug 30, 2021 · When Devendra Jhajharia first decided, at age 13, that he would become a javelin thrower, he didn't do it because he felt he would become one of India's greatest athletes.
Aug 11, 2021 · Indian Paralympic athlete Devendra Jhajharia is a two time Paralympic gold medalist, the first para-athlete to be awarded the Padmi-Shri and the Khel Ratna award winner, yet despite his ...
Devendra Jhajharia (देवेन्द्र झाझड़िया) is the only Indian to have won the gold at an ‘‘Paraolympics’’. He is the one-armed javelin thrower from Rajasthan . He was born in the family of Ram Singh Jhajharia and Jiwani Devi in village Jhajharian Ki Dhani, Panchayat Ratanpura in Rajgarh Tahsil in Churu ...
Sep 14, 2016 · Jhajharia bettered his own record with a throw of 63.97m in the final on Tuesday. India's Devendra Jhajharia has become the first Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals, breaking his own world ...
