Thangavelu also clinched a gold medal in men’s high jump t42 while bhati won a bronze in the same event.

Paralympics india medal winners 2016. India won its first medal at the paralympics in the 1972 games when murlikant petkar won a gold medal in swimming. Thus, she became the first indian woman to win an individual gold medal. India wins historic gold and bronze in high jump.

Hailing from tamil nadu, mariyappa thangavelu bagged a gold in the men’s high jump f42 at the 2016 rio paralympics. Meanwhile, a medal each has come from swimming and powerlifting. Deepa malik is the only indian woman to win a.

He managed the best of 1.89 meters to secure the. In the category of f44/46, he managed to send his. If you enjoyed this video please hit the like button for me its showing your support and helps me a lot.

By the time this edition ended our tally was 31. (getty images) karmakar, who missed out on an olympic medal by a whisker in. Mariyappan thangavelu won gold with best effort of 1.89 metres while varun singh bhati bagged a bronze medal jumping 1.86 metres

2 who won gold medal in paralympics 2016. Highlights before the tokyo paralympics began, india had won 12 medals overall between 1960 and 2016. He won the gold medal in men’s javelin throw at the 2016 rio paralympics.

India’s most successful sport at the games has been athletics where they have won 10 medals. Paralympics india medal winners 2016 list. Devendra jhajharia, 2016 | paralympics indian medal winners devendra won first gold medal in the javelin throw in the paralympic games.