S P O R T S PARALYMPICS India at Paralympics Indian athletes have participated in 11 Summer PIB Paralympics from 1968-2016. They have won 12 medals over the years – 4 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals in athletics, powerlifting and swimming events. Most gold medals at one Games India won two gold medals in athletics at the 2016 Rio Summer Paralympics in September 2016. Mariyappan Thangavelu won the gold in the men’s high jump F42 on Sept 9, 2016. B Devendra Jhajharia won in men’s javelin F46 on Sept 13, Most medals at Paralympics 2016. India won four medals – two gold, one silver and one bronze – at the 2016 Summer Paralympics WR: Farthest mark in javelin held in Rio de Janeiro from Sept 8-18, 2016. B Devendra Jhajharia (b June 10, 1981) covered a Earlier in the 1984 Stoke Mandeville and New width of 19.498 m (63.97 ft) in the F46 category York Summer Paralympics, India had won four at the 2016 Rio Summer Paralympics breaking his medals – two silver and two bronze. own record on Sept 13, 2016. He had achieved a width of 18.943 m (62.15 ft) in the F46 category at Most golds at Paralympics (career) the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. B Devendra Jhajharia has won two gold medals in men’s javelin F46 category in his Paralympics career. He won the first gold in Athens in 2004 setting a world record and the latest in the Rio Paralympics in 2016. IMAGES GETTY / LOC / LITTLE WARREN LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 2 8 0 sports a-c 2017.pmd 280 23-03-2017, 14:57 S P O R T S First woman to win a medal in Paralympics Deepa Malik became the first Indian woman to win a silver in shot put F53 in the 2016 Rio Paralympics on Sept 12, 2016. Deepa’s best throw of 4.61m from her six attempts won her the medal. First participation India first participated in six disciplines at the 1968 Summer Games held in Tel Aviv, Israel. First medal at Paralympics participated in five Paralympics – 1996, 2000, Murlikant Petkar won the first medal and the first 2008, 2012 and 2016. gold in the 50 m freestyle 3 swimming event at the 1972 Paralympics at Heidelberg, Germany. First and only participant in lawn bowls He set a world record in speed by clocking Digambar Mehendale represented India in the 0:37.33 sec. He is also the first and only swimmer men’s singles LB1 lawn bowl event at the 1988 from India to win a Paralympics medal. Summer Paralympics held in Seoul, South Korea. Most medals won by an individual DWARF GAMES (career) Joginder Singh Bedi won three medals, one silver First women participants and two bronze, at the 1984 Summer Nalini Arunachalam, Ruhi Satish Shingade and Paralympics in New York. Sarika Gundetti were the first women participants in the 6th World Dwarf Games held at Michigan, First medal in powerlifting USA. Rajinder Singh Rahelu won a bronze medal in men’s up to 56 kg event at the Paralympics First National Games Summer Games held in Athens in 2004. The first National Dwarf Athletic Championship was organised by the Dwarf Sports Association of Only shooter at Paralympics India at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru Naresh Kumar Sharma, a paraplegic shooter, is from Dec 12-13, 2015. Around 80 athletes from the only one to have represented India in various across the country participated in the event. The shooting events at the Paralympics. He has Games had only track and field events. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 2 8 1 sports a-c 2017.pmd 281 23-03-2017, 14:57 S P O R T S Most individual gold in World Dwarf Games Joby Mathews won five gold medals at the 6th World Dwarf Games at Michigan, USA from August 3- 10, 2013. He won the medals in badminton (singles and doubles), shot put, javelin throw and discus throw. He won the medal in STD-01 category – Standing Dwarf with heights below 120 cm. First participation in World Dwarf Games Most medals in World Dwarf KY Venkatesh was the first Games and only athlete to represent The Indian squad won 23 medals – India at the 4th edition of the 12 gold, seven silver and four bronze World Dwarf Games in – and was ranked 6th on the medal Rambouillet, France in 2005. tally at the 6th World Dwarf Games He won six medals at the in Michigan, USA held from August Games – two gold, one 3-10, 2013. silver and three bronze. ASIAN PARA GAMES First gold at Asian Para Games Jagseer Singh won a gold medal in men’s triple jump F46 category at the inaugural Asian Para Games held at Guangzhou, China in December 2010. The Asian Para Games replaced the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled or the FESPIC Games which was first held in Oita, Japan from June1-3, 1975. The 9th and final FESPIC Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2006. Medals won in IX FESPIC Games India won 32 medals – 5 gold, 8 silver and 19 bronze at the IX FESPIC Games held in Kuala Most medals at Asian Para Games Lumpur, Malaysia from Nov 25 – Dec 1, 2006. The Sharath Gayakwad won six medals in swimming at the Asian Para list of gold medallist were: Nir Bahadur Gurung in Games held at Incheon, South Korea in 2014. He won a silver in the discus F53, Devender in javelin F46, Balwan 200 m individual medley, bronze medals in 100 m butterfly, 100 m Singh in 200 m T42, Naresh Kumar in R6 50 m breaststroke, 100 m backstroke, 50 m freestyle and 4 x 100 medley free rifle prone/SH1, Kanchanmala in 100 m relay. backstroke/S11 event. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 2 8 2 sports a-c 2017.pmd 282 23-03-2017, 14:57 S P O R T S Double success at Asian Para Games Sharad Kumar won the gold medal in the men’s high jump at the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea on Oct 20, 2014. He also broke a 12-year-old Asian record by clearing a height of 1.80 m in the F42 category and reclaimed his world No 1 position. Amit Kumar won gold in the men’s club throw F51 at the Asian Para Games held in Incheon, South Korea on Oct 20, 2014 and with his throw First medal in powerlifting of 21.31 width he set a game record too. Farman Basha won a bronze medal in the 48 kg category at the inaugural Asian Para Games held in Guangzhou, China in December 2010. COMMONWEALTH GAMES – PARA SPORTS PIB First medals in powerlifting Rajinder Rahelu (pic) won a silver medal in the men’s bench press para sport – heavyweight and Sakina Khatun won a bronze in the women’s brench press para sport – lightweight at the Games held in Glasgow, Scotland on August 2, 2014. First medal in swimming First participation Prasanta Karmakar won a bronze medal in 50 m Indian athletes first participated in four events in freestyle para sport S9 completing the race in Para-Sports at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 27.48 sec at the Games held in New Delhi in (CWG) held in Melbourne, Australia from March 2010. He is also the only Indian swimmer to win a 15-26, 2006. Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan won a medal in Commonwealth Games and the World bronze medal, a first for India, in the discus throw Swimming Championship in 2003. event with a throw of 29.88 m. INTERNATIONAL WHEELCHAIR & AMPUTEE SPORTS (IWAS) GAMES First International medal in wheelchair race Shernaz Pradip Poonekar (nee) Kermani (b Oct 26, 1949) won the first international bronze medal in 100 m wheelchair race at the International Stoke Mandeville Games in UK in 1974. Most medals at IWAS Games India won 110 medals – 32 gold, 38 silver and 40 bronze – and was ranked second in the medal tally at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Games held at Bengaluru from Nov 24-Dec 1, 2009. First medal in wheelchair fencing Suresh Joseph Jelestin won a bronze medal in men’s fencing sabre category at the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports (IWAS) Games held at Chinese Taipei in September 2007. LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS 2017 2 8 3 sports a-c 2017.pmd 283 23-03-2017, 14:57 S P O R T S Double success at IWAS Games 2011 Amit Saroha won the gold medal in men’s wheelchair discus throw F51 category and set a new Asian record with a throw of 9.44 m. Deepa Malik won the gold and set a new Asian record in women’s wheelchair shot put F53 category with a throw of 3.57 m at the 2011 IWAS Games in Sharjah, UAE. She also set an Asian record in the women’s wheelchair javelin throw F53 category (7.66 m) at the Games. First gold in badminton Rakesh Pandey and Satyam Janapa Reddy won a gold medal in the men’s doubles BMSTU5 category event at the IWAS Games held in Chinese Taipei in September 2007. The duo also clinched the silver (Rakesh) and the bronze (Satyam) medals in the men’s singles BMSTU5 category. First gold in powerlifting Farman Basha won the gold medal in the men’s powerlifting 48 kg event at the IWAS Games at Chinese Taipei in 2007. Most gold medals in one edition Niranjan Mukundan won seven gold medals in various swimming event at the IWAS World Junior Games in Netherlands from July 6-7, 2015.