Two champions of India Mariyappan Thangavelu (Gold Winner) and Varun Singh Bhati (Bronze Winner) in Paralympic 2016.
It was celebration time as two of our athletes — Thangavelu Mariyappan (21) of Tamil Nadu and Varun Singh Bhati of Noida — scripted history on Friday night winning the gold and bronze medals respectively in the men’s high jump T-42 event at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
To get details about Paralympic as well as Olympic Games 2016, You must read my previous post here.
Let`s know our champions in Paralympic.
Born- June 28, 1995 (Tamil Nadu)
Sport- Para Athletics
Event- High Jumper - T42
Achievement- Paralympic 2016 High Jump Gold Winner
He is India's first Paralympian gold medalist since 2004.
Name- Varun Singh Bhati
Born- Feb 13, 1995 (Noida)
Sport- Para Athletics
Event- High Jumper - T42
Achievement- Paralympic 2016 High Jump Bronze Winner.
He is also Gold Medal winner in IPC athletics champion ship 2016 Berlin and Dubai.
