Meet the 8 Indian javelin throwers at the Tokyo Paralympics
By Ankur Singh
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Devendra Jhanjharia
Devendra has won gold at the 2004 Paralympics and Rio Paralympics along with setting a world record of 63.97 meters in the same event.
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Ajeet Singh
Ajeet won a bronze at the World Championships along with a gold in China in another para-athletic championship and qualified for the Olympics based on his performance at the World Championships.
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Sandeep Chowdhary
The 25-year-old is a gold medalist at the 2019 World para-athletics championship and Asian Games in 2019 and will be competing in his first paralympic games.
Sundar has won 4 gold medals in the IPC Championships 2017, IPC Dubai Grand Prix 2016 and 2017 along with the National Para Championships.
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Sumit Antil
The 22-year-old has won silver at the 2019 world Championships and also competed with Neeraj Chopra in the Indian Grand Prix held earlier this year where he threw 66.43m.
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Navdeep
Navdeep qualified for the Paralympics with a throw of 43.58 to take home the gold medal at the recent World Para Athletics Grand held in Dubai this year.
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Tek Chand
He won a bronze medal at the Para Asian Games in 2018 and qualified for the Olympics earlier this year.
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Ranjeet Bhati
He attained 4th Position in Javelin in 18th National Para Athletics Championship and won gold in the same tournament in 2021.