Mariyappan Thangvelu wins gold at 2016 Rio Paralympics

Q.  Who won India’s first gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics?
- Published on 12 Sep 16

a. Mariyappan Thangavelu
b. Mariyappan Ramsetu
c. Mariyappan Thyangrajan
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Mariyappan Thangavelu
 
Mariyappan Thangvelu wins gold at 2016 Rio ParalympicsMariyappan Thangvelu won the first gold medal for India at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
  • He won gold in the men’s high jump T-42 event leaping 1.89 metres
  • He also became the first Indian high jumper to win gold at the Paralympics
  • This was India’s third gold at the Games and the first after 12 years
  • Bronze in the event went to Varun Singh Bhati who jumped 1.86 metres(his personal best) to finish third
  • USA’s Sam Grewe bagged the silver medal
  • India claimed a gold and bronze in Athens, 2004
  • In the last edition of the London Games, India won a silver
  • India won its first ever Paralympic Gold at the Heidelberg Games in 1972.

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