Famous Indian Sports Personalities Like Devendra Jhajharia
                     Devendra Jhajharia
• Devendra was born on 10th June 1981 in Churu, 
Rajasthan. His father is a farmer and his mother 
is a homemaker.
• Unfortunately, he met with an accident at an 
early age of eight. 
• He was climbing a tree and accidentally came in 
contact with a live cable of 11,000 volts.
• Villagers came to the site and they declared him 
dead. He was immediately transferred to 
hospital but by the time his left arm was burnt.
• Devendra still wanted to go for his passion and 
to pursue a career as an athlete.
• He used to win a lot of prizes during his school 
time, he also went for training to enhance his 
stamina in the sports world.
• In the Sports category, there is an F46 
classification for the athletes who have a 
disability or have some amputation.
• Devendra competes in javelin throw under F46 
classification.
• Devendra’s international career started with 
FESPIC games in Korea in the year 2002. He won 
a gold medal at this.
• Next, he participated in Paralympics in Athens, 
Greece and he created history by making a 
record of 62.15 meters throw.
• Again he won another gold in the row at IPC 
World Championship in Lyon, France in 2013.
• In 2015, he participated in IPC World 
Championship held at Qatar and won a silver 
medal.
• His achievement list is really long and he still a 
long way to go. In 2014, he won another silver 
medal in Asian Para Games in Incheon, Korea.
• Devendra wanted to take part in Paralympics but 
unfortunately, his F46 category was not included 
in 2008 and 2012.
• He was disappointed and needed a strong 
motivation to keep trying and not giving up. At 
this difficult time, his wife stood up there for him 
and always supported him.
• Finally, in 2016 he participated in Rio Paralympics 
and gave his best performance in the 
tournament.
• He broke his own record by making another 
world record with a throw of 63.97 meters.
• Devendra is an inspiration and proof for others 
that hard work always pays off. No matter what it 
takes to achieve success but the road will 
definitely lead you there.
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