Interesting facts about Devendra Jhajharia
2) First Paralympian to win Padma Shri
The Rajasthan born athlete, with an amputated left hand, was awarded the Arjuna award in 2004. Later he created history by becoming the first Paralympian to be honoured with the Padma Shri in 2012.
At the time he recalled, “Back when I was young and competing, there was very little awareness of para-sports in India. People used to talk about my condition – how will this guy throw, he doesn’t have an arm.”
Needless to say, Jhajharia did not pay any attention to such talks and instead took this up as a challenge.
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