Interesting facts about Devendra Jhajharia

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In 2004 Jhajharia qualified for his first Summer Paralympic Games representing India at Athens. At the games he set a new world record with a distance of 62.15m eclipsing the old one of 59.77m. The throw gave him the gold medal and he became only the second gold medallist at the Paralympics for his country.

The F46 event did not feature in the 2008 and the 2012 editions. When it returned to the Paralympics fold, Jhajharia was there to once again clinch the gold.

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