Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower competing in F46 events. He has again made our country proud when he became the only Para athlete from India to win a record second gold medal in the Paralympics. He is listed in Famous Indian Sports Personalities.

1. Devendra Jhajharia

2. • 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.

3. • 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.

4. • 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.

5. • 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.

6. • 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.

7. • 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.

8. • 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.

9. • 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.

10. • 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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