Famous Personalities Of India Like Devendra Jhajharia

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Devendra Jhajharia
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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Devendras 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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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