Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won gold medal at 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, is associated with which sports?
Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won gold medal at 2016 Rio Paralympics Games, is associated with which sports?
[A]Sprint
[B]High jump
[C]Swimming
[D]Javelin Throw
High jump
Mariyappan Thangavelu has won India’s first gold medal in the men’s high jump T-42 event with jump of 1.89 metres at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. With this, Thangavelu became the first Indian high jumper to win Paralympics gold. His compatriot Varun Singh Bhati clinched the bronze medal in the same event. Thangavelu is also the 3rd Indian to win gold at Paralympics after Murlikant Petkar, who won in swimming, at Heidelberg 1972 and Devendra Jhajharia who won at Athens 2004 in javelin throw.