Devendra Jhajharia 

Devendra Jhajharia (born 10 June 1981) is an Indian Paralympic jevelin thrower  competing in F46 events. The first Indian Paralympian to win two gold medals at the Paralympic, he won his first gold in the javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, becoming only the second gold medalist at the Paralympics for his country. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeriro  he won a second gold medal in the same event, bettering his previous record. Devendra is currently being supported by the Gosports foundation through the Para Champions Programme  

Career :  

In 2002 Jhajharia won the gold medal in the 8th FESPIC Games in South Koria. In 2004 Jhajharia qualified for his first Summer Paralaympic 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 medalist at the Paralympics for his country (India's first gold medal came from Muralikant Petkar)

Further athletic success came in 2013 at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France when he took the gold medal in the F46 javelin throw. He followed this with a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Para Games at Incheon in South Korea. At the 2015 IPC Atletics World Championships in Doha, despite throwing 59.06, Jhajharia could only finish in second place, claiming silver behind China's Guo Cunliang, who threw a championship record distance. 

In 2016, he won a gold medal at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship in Dubai. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event, bettering his own 2004 record with a world-record throw of 63.97 metres

Personal Life : 

A former Indian Railways employee, Jhajharia is currently employed with the Sports Autherity of India. His wife, Manju, is a former nationally-ranked kabaddi player; the couple have a daughter, Jiya (aged six) and a son, Kavyan (aged two)

Awards and Recognition :

•  FCCI Para-Sportsperson of the Year (2014)
•  Padma Shri (2012; first Paralympian to be so honoured).
•  Arjuna Award (2004)     

Quotes :

• I have never compromised with my training: Devendra Jhajharia

• The one tip that won Paralympic champion Devendra Jhajharia his second gold medal