SANDEEP

Date of Birth: 10 Apr 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Sport Class: F44

Place of birth: NEW DELHI

Birth Country:

India

Place of residence : DELHI

Residence Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw - F64	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic St. - Standing Javelin	Men's Javelin Throw - F64 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	Javelin Throw - F44	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	54.30
World Championships
1	Javelin Throw - F64	2019	Dubai, UAE	66.18
5	Javelin Throw - F44	2017	London, GBR	53.04
Asian Para Games
1	Men's Javelin Throw F42-44/61-64	2018	Jakarta, INA	60.01

Occupation:

Botany - Hansraj College, New Delhi, IND

Languages spoken:

2015 for India, Grand Prix in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

He took up Para athletics in 2015 in India. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (firstpost.com, 09 Nov 2019)

He trains at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, India. (scroll.in, 09 Nov 2019)

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, Indian politician Giriraj Singh. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

His mother. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

"I always use my personal javelin and wear my favourite blue jersey and grey pants during competitions. I feel so much more comfortable and positive performing with them." (paralympic.org, 24 Oct 2018)

Philosophy:

"The result of hard work is always beautiful." (paralympic.org, 24 Oct 2018)

In 2020 he received the Arjuna Award from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in India. (thedailyguardian.com, 24 Aug 2020)

He was named Athlete of the Year at the 2019 GoSports Foundation Sports Awards in India. (Instagram profile, 15 Dec 2019)

He received the Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year award for 2019 at the Indian Sports Honours. (insidesport.co, 11 Oct 2019)

General Interest

Classification
F44 (IPC, 11 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Leg length difference (tribuneindia.com, 03 Jul 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

Impairment Details
His impairment is the result of a broken hip he sustained in a car accident at age 12. (paralympic.org, 24 Oct 2018; sports.ndtv.com, 10 Sep 2016)

General
PARALYMPIC MOTIVATION
After winning gold and setting a world record at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, he revealed he had used the disappointment of finishing fourth in the F44 javelin at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as the catalyst to continue improving. "I missed out on a medal [in Rio de Janeiro] by a slender margin. And it kept haunting me for a long time. When I returned to India from the Games I realised there is no difference between fourth and 40th place. I took the failure as motivation and worked harder." The following year he went on to win gold with another world record throw at the 2019 World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (paralympic.org, 24 Oct 2018, 13 Feb 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a degree in physical education at GHG Khalsa College in Ludhiana, India. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 04 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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