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Journey of struggles and

achievements of a

sportsperson who had

been disabled.
Disability need not be a barrier to success

Here is the list of few such inspiring athletes

1. Arunima Sinha

2. Major DP Singh

3. Deepa Malik

4. Devendra Jhajaria
Arunima Sinha

Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountain


climber and sportswoman. She is the
world's first female amputee to scale
Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro,
Mount Elbrus, Mount Kosciusko,
Mount Aconcagua, Carstensz Pyramid
and Mount Vinson, she is also a seven
time Indian volleyball player.
Major DP Singh

Major D.P. Singh is a retired officer of


the Indian Army. He is a Kargil War
veteran and is known as India's first
blade runner. After his amputation, he
gradually started running using a
prosthetic limb and has run in 26 half-
marathons in his running career.
Deepa Malik

Deepa Malik is an Indian athlete. She


started her career at the age of 30.
She is the first Indian woman to win
a medal in Paralympic Games and
won a silver medal at the 2016
Summer Paralympics in shot put. She
also won gold in the F-53/54 Javelin
event at the para athletic Grand Prix
held in Dubai in 2018..
Devendra Jhajaria

Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian


Paralympic javelin thrower
competing in F46 events. He is
the first Indian Paralympics
player to win two gold medals at
the Paralympics..

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