Sudha Chandran1964

Disability: Amputee

Sudha Chandran was born to family in Chennai, South India. She completed her Masters in Economics from Mumbai. On one of her return trips from Mumbai to Chennai she met with an accident resulting in the amputation of her right leg. She was given an artificial leg and despite this terrible disability, she became one of the most accomplished and acclaimed dancers of the Indian Subcontinent. She has received and still receives invitations to perform all over the world. She has been honored with numerous awards and has performed all over the world. She appears often on Hindi television and in films.

India's Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda wins silver in London Paralympics

London: Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda gave India its first medal at the Paralympic Games

after bagging a silver in the Men's High Jump F42 event here.

The 24-year old from Karnataka, who has an impairment in his left leg, sailed over a height of

1.74m using scissors technique in the final of the event to finish second in the presence of an

80,000 capacity crowd last night.

Iliesa Delana of Fiji won the gold, while Lukasz Mamczarz of Poland settled for bronze.

Although Delana finished on the same height of 1.74m as Girisha and Mamczarz but won gold

on the basis of taking less jumps.

Girisha, who is supported by Samarthanam, a Bangalore-based NGO for the disabled since

2008, took part in a three week long pre-Games training camp at Basildon Sporting Village

sponsored by the Government of India. 

Murlikant PetkarFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Murlikant Petkar

Personal information

Nationality India

Sport

Sport Swimming, javelin, slalom , table tennis, shot put

Disability Yes

Medal record[hide]

Freestyle swimming

Competitor for India

Paralympic Games

Gold 1972 Heidelberg 50m Freestyle swimming

Updated on 30 September 2012.

Cfn. Murlikant Petkar won an individual gold medal in the 1972 Paralympics, in Heidelberg, Germany. He

set a world record in the 50m freestyle swimming event, at 37.33 seconds. In the same games he

participated in javelin, precision javelin throw and slalom. He was a finalist in all three events.[1]

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He was private-jawan of the craftsman rank in the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) in

the Indian Army. [2] He was disabled during the 1965 War against Pakistan, sustaining severe bullet

wounds.[3] Petkar was originally a boxer at EME, Secunderabad. After he was crippled he switched to

swimming and other sports.[4] He participated in table tennis at the 1968 Paralympic games and cleared the

first round. He won 4 medals in international events in swimming. He was later employed

by TELCO in Pune.[5]