Deepa Malik Just Won A Silver Medal In Shot Put! India's Rio Paralympics Tally Now Up To 3!
Deepa Malik has made India proud at the Rio 2016 Paralympics as she won the countrys third medal at the sporting extravaganza - a silver medal in shot put. She has now become the first Indian woman Paralympian to win a medal. The 45-year-old is an accomplished swimmer adventure sports junkie biker and entrepreneur.
Deepa Malik has made India proud at the Rio 2016 Paralympics as she won the country's third medal at the sporting extravaganza - a silver medal in shot put. With this feat, she has now become the first Indian woman Paralympian to win a medal.
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Deepa, an Arjuna awardee, is a celebrated Para athlete and has been promoting sports for the marginalised in India. Participating in the F53 event, Deepa threw her personal best 4.61m in her sixth and final attempt to finish second behind Bahrain's Fatema Nedham, who registered 4.76m mark to win gold. Dimitra Korokida of Greece took bronze with a throw of 4.28m.
The 45-year-old is an accomplished swimmer, adventure sports junkie, biker and entrepreneur and has had her name entered into the Limca Book of Record not once, but four times.
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India have already won two previous medals at the Paralympics with with Mariyappan Thangavelu winning the gold in the men's high jump T-42 event while Varun Singh Bhati taking bronze in the same event.
She also has to her credit 54 gold medals at the national level and 13 at the international level across sports, including swimming and in the javelin throw and shot put. Apart from this, she even represented the Rajasthan women's cricket team.
After the news of her winning the medal broke, twitter started flooding wishing her...
Congrats #DeepaMalik for silver medal in #ParalympicsRio2016 ????????
¡ª Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) September 12, 2016
Rio 2016 Paralympics: #Ind Deepa Malik Wins Silver Medal In Women's Shotput Event ! #Haryana #DeepaMalik pic.twitter.com/daeRqa10PA
¡ª Haryana Tweets?? (@HaryanaTweets) September 12, 2016
Congratulations #DeepaMalik #silver medal ???? https://t.co/XyGP5XcADM
¡ª Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) September 12, 2016
Congrats #DeepaMalik for winning silver medal in women's shot put #Rio2016 #Paralympics. pic.twitter.com/NLkuiq7eUQ
¡ª Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) September 12, 2016
#DeepaMalik, paraplegic from waist down for 17 years, had reportedly undergone 31 surgeries. Inspiration at is best! #Paralympics
¡ª Jaspreet Sahni (@Jaspreet_TOI) September 12, 2016
