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From: DCW Behala

Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 3:04 PM

To: dcw-behala@googlegroups.com

Subject: Paralympic and India

 

While we all are excited about Olympic every time, we really don't know or don't care much about Paralympic Games which happen to take place at the same venue quickly after the Olympics. While we are so familiar about Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar to Jwala Gatta or Joydeep Karmakar, we hardly know about Murlikant Petkar or Devendra Jhajharia or Joginder Singh Bedi who made the Nation feel proud in spite of their disability.

 

• Murlikant Petkar won first GOLD for India in 1972 Heidelberg Paralympic in Swimming with a World Record
• Devendra Jhajharia won second individual GOLD for India in 2004 Athens Paralympic in Javelin Throw
• Joginder Singh Bedi won three medals (one silver and two bronze) in 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Paralympic

 

Have a glance; look at the following unsung heroes in action with a physical disability (either mobility disabilities or amputations or blindness or cerebral palsy). One of them (Oscar Pistorius of South Africa) even took part in Main Olympics and made history at the London 2012 Olympic Games by becoming the first double amputee to compete on the track and make an Olympic final.

 

              

 

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games. First authentic Paralympics was held on Rome in 1960. Earlier from 1948, that event (World Wheelchair and Amputee Games) was exclusively for War Veterans and first one was called as 1948 International Wheelchair Games.

 

The London Paralympics will be the first Games since the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in which athletes with intellectual disabilities (ID) will be authorised to compete following a decision by the International Paralympic Committee in 2008. Athletics, swimming and table tennis will include events with an ID classification.

 

Some data of 2012 Summer Paralympics at London compared to 2012 Summer Olympics. Interestingly Paralympics has more Events compared to Olympics though numbers of Nations, Participants and Sports categories are much less!

 

	2012 Summer Paralympics	2012 Summer Olympics
Opening ceremony	29 August, 2012	27 July, 2012
Closing ceremony	9 September, 2012	12 August, 2012
Athletes participating	4,200 (estimated)	10,500 (estimated)
Nations participating	165 (approx)	204
Events	503 in 19 sports	302 in 26 sports
Total Gold Medals	499 Gold Medals	302 Gold Medals
Occurrence	14th Summer Paralympics (XIV)	30th Summer Olympics (XXX)

 

Events in 2012 Summer Paralympics, London:

1. Archery
2. Athletics
3.  Boccia
4. Cycling: Road and Track
5. Equestrian
6. Football: 5-a-side and 7-a-side
7. Goalball
8. Judo
9. Powerlifting
10. Rowing
11. Sailing
12. Shooting
13. Swimming
14. Table tennis
15. Sitting Volleyball
16. Wheelchair basketball
17. Wheelchair fencing
18. Wheelchair rugby
19. Wheelchair tennis

 

India in Paralympics:

India made its Summer Paralympic début at the 1968 Games, competed again in 1972, and then was absent until the 1984 Games. The country has participated in every edition of the Summer Games since then. It has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.

 

In 1972 at the Heidelberg Games, Petkar swam the 50 meter freestyle in a world record time of 37.331 seconds to give India her first ever Gold. In 1984, Joginder Singh Bedi won silver at the Men's Shot Put and followed it up with a pair of bronze winning performances in the Discus and Javelin throws. Another Indian, Bhimrao Kesarhar, won the silver medal in the Javelin.

 

Following are some facts and figures about India in Paralympics:

 

Games	Events Participated (M – Mens, W- Womens, X – Mixed)	Athletes Participated (Number of Events)	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1960 Rome, Italy	Did not Participate		-	-	-	-	-
1964 Tokyo, Japan	Did not Participate		-	-	-	-	-
1968 Tel Aviv, Israel	Archery (3M+1W), Athletics (11M+5W), Dartchery (X), Swimming (2M+4W), Table Tennis (1M+1W), Weightlifting (1M) Total (29): 18 Mens/11 Womens/1 Mixed	Jeena (7); Patel (7); Laxman (6); Ganesh (5); Kermani Shehrnaz (5); Kumar (5); Khan (4); Gattu (1); Pereira (1); Petkar (1)	0	0	0	0	-
1972 Heidelberg, Germany (W)	Archery (1W), Athletics (12M+6W), Swimming (2M+1W), Table Tennis (1M), Weightlifting (1M) Total (24): 17 Mens/7 Womens	Makandi (6); Kermani Shernaz (5); Petkar (5); Patel (4); Poudwal (2); Chandrashekhar (1); Diwan (1); Magan Gina (1); Table Tennis Team (1)	1	0	0	1	#25
1976 Toronto, Canada	Did not Participate		-	-	-	-	-
1980 Arnhem, Netherlands	Did not Participate		-	-	-	-	-
1984 Stoke Mandeville, UK and New York, USA	Athletics (12M); Swimming (4M) Total (16): 16 Mens	Joginder Singh Bedi (3); Bhagwan Patil (3); Bhimrao Kesarhar (2); Digambar Mehendale (5); Abdul Jabbar Rawthar (4)	0	2	2	4	#37
1988 Seoul	Athletics (1M+1W); Lawn Bowls (1M) Total (3): 2 Mens/1 Womens	Digambar Mehendale (2); Malathi Holla (1)	0	0	0	0	-
1992 Barcelona	Athletics (10M+4W); Powerlifting (1M); Weightlifting (1M) Total (16): 12 Mens/4 Womens	Ramnath Banerjee (3); Rajesh Anand (3); Malathi Holla (3); Vijay Munishwar (3); Mallaiah Mahadeva (3); Manveer Mangat (3); Digambar Mehendale (3); Ratna Ghosh (2);	0	0	0	0	-
1996 Atlanta	Athletics (10M); Powerlifting (1M); Shooting (1M+2X) Total (14): 12 Mens/2 Mixed	Harry Prabhu (3); Santosh Kudalkar (3); Naresh Sharma (3); Sohan Brar (2); Nayamathulla Khan (2); Mangat Singh (2); Yadvendra Vashishta (2); Vijay Munishwar (1); H. Ramesh (1)	0	0	0	0	-
2000 Sydney	Athletics (2M); Powerlifting (2M); Shooting (1X) Total (5): 4 Mens/1 Mixed	Yadvendra Vashishta (2); Vikram Singh Adhikari (1); Vijay Munishwar (1); Naresh Sharma (1)	0	0	0	0	-
2004 Athens	Athletics (14M+2W); Powerlifting (2M) Total (18): 16 Mens/2 Womens	Devendra (2) ; Girraj (2); Malathi Krishna (2); V. Gopalappa (2); Nir Bahadur Gurung (2);  Rajarathinam Subbaiah (2); Yadvendra Vashishta (2); Basha Farman (1); C. Raghu (1); Syamala Raju (1); Rajinder Singh Rahelu (1); Surjeet Singh (1)	1	0	1	2	#53
2008 Beijing	Athletics (2M); Powerlifting (2M); Shooting (1M+1X) Total (6): 5 Mens/1 Mixed	Naresh Sharma (2); Markanda Reddy (1); Jagseer Singh (1); Farman Basha (1); Rajinder Singh (1)	0	0	0	0	-
2012 London	Swimming (1M); Powerlifting (3M) Total (4): 4 Mens	Sharath Gayakwad (1); Farman Basha (1); Rajinder Singh Rahelu (1); Sachin Chowdhry	-	-	-	-	TBD

 

Event Timing for Indian Competitors for London 2012 Paralympic:

 

Competitor	Event	Estimated Indian Timing (IST)
Farman Basha	48 kg Powerlifting	Group B: 7:30 PM on 30th Aug '12 Group A: 8:05 PM on 30th Aug '12
Sharath Gayakwad	100 m Breaststroke – SB8	Heat: 3:00 PM on 1st Sep '12 Final: 10:46 PM on 1st Sep '12
Rajinder Singh Rahelu	67.5 kg Powerlifting	Group B: 7:30 PM on 2nd Sep '12 Group A: 8:05 PM on 2nd Sep '12
Sachin Chowdhry	82.5 kg Powerlifting	Group B: 4:30 PM on 4th Sep '12 Group A: 5:05 PM on 4th Sep '12