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How many Indian athletes are competing in the Paralympics in Rio 2016?

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How many Indian athletes are competing in the Paralympics in Rio 2016?
posted Sep 12, 2016 by Ati Kumar

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A total of 19 Indian athletes (16 male, 3 female) will feature in 10 disciplines at the Games which will be held September 7-18.

Here is the full list of Indian Paralympians:
Men:
High jump:
Mariyappan Thangavelu, Varun Singh Bhati, Sharad Kumar, Rampal Chahar

Javelin:
Sundar Singh Gurjar, Devendra Jhajaria, Rinku, Narender Ranbir, Sandeep

Club throw:
Amit Kumar Saroha, Dharambir

Shooting:
Naresh Kumar Sharma

Swimming:
Suyash Narayan Jadhav

Powerlifting:
Basha Farman
Athletics: Ankur Dhama (1,500m)

Javelin, Shotput:
Virender Dhanka

Women:
Archery:
Pooja

Shot put:
Deepa Malik

Discus throw:
Karamjyoti Dalal

answer Sep 15, 2016 by Abhishek Maheshwari
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