Ajeet Singh Yadav

Ajeet Singh Yadav
Personal information
Born	5 September 1993 (age 31); Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	F46
Event	Javelin throw
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing India
Paralympic Games
Asian Para Games
World Para Championships
World Para Grand Prix

Ajeet Singh Yadav^[1] (born 5 September 1993) is an Indian Para athlete from Uttar Pradesh who competes in men's javelin throw, in F-46 category. On 3 September 2024, he won a silver medal in javelin throw F46 category at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.^[2]^[3]

Early life

Ajeet Singh was born in 1993 in Etawah Uttar Pradesh. He is studying in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. In 2017, he was involved in a tragic train accident while saving his friend. As a result, he is missing his left arm below the elbow.^[4]^[5] During recovery and rehab phase, almost after 4 months of accident, he took part in Para Athletic Senior National 2018 in Panchkula, Haryana.

He was included in Sports Authority of India Government of India program under Target Olympic Podium Scheme, and is also supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He had completed his PhD in physical education and sports from Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education,LNIPE, Gwalior.

Career

After taking the sport of para javelin, he made his international debut in 2019. He took part in 7th World Para Athletics Grand Prix held in Beijing, China and won gold medal in the javelin throw.^[6] He represented India in the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai^[7] where he claimed a bronze medal^[8]^[9] and as a result he qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics. He also claimed gold medal in the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix.^[10]

Paralympics

He made his Paralympic debut representing India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[11] He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris,^[12] his second Olympics.

References

^ "Ajeet Singh Biography".
^ "Ajeet Singh Yadav Wins Paralympics Silver, Had Lost Hand In Train Accident While Saving Friends Life | Olympics News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "Train accident survivor Ajeet Singh Yadav who saved friend's life, wins Paralympics javelin silver with 65.62m throw; Sundar takes bronze". The Indian Express. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "दोस्त के लिए गंवाया हाथ, चोट के बाद भी नेशनल गेम्स में कमाया नाम". www.patrika.com.
^ "4 years after losing arm, para-athlete hopes to win another medal at Paralympics". Hindustan Times. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "एक हादसे में गंवाया हाथ, फिर भी पैरा एथलेटिक्स में देश को दिलाया गोल्ड". www.etvbharat.com. 3 December 2019.
^ "Dubai 2019 Results". www.paralympic.org.
^ "India record best-ever medals tally in Dubai para event". www.gulftoday.ae. 16 November 2019.
^ "Kiren Rijiju felicitates World Para Athletics Championships medal winners with cash awards". www.indiatoday.in. 18 November 2019.
^ "Invincible spirit - lost hand but not courage, Etawah's Ajeet sights gold at Tokyo Paralympics". Hindustan Times. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "Athletics: AJEET SINGH Ajeet Singh". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ Sportstar, Team (14 August 2024). "India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

External links

Ajeet Singh at the International Paralympic Committee

[1] "Ajeet Singh Biography".

[2] "Ajeet Singh Yadav Wins Paralympics Silver, Had Lost Hand In Train Accident While Saving Friends Life | Olympics News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[3] "Train accident survivor Ajeet Singh Yadav who saved friend's life, wins Paralympics javelin silver with 65.62m throw; Sundar takes bronze". The Indian Express. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[4] "दोस्त के लिए गंवाया हाथ, चोट के बाद भी नेशनल गेम्स में कमाया नाम". www.patrika.com.

[5] "4 years after losing arm, para-athlete hopes to win another medal at Paralympics". Hindustan Times. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[6] "एक हादसे में गंवाया हाथ, फिर भी पैरा एथलेटिक्स में देश को दिलाया गोल्ड". www.etvbharat.com. 3 December 2019.

[7] "Dubai 2019 Results". www.paralympic.org.

[8] "India record best-ever medals tally in Dubai para event". www.gulftoday.ae. 16 November 2019.

[9] "Kiren Rijiju felicitates World Para Athletics Championships medal winners with cash awards". www.indiatoday.in. 18 November 2019.

[10] "Invincible spirit - lost hand but not courage, Etawah's Ajeet sights gold at Tokyo Paralympics". Hindustan Times. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[11] "Athletics: AJEET SINGH Ajeet Singh". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.

[12] Sportstar, Team (14 August 2024). "India at Paris Paralympics 2024: Complete list of 84 athletes at Paralympic Games". Sportstar. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

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v t e Paralympic medalists for India
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Gold medalists	: Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg) : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Avani Lekhara (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Sumit Antil (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo) : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo) : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo) : Kumar Nitesh (2024 Paris) : Harvinder Singh (2024 Paris) : Dharambir Nain (2024 Paris) : Praveen Kumar (2024 Paris) : Navdeep Singh (2024 Paris)
Silver medalists	: Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London) : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo) : Nishad Kumar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Yogesh Kathuniya (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo) : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Manish Narwal (2024 Paris) : Thulasimathi Murugesan (2024 Paris) : Sharad Kumar (2024 Paris) : Ajeet Singh Yadav (2024 Paris) : Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (2024 Paris) : Pranav Soorma (2024 Paris)
Bronze medalists	: Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York) : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens) : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro) : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2 titles, 2020 Tokyo, 2024 Paris) : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo) : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo) : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo) : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo) : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo) : Mona Agarwal (2024 Paris) : Preethi Pal (2 titles, 2024 Paris) : Rubina Francis (2024 Paris) : Manisha Ramadass (2024 Paris) : Sheetal Devi (2024 Paris) : Rakesh Kumar (2024 Paris) : Nithya Sre Sivan (2024 Paris) : Deepthi Jeevanji (2024 Paris) : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2024 Paris) : Kapil Parmar (2024 Paris) : Hokato Hotozhe Sema (2024 Paris) : Simran Sharma (2024 Paris)