India won the sixth gold medal in the Paris Paralympics. High jump athlete Praveen Kumar brought the sixth gold to India. Praveen Kumar won gold in the Men's High Jump T64 event with a jump of 2.08 meters. This performance of Praveen Kumar is also an Asian record. He is the first Asian athlete to have performed so brilliantly in the Paralympics. Praveen Kumar has worked very hard for success in the Paralympics. He turned his weakness into strength and only then he was able to create history. Praveen has won 2 medals in the Paralympics. He won silver in the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics and now he has won gold.

The struggle of Praveen Kumar

Praveen Kumar is a resident of Noida, UP and when he was born, he had one leg shorter. However, despite this, he never let his spirits drop. Praveen Kumar definitely had a problem in one leg but his passion for the game was amazing. The interesting thing is that Praveen was very interested in volleyball but a big change happened in his life when this player participated in a high jump competition for the first time. Praveen Kumar participated in a general category high jump competition and from there people came to know about his talent.

After this, para athletics coach Dr. Satyapal Singh groomed Praveen. On the basis of hard work, Praveen Kumar won the silver medal in the World Para Athletics Junior Championship held in Switzerland in 2019. In 2021, this player managed to win gold in the World Para Athletics Fazza Grand Prix held in Dubai.

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Had already done wonders in Paralympics

Praveen Kumar played his first Paralympics in Tokyo and in his debut itself he won the silver medal by jumping 2.07 meters. This time Praveen jumped .01 more and the gold medal adorned his neck. Praveen Kumar has so far won three big medals for India in his international career. Apart from the Paralympics gold and silver, he also wins the Asian Para Games gold.