Padma Awards / Devendra Jhajharia will be honored with Padma Bhushan today, the first Paralympic player of the country to get this award

India's javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who won three medals in Paralympic Games, will be honored with the Padma Bhushan award today. President Ram Nath Kovind will present the award to Jhajharia at a function organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi at 5 pm on Monday.

Devendra will be given Padma Bhushan for his remarkable achievements in the field of sports. Jhajharia will be the first para sportsperson of the country to receive this award. Jhajharia is the first player from Rajasthan to be given this award. Let us inform that Devendra Jhajharia, who won silver medal in Tokyo Paralympics last year, has won gold medals for the country in the Para Olympic Games of Athens 2004 and Rio 2016.

He won the gold medal at the Athens Para Olympics 2004. Churu's javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, who won India's first Para Olympic gold medal in any singles event, has received various awards and accolades after winning gold medals at Para Olympic Games in 2004 and 2016.

Devendra was given the highest Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in the sports world for his sports achievements by the Government of India. Prior to this, he has received many awards including Padma Shri Award, Special Sports Award 2004, Arjuna Award 2005, Rajasthan Khel Ratna, Maharana Pratap Award 2005, Mewar Foundation's prestigious Aravali Samman 2009. He has been a member of various committees related to sports.

Was born in a simple family

Devendra was born on 10 June 1981 in the courtyard of Ram Singh and Jeevani Devi, a simple farmer couple of Sadulpur, Churu. Devendra never let the convenient surroundings and adversity become a hindrance in his path. Devendra, dedicated to the goal like Eklavya in the Johad of the village, started practicing himself by making a wooden spear.

Javelin throwing started from school

In 1995, he started throwing javelin from school competition. While studying in college, Devendra never looked back after winning medals in javelin throw and shot put at the National Games in Bangalore. Winning the gold medal at the national level in 1999 in javelin throw despite a tough competition with the general category was a big achievement for Devendra. In this way a series of achievements went on, but in reality Devendra's Olympic dream started.

Set world record

Devendra won the gold medal in the 2002 Busan Asiad. In the 2003 British Open Games, Devendra won gold medals in all three events of javelin throw, shot put and triple jump. Devendra's name was written in golden letters in the country's sports history on the day he won a gold medal in the javelin throw event at the Athens Para Olympics in 2004.

In these games, the javelin was made by Devendra throwing a distance of 62.15 meters. Devendra himself broke the world record by throwing 63.97m javelin in Rio. Later Devendra won the gold medal in the 2006 Malaysia Para Asian Games. In the year 2007, he won the gold medal in the Para World Games held in Taiwan and in the year 2013 won the gold medal in the Athletics Championship held in Lyon (France) in the country's bag.