Jagseer Singh Mahar is an Indian
Para
Para, or PARA, may refer to:
Businesses, professions, and organizations
* Paramount Global, traded as PARA on the Nasdaq stock exchange
* Para Group, the former name of CT Corp
* Para Rubber, now Skellerup, a New Zealand manufacturer
* Para ...
athlete competing in Men's 100m, 200m, 400m and
long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...
events in the
F46 category. In 2010, he was the first and only Indian player to win a gold medal in the first Asian Para Games held in Guangzhou China. Honoured with Arjuna Award in 2010. Honoured with Maharana Pratap Award in 2009.
Awards and recognition
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Arjuna Award
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards given for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjun ...
(2010)
*Maharana Pratap Award (2009)
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Living people
Paralympic athletes for India
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Year of birth missing (living people)
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Indian male sprinters
Indian male long jumpers
Indian male triple jumpers
Paralympic long jumpers
Paralympic triple jumpers
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Para Games
21st-century Indian people
Asian Para Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Asian Para Games gold medalists for India
Asian Para Games silver medalists for India
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