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Murlikant Petkar
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Murlikant Petkar is India's first Paralympic gold medalist. He won an individual gold medal in the 1972 Summer Paralympics, in Heidelberg, Germany. He set a world record in the 50 m freestyle swimming event, at 37.33 seconds. In the same games he participated in javelin, precision javelin throw and slalom.[contradictory] He was a finalist in all three events.[2] In 2018, he was awarded with the Padma Shri.[3]
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1 November 1944 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming, javelin, slalom, table tennis, shot put, Boxing | ||||||||||||||
Disability | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Rank | Craftsman | ||||||||||||||
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