President Congratulates Medal Winners in Asian Para Games-2014

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has congratulated and sent individual messages to all the Indian medal winners in the Asian Para Games-2014.

The medal winners include Shri Sharad Kumar (Gold Medal in Men’s High Jump); Shri Amit Kumar (Gold Medal in Men’s Club Throw as well as Silver Medal in Men’s Discus Throw); Ms. Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar (Gold Medal in Women’s Singles Badminton event as well as Silver Medal in Mixed Doubles); Shri Sandeep Singh Mann (two Silver Medals in Men’s 200m and 400m in Athletics in one hand disabled category); Shri Ankur Dhama (Silver Medal in Men’s 800m and two Bronze Medals in Men’s 1500m as well as in Men’s 5000m in Athletics in blind category); Shri Ramkaran Singh (Silver Medal in Men’s 800m in Athletics in partial blind category); Shri Narender (Silver Medal in Men’s Javelin Throw); Shri Devendra (Silver Medal in Men’s Javelin Throw); Ms. Deepa Malik (Silver Medal in Women’s Javelin); Shri Santhamuthuvel Kesavan (Silver Medal in Men’s Discus Throw); Shri Sarkar Manoj (Silver Medal in Men’s Singles Badminton); Shri Tarun (Silver Medal in Men’s Singles Badminton); Shri Raj Kumar (two Silver Medals in Badminton in Men’s Doubles as well as in Mixed Doubles); Shri Rakesh Pandey (Silver Medal in Men’s Doubles Badminton); Shri Sharath Mahadevarao Gayakwad (Silver Medal in Men’s 200m Individual Medley in Swimming and five Bronze Medals in Men’s 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Backstroke as well as in 4x100 Relay Medley events in Swimming); Shri Shavaad Jedikere Mohammed Ali (Bronze Medal in Men’s 800m in Athletics in blind category); Shri Girisha (Bronze Medal in Men’s High Jump); Ms. Karamjyoti (two Bronze Medals in Women’s Discus Throw as well as in Shot Put); Shri Pramod Bhagat (Bronze Medal in Men’s Singles Badminton); Shri Karmpal (Bronze Medal in Judo Men’s Team event); Shri Jaydeepkumar Hridaya Singh (Bronze Medal in Judo Men’s Team event); Shri Manoharan Janakiraman (Bronze Medal in Judo Men’s Team event); Shri Ramesh Kumar (Bronze Medal in Judo Men’s Team event); Ms. Ravi Vijayashanthi (Bronze Medal in Judo Women’s Team event); Ms. Priyanka Annasaheb Ghumre (Bronze Medal in Judo Women’s Team event); Ms. Pappathi Chinnaswamy (Bronze Medal in Judo Women’s Team event); Ms. Monisha Sundaramoorthy (Bronze Medal in Judo Women’s Team event); Shri Farman Basha (Bronze Medal in Men’s – 49kg Powerlifting); Shri Prasanta Karmakar (two Bronze Medals in Men’s 100m Breaststroke and 4x100 Relay Medley events in Swimming); Shri Niranjan Mukundan (Bronze Medal in the Men’s 4x100 Relay Medley in Swimming) and Shri Swapnil Sanjay Patil (Bronze Medal in Men’s 4x100 Relay Medley in Swimming).

In individual messages sent to the medal winners, the President said, "Your success is a matter of great pride for all Indians. It will serve as an inspiration to both sportspersons as well as differently abled people of our country. Your achievement is an example of what can be accomplished through hard work and dedication.

I congratulate you and wish you the very best for the future”.

This Press Release issued at 1300 hrs.