Paris Paralympics 2024: Sachin Khilari’s journey from assisting UPSC students to winning silver at Paris
India continues their fruitful Paris Paralympics 2024 as Sachin Sarjerao Khilari on Wednesday added a Paralympic silver to his world title in men’s shot put F46 event with an Asian record distance of 16.32m at the ongoing Games.
Khilari hailing from Karagani village in Sangli district of Maharashtra was born to a farmer’s family. The 34-year-old Khilari achieved his best throw of the day in his second attempt to better his own earlier Asian record of 16.30m which he set while winning gold in the World Para-Athletics Championships in Japan in May.
Greg Stewart of Canada defended his Tokyo Paralympic gold with a throw of 16.38m. Luka Bakovic of Croatia took the bronze with 16.27m.
Khilari’s silver is the 11th medal from para-athletics in the ongoing Games. He had also won gold in last year’s Asian Para Games in China.
Khilari has an impaired left hand as he met with a tragic accident during school that left him with a disability in his left hand. Sachin was introduced to para Sports in the year of 2015 and he participated in Jaipur for the national games in 2017 and won a gold medal.
In addition to his sporting acumen, Khilari has also achieved success in academics as a mechanical engineer. He also works as a visiting faculty member at different institutions, helping students in their MPSC and UPSC exam preparations.
Sachin lost his mother at a young age and had a crippling injury from a bicycle accident. Despite Multiple surgeries, his hand could not be entirely repaired due to gangrene and muscle atrophy
F46 classification is for athletes with arm deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement in arms, with athletes competing in a standing position.
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With agency inputs
