Varun Bhati earns Bronze at Rio Paralympics 2016
Q. Shri Varun Bhati is in news because- Published on 12 Sep 16a. He is the new member of NITI Aayog
b. He is an economist
c. He won a medal at Rio
d. He is a social worker
ANSWER: He won a medal at Rio
- Shri Varun Bhati won a Bronze Medal at the Rio Paralympic Games-2016.
- He won in the Men’s High Jump T42 event.
- Bhati cleared a height of 1.68 metres making him one of only three athletes to do so.
- It was the first instance of two Indians finishing on the podium in the same event of a Paralympic Games. Other was Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu who won Gold.
- The T-42 classification is for athletes with lower limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement.
