the country mariyappan thangavelu won gold in rio paraolympic high jump t47.
what country won gold in rio paraolympic  high jump t47?
mariyappan thangavelu
he was aau decathlon champion in 1944, and in 1946 and 1947. he won the 1944 olympic trials and would have been the top american representative had the olympic games been held that year. he was ncaa high jump champion in both 1947 and 1948, competing for new york university. as of 2015, he still held nyu's record in the outdoor high jump—6 feet, 7¾ inches. he also played football as an end for nyu in 1946, earning all-east honors. he competed in the 1948 olympics for the united states in decathlon, coming in eighth, as teammate bob mathias won the gold medal. in his career, he was ranked third in the world in outdoor high jump and tenth in the decathlon in 1947; sixth in the indoor high jump and eighth in the decathlon in 1948; and third in the outdoor high jump and sixth in the decathlon in 1949.
irving mondschein
her long jump distance at the 2015 world championships ranked her in the top five in the long jump t47 during the paralympics qualifying period, earning her a slot at the 2016 summer paralympics in rio de janeiro. she was officially confirmed to represent new zealand at the paralympics on 23 may 2016. at the paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump t47 with a distance of 5.62 m, breaking her personal best by 21 cm. she also placed fourth in the women's 100 metres t47 final, and competed in the 200 metres t47 where she was disqualified in the heat for a lane infringement.
anna grimaldi