para athelete mariyappan thangavelu won gold in high jump in rio paralympics.
para athelete won gold in high jump in rio paralympics?
mariyappan thangavelu
in march 2016, mariyappan cleared a distance of in the men's high jump t–42 event at the ipc grand prix in tunisia, qualifying him for the rio paralympics. at the rio paralympics, he won the gold medal in the men's high jump t–42 event, with a leap of .





















































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mariyappan has an elder sister sudha and two younger brothers kumar and gopi. in 2015, he completed a bachelor's degree in business administration from avs college of arts and science. he plans to complete an mba from the same institution.
mariyappan thangavelu
section::::results.:4x400 metres relay.:m75 4x400 metres relay.





















































6 teams





















































section::::results.:4x400 metres relay.:m80 4x400 metres relay.





















































5 teams





















































section::::results.:4x400 metres relay.:m85 4x400 metres relay.





















































2 teams





















































section::::results.:high jump.





















































section::::results.:high jump.:m35 high jump.





















































september 9, 2018





















































section::::results.:high jump.:m40 high jump.





















































september 10, 2018, 16 athletes





















































section::::results.:high jump.:m45 high jump.





















































september 10, 2018, 22 athletes





















































section::::results.:high jump.:m50 high jump.





















































september 10, 2018, 35 athletes, 2 flights. all medalists come from flight 2.





















































section::::results.:high jump.:m55 high jump.





















































september 10, 2018, 32 athletes, 2 flights. all medalists come from flight 2.





















































section::::results.:high jump.:m60 high jump.





















































september 9, 2018, 17 athletes





















































section::::results.:high jump.:m65 high jump.
2018 world masters athletics championships men