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Born | Maharashtra, India | 21 April 2003||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Dilip Mahadu Gavit (born 21 April 2003) is an Indian para athlete from Maharashtra. [1] He competes in men's 400m T47. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris. [2] He qualified third for the finals with a season's best of 49.54m.
Gavit is from Nashik, Maharashtra. His right arm is amputated from below the elbow. [3] He did his schooling at Shahid Bhagat Singh School at Surgana Taluk, Nashik district. He trains under national coach Vaijanath Kale. [4] He is currently supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a sports NGO. [ citation needed ]
Gavit won a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China, which incidentally was the 100th medal for India at the para games. [5] Earlier in the 2019 Khelo Games at Pune, he was part of the Maharashtra team that won the bronze in the 4 × 400 m relay. He represented India at the 2023 Paris World Para Athletics Championships where he booked a quota place for the Olympics in July 2023. [2]