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| Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 May 2003 Govindgarh,Noida Uttar Pradesh India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Pragyan Public School, Jewar Motilal Nehru College | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | high jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dr Satyapal Singh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Praveen Kumar (born 15 May 2003) [1] is an Indian Paralympic athlete.
He won the silver medal in the men's high jump T64 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [2] [3] [4] He studied at Pragyan Public School Jewar , till Class 12th. He is a graduation student at Motilal Nehru College. [5]
He won the men's high jump T64 at the 2022 Asian Para Games on 23 October 2023. [6] He also broke the Games' record of 2.02m [7] in the final. [8] He is currently being supported by OGQ.
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