Dinesh Chaudhary
Indian Paralympian track and field athlete (born 1996)
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Dinesh Chaudhary is an Indian para-athlete.[1][2] He won gold at the 2023 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Morocco 2019. He was diagnosed with Post-polio residual paralysis when he was two years old. He primarily competes in the Paralympics shot put event in the F42 category.
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| Born | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lakhwinder Singh | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Dinesh Chaudhary started his athletics career in 2016 and secured gold for India in the men's shot put F42 event at Morocco Grand Prix in 2019.[citation needed] In 2018, he won silver at the National Para Athletics Meet in Panchkula.[3] At the National Para Athletics he won a gold medal with a national record of 12.30m.