Pakistan at the Paralympics explained

Npc:PAK
Npcname:National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan
Games:Paralympics
Rank:100
Gold:1
Silver:1
Bronze:1
Appearances:8

The National Olympic Committee of Pakistan was created in 1948. Pakistan first participated at the Paralympic Games in 1992, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games since then. Pakistan has won three medals, a silver, a bronze and a gold medal in the Paralympic Games. All three medals have come courtesy of Haider Ali in the Men's Long Jump and Discus Throw events.[1] Pakistan has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.

History

Pakistan won its first Paralympics medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics when Haider Ali clinched a Silver medal in the F-37/38 Category of the men’s long jump, his last jump of 6.44 meters was a joint world record with the Tunisian athlete Farhat Chida, however, Farhat had six valid jumps, while Haider had four, so he had to settle for the Silver medal. He also came 4th in the Men's discus throw F37–38 event.

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics Haider Ali won a Bronze medal in the Men's Long Jump - T37 event.[2] He was also the flag bearer for Pakistan during the opening ceremony of the Rio Paralympics.[3] But his best moment came during the 2020 Summer Paralympics when he won a Gold medal in the Men's Discus Throw - F37 event.[4] [5]

Medal tables

Medals by Games

GamesAthletesAthletes by sportMedalsTotalRank
1960–1988 did not participate
21 - - 1 - - - -
1- 1 - - - - - -
11 - - - - - - -
99 - - - - - - -
32 - 1 - - 1 - 1 63
22 - - - - - - -
11 - - - - - 1 1 76
22 - - - 1 - - 1 59
Future Event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 1 1 1 3 100

Medals by sports

List of Medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver Men's Long Jump - F37/38
Bronze Men's Long Jump - T37
Gold Men's Discus Throw - F37

Milestones

Firsts

Multiple Medalists

width=150 Athletewidth=150 Sportwidth=100 Games Gold Silver Bronzewidth=50 Total
Haider Ali2008–20201113

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haider Ali, the Pakistani gold medalist who bunked classes for long-jump training. 14 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Men's Long Jump - T37 Final. International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 3 September 2021.
  3. Web site: 7 September 2016. Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. dead. Rio2016.com. International Paralympic Committee. 3 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160915144043/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/news/full-list-of-flag-bearers-for-opening-ceremony-of-rio-2016-paralympic-games. 15 September 2016.
  4. Web site: Sports. Desk. 3 September 2021. Haider Ali bags first-ever Paralympics gold for Pakistan. 3 September 2021. TheExpressTribune.
  5. Web site: Report. Web. Tokyo Paralympics: Haider Ali makes history by winning Pakistan's first-ever gold. 2021-09-03. Khaleej Times. en.