Navdeep Singh (Para Athlete)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Navdeep Singh

• While Navdeep Singh was in school, a few of his teachers did not select him to participate in sports as he was a dwarf.

• His father was a wrestler. He followed his father’s footsteps and at the age of 8, he started his training in wrestling. In 2010, after he had a back injury, he left wrestling.

• He then participated in the 100 m and 200 m races in Para Athletics Games.

• In the same event he participated in the javelin throw for the first time and won a gold medal in it, he then decided to start his professional training in the javelin throw.

• Initially, he did not have a javelin to practice with, and he used to practice with a ball. Later, his father bought him a javelin for Rs 16000.

• He has been practising javelin throw at Sports Authority of India, Gujarat centre for a few years.

• One of his training sessions includes weightlifting.

  

• For his performance, he has been felicitated at various events.

  

• He once shared that after watching the performance of the Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, he got inspired to represent India in para javelin throw competitions.

  

• Navdeep has performed in various para-athletic championships like the World Para Athletics Championships, the International World Para Athletics Grand Prix, and the Olympics.

  

• He finished fourth in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games in Men’s Javelin Throw F41 event.

• In 2024, he was featured in one of the TV commercials of ThumsUp.

  

• In the same year, he represented India at the Paris Paralympics 2024.

• He is an avid animal lover and owns a pet dog.

  

• He is supported by the sports NGO named Olympic Gold Quest.

• In his leisure time, he enjoys swimming and travelling to different places.

  

• In the final event, Navdeep initially placed second and was awarded a silver medal for throwing the javelin to a distance of 47.32m. After Iran’s Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified, his medal was later upgraded to gold.