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| image = Dharambir Nain in September 2024.jpg<br />
| caption = Nain in 2024<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|01|18|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| sport = [[Para athletics]]<br />
| disability_class = F51<br />
| event = [[Club throw]]<br />
| pb = 34.92 m {{AthAbbr|AR}} ([[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024]])<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[para-athletics]]}} [[File:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|25px]]<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Paralympic Games]]}}[[File:IPC logo (2019).svg|center|40px]]<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's club throw F51|Club throw F51]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Para Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships|2025 New Delhi]]|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's club throw#Medalists|Club throw F51]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2024 World Para Athletics Championships|2024 Kobe]]|[[2024 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's club throw#Medalists|Club throw F51]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Para Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Asian Para Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Para Games|Club throw F51]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 Asian Para Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Asian Para Games|Club throw F51]]}}<br />
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'''Dharambir Nain''' (born 18 January 1989) is an Indian [[Para-athletics|para]] [[Club throw|club thrower]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=DHARAMBIR |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/-dharambir_3415803#events |work=[[Paris 2024 Paralympics]]}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/-dharambir_3415803 alternate link])</ref> He represented India at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris Paralympics]], where he won the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's club throw F51|men's club throw F51]] event with a throw of 34.92 m, setting a new Asian record.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-05 |title=Paris Paralympics: Club throwers Dharambir Nain & Amit Kumar Saroha – competing together and pushing each other to excellence |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/dharambir-nain-amit-kumar-saroha-paris-paralympics-medal-9552603/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Nain was born in Badana village, [[Rohtak]], [[Haryana]].<ref name=":0" /> He did his schooling at C. R. Z. Senior Secondary School, Sonipat. He was paralyzed below the waist after a diving accident on 2 June 2012 when he hit the rocks in a canal near his aunt's house.<ref name=":2" /> His father died in 2011, and his accident soon after left him shattered. He was bed ridden for over a year and during this period, the visit of [[Amit Kumar Saroha]] to his house along with a friend, has changed his life as Saroha introduced him to sports.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Nain took up para athletics in 2014, and was mentored in discus throw by [[Amit Kumar Saroha]]. He trains at Sports Authority of India facilities in [[Sonipat]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Nain represented [[India at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]] in Rio de Janeiro, where he finished 9th.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-09-16 |title=Paralympics: Amit Kumar Saroha narrowly misses out on bronze medal in club throw |url=https://scroll.in/field/816722/paralympics-amit-kumar-saroha-narrowly-misses-out-on-bronze-medal-in-club-throw |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}</ref> He first took part in the London World Championships in 2017.<ref name=":0" /> He won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-08-26 |title=Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Full list of 54 Indian competitors |url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/32075876/tokyo-paralympics-2021-india-athletes-contingent-names-events-bio |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2021-09-01 |title=Amit, Dharambir end without medal at club throw competition |url=https://thebridge.in/tokyo-2020-paralympics/amit-dharambir-no-medal-club-throw-24876 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref><br />
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He represented India at the World Championship in Dubai in 2019 and Paris in 2023.<ref name=":0" /> At the 2020 Summer Paralympics at Tokyo, he came 8th in his event.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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In 2022, he won two silver medals in club throw and discus throw at the 13th Fazza International Athletics Championships and a silver medal in club throw F51 at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]] in [[Hangzhou]], China.<ref name=":0" /> That year he also received the Bhim Award, the highest sports honour presented by the state government of Haryana, India.<ref>https://www.indusind.com/in/en/for-sports/Programs/para-champions/dharambir.html</ref><br />
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He won a bronze medal at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-05-22 |title=World Para Athletic C'ships 2024: Sachin Khilari defends gold, Dharambir bags bronze; India surpasses best-ever tally |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/sachin-khilari-world-para-athletic-championships-2024-kobe-shot-put-f46-best-ever-medal-tally-athletics-news/article68202730.ece |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Sportstar |language=en |agency=PTI}}</ref> <br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/sai/assets/news/1632737006_Indian%20Para%20-Athletes%20aim%20to%20increase%20their%20medal%20haul%20in%20the%20field%20events%20of%20the%20Tokyo%20Paralympics.pdf Sports Authority of India list]<br />
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