At the age of 16, his spine was broken, but he still did not give up, Mr. India performed amazing feats while sitting in Paris

Indian athlete Pranav Surma won the silver medal in the men's club throw F51 event at the Paris Paralympics. With this win, India's total medals have reached 24 so far. With this, India has reached the 13th position in the medal tally. This is India's best performance so far in the Paralympics. Pranav, a resident of Haryana, has come a long way since he suffered a spinal cord injury at the age of 16. Pranav has achieved a lot in his life but he believes that it is sports that truly changed his life.

On a wheelchair for 14 years

Pranav Surma was born in the year 1994. He is a resident of Faridabad, Haryana. A very painful incident happened to him at the young age of 16. At the age of 16, he became a victim of an accident. He was seriously injured in this accident. His spinal cord was so severely injured that he became unable to walk since then. After this, he had to resort to a wheelchair and has been completing all his work with the help of this for the last 14 years. However, despite getting injured at a young age, Pranav did not give up and continued his normal life.

Became bank manager in 2020

Pranav Surma has come a long and inspiring journey in the last 14 years. He continued his studies and completed B.Com from Delhi University. After this, Pranav obtained an M.Com degree from the Delhi School of Economics, which is considered one of the best institutes for studying commerce. After completing his studies, he joined the Bank of Baroda as an Assistant Manager in 2020. Not only this, according to the information given on Pranav's Instagram account, he has also been Mr. India.

Before club throw, Pranav Surma had tried his hand at sports like cricket, hockey, football, and basketball. But he never saw sports as a professional career. After finishing college in 2018, he came to know about para-sports. After this, he started his sports journey. He believes that sports changed his life. According to Pranav, when he started practicing in the stadium for club throw, he felt very lively. This inspired him a lot. He said that before this he was living a kind of life, but this sport added color to his life. Pranav's father left his job to support him.

Pranav is unable to walk now, so he does everything while sitting in a wheelchair. In Paris too, he won the silver medal while sitting. Earlier, he was the champion in the 2023 Asian Para Games. In 2023 itself, he also won gold in the Serbia Open.