User:Mayank Thayat

Sagar Thayat is a 21 year old Indian para  thrower who competes in the F-43-44 category. He a member of the Indian team at the 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championship in Nottwil Switzerland. == Early Life & Background == Sagar Thayat, who was born to a poor farmer Laxman Singh of Garud block in Bageshwar district, was not a Divyang by birth. He was very promising to study and play. Due to perseverance, he was selected in Maharana Pratap Sports College Dehradun in 2010.

During the course of his education, he had an accident that changed his entire life. A bomb blast happened in his sports college which injured lot of students in which Sagar was most severely injured. This life changing accident happened in 2012 which has cost him his both legs in severe condition. He was then admitted to Ganga Ram hospital Delhi where he had 20 to 22 operations.

Sagar's life became difficult, but he did not divert attention from sports. He did not lose hope and hard work.

Career
In 2018, he started preparing to participate in the Discus and shot put competition. He also continued to study. It was the same year when he brought a gold medal in National Games. Being selected for Sagar in the Junior World Paralympics to be held in Notville, Switzeland was nothing short of an achievement. Sagar won the gold medal in the shot put in World Para Athletics Junior Championship.

He finished fourth in the same Discus throw competition. 