India all set to raise the bar at Rio Paralympics 2016 with largest ever contingent. See full list here

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Here is the list of 19 athletes who will represent the nation in Rio:

1. Amit Kumar Saroha - Club throw
2. Devendra Jhajaria - Javelin throw
3. Mariyappan Thangavelu - High jump
4. Sundar Singh Gurjar - Javelin throw
5. Dharambir - Club throw
6. Deepa Malik - Shot put
7. Karamjyoti Dalal - Discus throw
8. Ankur Dhama - 1500m
9. Basha Farman - Powerlifting
10. Rinku - Javelin Throw
11. Narendra Ranbir - Javelin Throw
12. Suyash Narayan Jadhav - Swimming
13. Virender Dhankar - Shotput, Javelin throw
14. Rampal Chahar - High jump
15. Sandeep - Javelin throw
16. Sharad Kumar - High jump
17. Pooja Rani - Archery
18. Naresh Kumar Sharma - Shooting
19. Varun Singh Bhati - High Jump

Saroha helped India bag its sole gold medal at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, while paralympic high jumper Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda won a silver at the London edition in 2012.

The Paralympic Games, held once every four years, aim to provide a platform for athletes with disabilities, where they can showcase their skills and represent their nations at an international level. The 10 categories at the paralympics include impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment.