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National Olympic Committee of Pakistan Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) or National Olympic Committee of Pakistan (NOC) ( ur, پاکستان اولمپک ایسوسی ایشن, acronym: POA) is the national olympic organization in Pakistan. It was established in 1948 to oversee the ...

was created in 1948.

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

first participated at the Paralympic Games in 1992, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Paralympic Games since then. Pakistan has won three medals, a silver, a bronze and a gold medal in the Paralympic Games. All three medals have come courtesy of Haider Ali in the Men's Long Jump and Discus Throw events. Pakistan has never participated in the

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History

Pakistan won its first Paralympics medal at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...

when Haider Ali clinched a Silver medal in the F-37/38 Category of the men’s long jump, his last jump of 6.44 meters was a joint world record with the Tunisian athlete

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, however, Farhat had six valid jumps, while Haider had four, so he had to settle for the Silver medal. He also came 4th in the Men's discus throw F37–38 event. At the

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Haider Ali won a Bronze medal in the Men's Long Jump - T37 event. He was also the flag bearer for Pakistan during the opening ceremony of the Rio Paralympics. But his best moment came during the 2020 Summer Paralympics when he won a Gold medal in the Men's Discus Throw - F37 event.

Medal tables

Medals by Games

Medals by sports

List of Medalists

Milestones

Firsts

*First Medal: 2008 Beijing, , Haider Ali, Men's Long Jump - F37/38 *First Gold Medal:

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, , Haider Ali, Men's Discus Throw - F37 *First Individual Multi-medallist: Haider Ali, , , , 2008 Beijing, 2016 Rio and

Multiple Medalists

References

{{Nations at the Paralympics History of sport in Pakistan