Narayan Thakur was born in Bihar, but his family was forced to relocate to Delhi after his father suffered a heart ailment. He was just eight when his father passed away due to brain tumor. As his mother could barely afford to bring up three kids all on her own, Narayan was sent to an orphanage in the hope that he’d get\u00a0food to eat and the chance to study.<\/p>\n
In 2010, Narayan left the orphanage to live with his family in Delhi’s slums. He cleaned buses and worked as a waiter to make ends meet.<\/p>\n
Despite all these hardships and the fact that he\u00a0suffers from left-sided hemiparesis, his interest in sports never diminished. The left side of his body had become paralyzed after he suffered a brain stroke.<\/p>\n
Opportunity knocked at his door when an acquaintance advised him to practice athletics at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. As he\u00a0hardly had any money for the commute it demanded, he\u00a0shifted to Thyagaraj Stadium for training.<\/p>\n
Through the training, he worked hard, leaving no stone unturned, and thus made\u00a0history by becoming the only Indian to clinch a gold medal in the men\u2019s 100m T35 category in the Asian Para Games held in Jakarta.<\/p>\n