# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/girisha-nagarajegowda
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:43:55.276Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/girisha-nagarajegowda"
name: "Girisha Nagarajegowda"
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description: "Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda, also known as Girish N. Gowda is paralympic high jumper from India. He was born with a disability in the left leg. He represented India in the 2012 Summer Paralympic games held in London in the men's high jump F-42 category and won the silver medal in the finals with a jump of 1.74 meters using scissors technique. He became the first Indian to win a medal at that event.[1] and the 8th Indian to win a medal at the Paralympics.[2]"
tagline: "Indian Paralympic athlete"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Girish_Nagaraje_Gowda.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1988-01-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump