Back মুৰলীকান্ত পেটকাৰ Assamese Murlikant Petkar Spanish مورلیکانت پتکار Persian मुर्लिकांत पेटकर Hindi ಮುರಳಿಕಾಂತ್ ಪೆಟ್ಕರ್ Kannada മുർളികാന്ത് പേട്കർ Malayalam मुरलीकांत पेटकर Marathi முரளிகாந்த் பெட்கார் Tamil మురళికాంత్ పెట్కార్ Tegulu
Murlikant Petkar is India's first Paralympic gold medalist. He won an individual gold medal in the 1972 Summer Paralympics, in Heidelberg, Germany. He set a world record in the 50 m freestyle swimming event, at 37.33 seconds. In the same games he participated in javelin, precision javelin throw and slalom. He was a finalist in all three events. In 2018, he was awarded with the Padma Shri.