Raju Mahadeva, a speech disabled youth from Mysuru, won the silver medal in the 21st Para Arm Wrestling Championship at Antalya in Turkey recently.
Mr. Mahadeva, 30, who has earlier won the State arm wrestling championship and Dasara arm wrestling trophy, had been selected by the Indian Arm Wrestling Federation to represent India in the championship held from October 12 to 21.
He won the second place in the 90 kg category (right hand) in the championship.