N'ọnwa Maachị afọ 2016, Mariyappan gbara ọsọ nke iri abụọ na abụọ n'asọmpi IPC Grand Prix na Tunisia, nke mere o ji ruo asọmpi Paralympics na Rio. Na Rio Paralympics, o ritere ọla edo n'egwuregwu ụmụ nwoke na-awụli elu T<unk>42
, na-awụli elu.