India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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India at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of India.svg
IPC code IND
NPC Paralympic Committee of India
Website www.paralympic.org.in
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors54 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Tek Chand
Flag bearer (closing) Avani Lekhara
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
6
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

India competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. India made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984.

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India sent a contingent consisting of 54 athletes competing across nine sports in the Games. Athlete Tek Chand was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony and shooter Avani Lekhara carried the flag during the closing ceremony.

This was India's most successful Paralympic campaign at the time with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals. Before this edition, India had won a combined total of 12 medals across all previous Paralympics combined.

Background

The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was established in 1989. [1] The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960. The International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the Paralympic Games till 1984. The 1988 Seoul Paralympics was the first to use the Paralympics name and the event has been held in the same host city as the corresponding Summer Olympic Games since then. [2] The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 12th appearance at the Summer Paralympics. [3]

The Indian contingent for the games consisted of 54 people across nine sports. [4] Athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu was the designated flag bearer during the opening ceremony but was later replaced by Tek Chand due to Covid-19 quarantine regulations. [5] Shooter Avani Lekhara carried the flag during the closing ceremony. [6]

Medalists

This was India's most successful Paralympic campaign with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals. [7] Before this edition, India had won a combined total of 12 medals across all previous Paralympics combined [8]

Bhavina Patel won India's first medal, a silver in Table Tennis. [9] Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win a gold medal. She won another bronze medal to become the first Indian woman multiple medalist in Paralympic shooting. [10] Shooter Manish Narwal won another gold medal in 50 m pistol SH1 event and Singhraj Adhana also won two shooting medals, a silver and a bronze. [11] Harvinder Singh became the first Indian to win a medal in Paralympic archery after he won a bronze medal in the men's recurve event. [12] In badminton, Indian shuttlers won four medals including two gold medals by Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar, a silver medal by Suhas Yathiraj and a bronze medal by Manoj Sarkar. [7]

In athletics, India won eight medals including one gold, five silver and two bronze medals. Sumit Antil won a gold medal in Javelin throw F64 with a new world record. Mariyappan Thangavelu (high jump T63) and Devendra Jhajharia (Javelin throw F46) won silver medals to go along with the gold medals they won in the 2016 Games. [7] [8] This was Jhajharia third medal, which is the most by an Indian Para athlete in the Paralympic Games along with Joginder Singh Bedi. [13] Nishad Kumar and Praveen Kumar won silver medals in high jump T47 and high jump T64 respectively. Sharad Kumar (high jump T63) and Sundar Singh Gurjar (Javelin throw F46) won bronze medals. [7] [8] Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar who won a bronze in the F52 category discus throw event, was later disqualified after being found ineligible in the disability classification assessment. [14]

Summary

Competitors

The Indian contingent for the games consisted of 54 athletes competing across nine sports. [4]

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 415
Athletics 20424
Badminton 527
Paracanoeing 011
Powerlifting 112
Shooting 8210
Swimming 202
Table Tennis 022
Taekwondo 011
Total401454

Archery

India archers achieved four quota places in the 2019 World Para Archery Championships. [15] Jyoti Baliyan got the bipartite commission invitation to participate in the tournament. [4]

Recurve
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Rank
Harvinder Singh Men's individual 60021—Flag of Italy.svg  Travisani  (ITA)
W 6–5		Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg  Tsydendorzhiev  (RPC)
W 6–5		Flag of Germany.svg  Szarszewski  (GER)
W 6–2		Flag of the United States.svg  Mather  (USA)
L 4–6		Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim M-s  (KOR)
W 6–5		Bronze medal icon.svg
Vivek Chikara 60910Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Megahamulea  (SRI)
W 6–2		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Phillips  (GBR)
L 3–7		Did not advance9
Compound
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Opposition
score		Rank
Rakesh Kumar Men's individual 6993ByeFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Ngai KC  (HKG)
W 144–131		Flag of Slovakia.svg  Marecak  (SVK)
W 140–137		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ai Xl  (CHN)
L 143–145		Did not advance5
Shyam Sundar Swami 68221Flag of the United States.svg  Stutzman  (USA)
L 139–142		Did not advance17
Jyoti Baliyan Women's individual 67115—Flag of Ireland.svg  Leonard  (IRL)
L 137–141		17
Jyoti Baliyan
Rakesh Kumar 		Mixed team 13706—Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)
W 147–141		Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)
L 151–153		Did not advance5

Athletics

The following Indian athletes achieved the quota places by through eligible events and via the Athletics World Rankings. The Paralympic Committee of India announced the final list of the athletes after the selection trials held in New Delhi. [16]

Track
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Simran Sharma Women's 100m T13 12.69 SB5Did not advance
Field
AthleteEventResultRank
Amit Kumar Saroha Men's club throw F51 27.77 SB5
Dharambir Nain 25.59 SB8
Vinod Kumar Men's discus throw F52 CNC
Yogesh Kathuniya Men's discus throw F56 44.38 SBSilver medal icon.svg
Nishad Kumar Men's high jump T47 2.06 ARSilver medal icon.svg
Ram Pal 1.945
Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's high jump T63 1.86 SBSilver medal icon.svg
Sharad Kumar 1.83 SBBronze medal icon.svg
Varun Singh Bhati 1.77 SB7
Praveen Kumar Men's high jump T64 2.07 ARSilver medal icon.svg
Navdeep Singh Men's javelin throw F41 40.804
Sundar Singh Gurjar Men's javelin throw F46 64.01 SBBronze medal icon.svg
Ajeet Singh 56.158
Devendra Jhajharia 64.35 PBSilver medal icon.svg
Ranjeet Bhati Men's javelin throw F57 NM
Sandeep Chaudhary Men's javelin throw F64 62.20 SB4
Sumit Antil 68.55 WRGold medal icon.svg
Arvind Malik Men's shot put F35 13.487
Soman Rana Men's shot put F57 13.814
Tek Chand Men's shot put F55 9.048
Kashish Lakra Women's club throw F51 12.66 SB6
Ekta Bhyan 8.38 SB8
Bhagyashree Jadhav Women's shot put F34 7.00 PB7
Key

Badminton

Badminton made its debut at the Paralympic Games and seven Indian shuttlers qualified for the games based on qualification rankings or bipartite invitation. [17] [18] [19]

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Pramod Bhagat Singles SL3 Flag of India.svg  Sarkar  (IND)
W (21–10, 21–23, 21–9)		Flag of Ukraine.svg  Chyrkov  (UKR)
W (21–12, 21–9)		—1 QFlag of Japan.svg  Fujihara  (JPN)
W (21–11, 21–16)		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bethell  (GBR)
W (21–14, 21–17)		Gold medal icon.svg
Manoj Sarkar Flag of India.svg  Bhagat  (IND)
L (10–21, 23–21, 9–21)		Flag of Ukraine.svg  Chyrkov  (UKR)
W (21–16, 21–9)		2 QFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bethell  (GBR)
L (8–21, 10–21)		Flag of Japan.svg  Fujihara  (JPN)
W (22–20, 21–13)		Bronze medal icon.svg
Tarun Dhillon Singles SL4 Flag of Thailand.svg  Teamarrom  (THA)
W (21–7, 21–13)		Flag of South Korea.svg  Shin K-h  (KOR)
W (21–18, 15–21, 21–17)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Setiawan  (INA)
L (19–21, 9–21)		2 QFlag of France.svg  Mazur  (FRA)
L (16–21, 21–16, 18–21)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Setiawan  (INA)
L (17–21, 11–21)		4
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj Flag of Germany.svg  Pott  (GER)
W (21–9, 21–3)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Susanto  (INA)
W (21–6, 21–12)		Flag of France.svg  Mazur  (FRA)
L (15–21, 17–21)		2 QFlag of Indonesia.svg  Setiawan  (INA)
W (21–9, 21–15)		Flag of France.svg  Mazur  (FRA)
L (21–15, 17–21, 15–21)		Silver medal icon.svg
Krishna Nagar Singles SH6 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Taresoh  (MAS)
W (22–20, 21–10)		Flag of Brazil.svg  Tavares  (BRA)
W (21–17, 21–14)		—1 QFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Coombs  (GBR)
W (21–10, 21–11)		Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chu MK  (HKG)
W (21–17, 16–21, 21–17)		Gold medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Palak Kohli Singles SU5 Flag of Japan.svg  Suzuki  (JPN)
L (4–21, 7–21)		Flag of Turkey.svg  Bağlar  (TUR)
W (21–12, 21–18)		2 QFlag of Japan.svg  Kameyama  (JPN)
L (11–21, 15–21)		Did not advance
Parul Parmar Singles SL4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cheng Hf  (CHN)
L (8–21, 2–21)		Flag of Germany.svg  Seibert  (GER)
L (21–23, 21–19, 15–21)		3—
Parul Parmar
Palak Kohli 		Doubles SL3–SU5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cheng Hf /
Ma Hh  (CHN)
L (7–21, 5–21)		Flag of France.svg  Morin /
Noël  (FRA)
L (12–21, 20–22)		3
Mixed
AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Pramod Bhagat
Palak Kohli 		Doubles SL3–SU5 Flag of France.svg  Mazur /
Noël  (FRA)
L (9–21, 21–15, 19–21)		Flag of Thailand.svg  Teamarrom /
Saensupa  (THA)
W (21–15, 21–19)		2 QFlag of Indonesia.svg  Susanto /
Oktila  (INA)
 L (3–21, 15–21)		Flag of Japan.svg  Fujihara /
Sugino  (JPN)
L (21–23, 19–21)		4

Paracanoeing

Prachi Yadav was the only Indian para canoe athlete at the Tokyo Paralympics and she achieved the quota after finishing 8th in International Canoe World Championship 2019. [20]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Prachi Yadav VL2 1:11.0984 Q1:07.3973 Q1:07.3298

Powerlifting

Sakina Khatun and Jaideep Deswal received the bipartite invitation to participate in the games. [4] Sakina became the first-ever female powerlifter from the country to participate in the games. While this was Jaideep's second Paralympics.

AthleteEventScoreRank
Jaideep Deswal Men's 65 kg ——
Sakina Khatun Women's 50 kg 935

Shooting

Indian shooters achieved quota places for through various qualifying events. Manish Narwal and Deepender Singh became the first shooters to qualify after winning the gold and silver medal respectively at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup at Châteauroux and Singhraj Adhana joined them by securing a berth in the mixed pistol event. [21] Avani Lekhara became the first female shooter to secure a Paralympic berth. [22] Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar and Sidhartha Babu secured quotas in the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships at Sydney. Other shooters secured the remaining quota places at the 2021 Para Sport World Cup held in Lima. [23] Paralympic Committee of India announced the 10-member Indian Team for the Games on 8 July 2021. [24]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Manish Narwal P1 10 m air pistol SH1 5751 Q135.87
Deepender Singh 56010Did not advance
Singhraj Adhana 5696 Q216.8Bronze medal icon.svg
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar R1 10 m air rifle standing SH1 615.27 Q203.94
Deepak Saini 592.620Did not advance
R7 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 111418
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Rubina Francis P2 10 m air pistol SH1 5607 Q128.57
Avani Lekhara R2 10 m air rifle SH1 621.77 Q249.6 EWRPRGold medal icon.svg
R8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 11762 Q445.9Bronze medal icon.svg
Mixed
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Rahul Jakhar P3 25 m pistol SH1 5762 Q125
Akash 55120Did not advance
Manish Narwal P4 50 m pistol SH1 5337 Q218.2 PRGold medal icon.svg
Singhraj Adhana 5364 Q216.7Silver medal icon.svg
Akash 50727Did not advance
Deepak Saini R3 10 m air rifle prone SH1 624.943
Sidhartha Babu 625.540
Avani Lekhara 629.727
Avani Lekhara R6 50 m rifle prone SH1 61228
Deepak Saini 602.246
Sidhartha Babu 617.29

Swimming

Suyash Jadhav achieved the Minimum qualifying Standard to qualify for the Games. Later, Niranjan Mukundan received bi-partite invitation to participate in the 50 m Butterfly S7 event. [25] [26]

AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Niranjan Mukundan Men's 50m butterfly S7 33.826Did not advance
Suyash Jadhav 32.365
Men's 100 m breaststroke SB7 —DSQ
Men's 200m individual medley SM7 DNSDid not advance

DNS - Did not start; DSQ- Disqualified

Table tennis

India entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Bhavina Patel and Sonal Patel qualified via the overall Rankings. [27] [28]

AthleteEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Sonal Patel Women's individual C3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Q  (CHN)
L 2–3		Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee M-g  (KOR)
L 1–3		3Did not advance
Bhavina Patel Women's individual C4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Y  (CHN)
L 0–3		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Shackleton  (GBR)
W 3–1		2 QFlag of Brazil.svg  de Oliveira  (BRA)
W 3–0		Flag of Serbia.svg  Perić-Ranković  (SRB)
W 3–0		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang M  (CHN)
W 3–2		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Y  (CHN)
L 0–3		Silver medal icon.svg
Sonal Patel
Bhavina Patel 		Women's team C4-5 —Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 0–2		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Aruna Tanwar received the bipartite commission invitation for the Games. [29] She withdrew during the competition due to injury.

Women
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Aruna Tanwar K44 −49 kg Flag of Serbia.svg  Jovanovic  (SRB)
W 29–9		Flag of Peru.svg  Espinoza  (PER)
L 21–84		Did not advanceFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Fataliyeva  (AZE)
LW/O		Did not advance

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