India at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics

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India at the
2022 Deaflympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC code IND
NOC All India Sports Council of the Deaf
Website www.aiscd.org
in Caxias do Sul
Competitors65
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
8
Silver
1
Bronze
8
Total
17
Summer appearances

India competed at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. [1] India sent a delegation consisting of 65 participants in 11 sporting disciplines such as shooting, badminton, athletics, golf, judo, karate, table tennis, tennis, taekwondo, wrestling for the event, which was the largest ever delegation sent by India in a single Summer Deaflympic event. [2] [3]

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This was the 14th time that India had participated at the Summer Deaflympics since making its Deaflympic debut in 1965. The delegation included Rohit Bhaker, who competed in his 7th Deaflympic event as the most experienced competitor for India at the multi-sport event. Golfer Diksha Dagar who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics also returned to Deaflympics after appearing previously at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.

India rank 9th in the event which includes Sports shooter Dhanush Srikanth won the first medal as well as first gold medal for India during the event as he clinched a gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event with a new deaf world record by registering a score of 247.5 points in the final. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Medalists

NameMedalSportEvent
Jerlin Anika Gold medal icon.svg Gold Badminton Women Singles
Abhinav Sharma
Jerlin Anika
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Badminton Mixed Doubles
Rohit Bhaker
Mahesh
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Badminton Mixed Team
Diksha Dagar Gold medal icon.svg Gold Golf Women's Individual
Dhanush Srikanth Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shooting Men's 10m air rifle
Abhinav Deshwal Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shooting Men's 10m air pistol
Dhanush Srikanth
Priyesha Deshmukh
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shooting Mixed rifle
Sumit DahyaGold medal icon.svg Gold Wrestling Men's Freestyle (97 kg)
Prithvi Sekhar
Dhananjay Dubey
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tennis Men's Doubles
Abhinav SharmaBronze medal icon.svg Bronze Badminton Men's Singles
Vedika Sharma Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shooting Women's 10m air pistol
Shourya Saini Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shooting Men's 10m air rifle
Prithvi Sekhar Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tennis Men's Singles
Prithvi Sekhar
Jafreen Shaik
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tennis Mixed Doubles
Virender Singh Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wrestling Men's Freestyle (74 kg)
Amit KrishanBronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wrestling Men's Freestyle (86 kg)


Medal table

SportGold medal icon.svg GoldSilver medal icon.svg SilverBronze medal icon.svg BronzeTotal
Badminton 3014
Golf 1001
Shooting 3025
Tennis 0123
Wrestling 1024
Total81716

References

  1. "India at the 2022 Summer Deaflympics". Deaflympics. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. "Sixty-five Indian athletes to participate in Deaflympics". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. Judge, Shahid. "Explainer: India at Deaflympics – here's what you need to know about the quadrennial event". Scroll.in. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. "Results - Shooting 10m Air Rifle (Men)". Deaflympics. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. "Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze at Deaflympics | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. "Srikanth earns shooting gold with world record score at Deaflympics". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. "Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze in Deaflympics". Sportstar. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 8 May 2022.