India at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

India at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships
IPC code	IND
NPC	Paralympic Committee of India
Website	www.paralympic.org.in
in New Delhi, India September 27, 2025 (2025-09-27) – October 5, 2025 (2025-10-05)
Competitors	73
Flag bearers	Dharambir Nain Preethi Pal
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 7 Total 22
Summer appearances
2023 2025

India is participating in the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships , being held in New Delhi, India from 27 September to 5 October 2025. ^[1] The Indian contingent consists of 73 athletes. ^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Class	Event	Date
Gold	Shailesh Kumar	T42	Men's high jump T63	27 September
Gold	Rinku Hooda	F46	Men's javelin throw	29 September
Gold	Sandip Sanjay Sargar	F44	Men's javelin throw F44	30 September
Gold	Sumit Antil	F64	Men's javelin throw F64
Gold	Simran Sharma	T12	Women's 100m T12	3 October
Gold	Nishad Kumar	T47	Men's high jump T47
Silver	Deepthi Jeevanji	T20	Women's 400 metres	27 September
Silver	Sundar Singh Gurjar	F46	Men's javelin throw	29 September
Silver	Yogesh Kathuniya	F56	Men's discus throw	30 September
Silver	Sandeep Chaudhary	F44	Men's javelin throw F44
Silver	Dharambir Nain	F51	Men's club throw F51	2 October
Silver	Ekta Bhyan	F51	Women's club throw F51	4 October
Silver	Preeti Pal	T35	Women's 100m T35	5 October
Bronze	Varun Singh Bhati	T42	Men's high jump T63	27 September
Bronze	Atul Kaushik	F57	Men's discus throw F57	2 October
Bronze	Preeti Pal	T35	Women's 200m T35	3 October
Bronze	Pardeep Kumar	F64	Men's Discus Throw F64
Bronze	Praveen Kumar	T44	Men's high jump F64	4 October
Bronze	Soman Rana	F57	Men's Shot put F57

Summary

Medals by events Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Field 5 8 5 18 Track 1 2 1 4 Total 6 9 7 22

Medals by day Day Date Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 27 September 1 1 1 3 3 29 September 1 1 0 2 4 30 September 2 2 0 4 6 2 October 0 1 1 2 7 3 October 2 0 2 4 8 4 October 0 2 1 3 5 October 0 2 2 4 Total 6 9 7 22

Medals by gender Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total Male 5 6 5 16 Female 1 4 1 6 Total 6 9 7 22

Multiple medalists

Name	Class				Total

Medal Summary

Gold Medalists

Shailesh Kumar, the reigning Asian Games champion, won India's first gold medal in the high jump T63 event, in which his compatriot and triple paralympic medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu had won the gold medal in the previous edition. He clinched his second championship medal after a silver in the 2023 edition. ^[3]

Silver Medalists

Deepthi Jeevanji, the 2024 Paralympics bronze medalist, won India's first silver medal (and the first medal in track events) in the women's 400 metres T20 event, which was her second medal after clinching a gold medal at the previous edition. ^[4]

Bronze Medalists

Varun Singh Bhati won India's first bronze medal (and the first medal in field events) in the men's high jump T63 event. He won his second championship medal after a bronze in 2017 edition. ^[5]

Track events

Legend:

• Note – Ranks given for track events are only within the athlete's heat.
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as the fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target.
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or Continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• PB = Personal Best
• SB = Season's Best

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rakeshbhai Bhatt	100m T37	11.62 PB	3q	—		11.88	7
Shreyansh Trivedi	11.94 PB	2q	—		12.18	8
Sandeep	200m T44	23.99 PB	4q	—		23.60 PB
Akira Nandan Banothu	400m T38	50.55 PB	3Q	—		51.16	7
Dilip Mahadu Gavit	400m T47	48.20 AS PB	2Q	—		48.61	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simran Sharma	100m T12	12.13 PB	1Q	12.08 PB	1Q	11.95 PB
Preeti Pal	100m T35	14.50 SB	1Q	—		14.33 SB
Simran Sharma	200m T12	25.03 SB	1Q	24.92 SB	1Q	24.46 PB AR
Preeti Pal	200m T35	—				30.03 SB
Deepthi Jeevanji	400m T20	58.35 SB	1Q	—		55.16 SB
Anjanaben Bumbadiya	400m T47	1:00.04 PB	4	Did not advance to next round

Field events

Legend:

• Note – Ranks given for track events are only within the athlete's heat.
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as the fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target.
• DSQ = Disqualified
• WR = World Record
• CR = Championship Record
• PB = Personal Best
• SB = Season Best
• NM = No Mark

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dharambir Nain	Club Throw F51	—		29.71
Pranav Soorma	—		28.19 SB	5
Monu Ghanghas	Discus Throw F11	—		32.65	9
Haney	Discus Throw F37	—		51.22	4
Devender Kumar	Discus Throw F44	—		50.12	6
Pardeep		—		46.14	8
Sagar Thayat	—		51.93 PB	4
Yogesh Kathuniya	Discus Throw F56	—		42.49
Atul Kaushik	Discus Throw F57	—		45.61
Birbhadra Singh		38.79	5	Did not advance
Priyans Kumar	39.12	4q	42.52 PB	8
Pardeep Kumar	Discus Throw F64	—		46.23 SB
Sharvan Kumar	—		44.11 SB	5
Nishad Kumar	High Jump T47	—		2.14 AS PB
Rampal Chahar	—		1.94 SB	5
Rahul	High Jump T63	—		1.78 PB	4
Shailesh Kumar		—		1.91 CR PB
Varun Singh Bhati	—		1.85
Banti	High Jump T64	—		1.87 PB	6
Praveen Kumar	—		2.00 SB
Manjeet Vyas	Javelin Throw F13	—		57.80 PB	5
Navdeep Singh	Javelin Throw F41	—		45.46 SB
Mahendra Gurjar	Javelin Throw F44	—		57.84	7
Pushpendra Singh		—		61.94 SB	4
Sandeep Chaudhary	—		62.67 SB
Sandip Sanjay Sargar	—		62.82 =PB
Ajeet Singh Yadav	Javelin Throw F46	—		61.77 SB	4
Rinku Hooda		—		66.37 CR SB
Sundar Singh Gurjar	—		64.76 SB
Pradeep Kumar	Javelin Throw F54	—		26.11 PB	7
Hem Chandra	Javelin Throw F57	—		41.17 PB	10
Parveen Kumar	—		41.92 SB	8
Pardeep Kumar	Javelin Throw F64	—		42.72	5
Sumit Antil	—		71.37 CR
Vishu	Long Jump T12	—		6.24 PB	6
Mit Bharatbhai Patel	Long Jump T44	—		6.28 PB	5
Pardeep		—		5.30	8
Unni Renu	—		5.96 PB	6
Ajay Singh	Long Jump T47	—		6.31 SB	10
Vikas	—		6.96	6
Mahendra Gurjar	Long Jump T63	—		NM
Solairaj Dharmaraj	Long Jump T64	—		7.08 AS	7
Monu Ghangas	Shot Put F11	—		10.87	10
Sagar	—		11.74	7
Manu	Shot Put F37	—		13.43	9
Ravi Rongali	Shot Put F40	—		10.10 SB	6
Ayush Verma	Shot Put F53	—		7.23 PB	5
Mohd Yasser	Shot Put F46	—		14.73	6
Parveen		—		14.24	8
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari	—		15.03	4
Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Shot Put F57	—		14.35 SB	6
Shubham Juyal		13.34 PB	1q	13.72 PB	7
Soman Rana	—		14.69 SB

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anandhi Kulanthaisamy	Club Throw F32	13.03	8	Did not advance
Ekta Bhyan	Club Throw F51	—		19.80 SB
Kashish Lakra	—		11.64 SB	6
Kanchan Lakhani	Discus Throw F53	—		9.68 PB	5
Dayawanti	Discus Throw F64	—		27.94 SB	4
Bhavanaben Chaudhary	Javelin Throw F46	—		35.34	8
Suchitra Parida	Javelin Throw F56	—		18.29 PB	6
Nimisha Chakkungalparambil	Long Jump T47	—		5.74 AR PB	4
Bhagyashri Jadhav	Shot Put F34	—		7.67 SB	6
Amisha Rawat	Shot Put F46	—		10.11 PB	9
Keerthika Jayachandran	Shot Put F54	—		6.25 PB	6
Sharmila Dhankhar	Shot Put F57	—		10.03 PB	5
Dayawanti	Shot Put F64	—		7.90 PB	6

References

1. "India gears up to host historic Para Athletics Worlds with record entries". Business Standard . Retrieved 17 September 2025.
2. "India names 73-member team for World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi". Sportstar . Retrieved 17 September 2025.
3. "World Para Athletics Championships: Shailesh Kumar wins India's first gold". The Times of India . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
4. "Para Sprinter Deepthi Jeevanji Sprints To Silver In Women's 400m T20 Final At Para Athletics Worlds". News18 . Retrieved 27 September 2025.
5. "Shailesh strikes gold, Bhati wins bronze as India opens Para Athletics World meet with twin medals". Daijiworld . Retrieved 27 September 2025.