India at the Paralympics

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India at the
Paralympics
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IPC code IND
NPC Paralympic Committee of India
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Medals
Ranked 54th
Gold
16
Silver
21
Bronze
23
Total
60
Summer appearances

India first participated in the 1968 Summer Paralympics. The nation has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. The Paris 2024 Games marked India's 13th appearance at the Paralympics. The country has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.

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India's first medal in the Paralympics came in the 1972 Games, with Murlikant Petkar winning a gold medal in swimming. Up to the recent 2024 Games, India have won 60 medals across all Paralympic Games, with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the Paris 2024 Games with 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver and thirteen bronze.

History

Stoke Mandeville Games (1960–1984)

The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960 and the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the Paralympic Games till 1984. [1] India made its Paralympics debut in 1968. [2] India's first medal came in the 1972 Games when Murlikant Petkar won the gold medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle event. [3] [4] India missed the subsequent two Summer Paralympic Games and returned in the 1984 edition. The nation has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since then while it has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games. [2] In the 1984 Games, Joginder Singh Bedi became the first Indian multi-medalist after he won a silver and two bronze medals in the athletics events. Bhimrao Kesarkar also won a silver medal in the javelin throw event to help record India's best finish till then with four medals. [5]

Early Paralympic Games (1988–2000)

Devendra Jhajharia is the most decorated Indian para athlete with two gold and one silver medals. Devendra Jhajharia.jpg
Devendra Jhajharia is the most decorated Indian para athlete with two gold and one silver medals.

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. The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was established in 1989. [1] [6] India continued to participate in each Paralympic Games thereafter, but failed to win a medal until the 2004 Games. [5]

Early 21st century (2004–2016)

In 2004, India won two medals with Devendra Jhajharia winning a gold medal in the javelin throw event and Rajinder Singh Rahelu securing a bronze medal in powerlifting. [5] The only Indian medal across the next two editions came from Girisha Nagarajegowda, who won a silver medal in the Men's high jump F42 event at the 2012 Games. [7]

India sent a delegation of 19 athletes for the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [8] India won four medals in the event and the Games also marked the first instance of India winning two gold medals. Mariyappan Thangavelu won the first gold medal in the Men's high jump T42 event. Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to win multiple gold medals after his win in the Men's javelin throw F46 event. [5] [9] Deepa Malik and Varun Bhati were the other medalists with a silver and bronze medal respectively. [5] Malik became the first Indian woman medalist in the Paralympic Games. [10]

Tokyo Games (2020)

The Indian contingent for the 2020 Games consisted of 54 people across nine sports. [11] This was the nation's most successful Games ever with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals before the Paris 2024 Games. [12] [13] Bhavina Patel won India's first medal, a silver in Table Tennis. [14] Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win a gold medal and she won another bronze medal to become the first Indian woman multiple medalist in Paralympic shooting. [15] Shooter Manish Narwal won another gold medal in 50 m pistol SH1 event and Singhraj Adhana won two shooting medals, a silver and a bronze. [16] 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. [17]

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. [12] 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 and Devendra Jhajharia won silver medals to go along with the gold medals they won in the 2016 Games. [12] [5] This was Jhajharia third medal, which is the most by an Indian Para athlete in the Paralympic Games along with Joginder Singh Bedi. [18] Nishad Kumar and Praveen Kumar won silver medals and Sharad Kumar and Sundar Singh Gurjar were the other bronze medalists. [12] [5]

Paris Games (2024)

Avani Lekhara is the only Indian female athlete to win three medals including multiple gold medals. Avani Lekhara in 2022.jpg
Avani Lekhara is the only Indian female athlete to win three medals including multiple gold medals.

India sent its largest contingent for the 2024 Games consisting of 84 people competing across 12 sports. [19] India has won 29 medals with seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals making them the most successful Games ever. [20] Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in shooting for the second consecutive Games and became the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win back-to-back gold and multiple medals. [21] Kumar Nitesh won a gold medal in badminton at the men's singles SL3 event. [22] Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athelete to defend a title at the Paralympics after he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F64 event, while setting two Paralympic records in the process. [23]

Shooter Manish Narwal won a silver medal, his second medal after his gold medal in the 2020 Games. [24] Nishad Kumar and Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals at the men's high jump T47 and the men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from Tokyo 2020. [25] [26] Suhas Yathiraj also won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the men's singles SL4 para-badminton event. [27] Thulasimathi Murugesan won the first para-badminton silver medal at the women's singles SU5 event. [28] Ajeet Singh Yadav and Sundar Singh Gurjar won the silver and bronze medals respectively in the men's javelin throw F46 event. This was Gurjar's second medal after he finished third in the same event in the previous Games. [29] Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the men's high jump T63 event. Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal at his third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the same event. [30] Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the men's shot put F46 event. [31]

Preethi Pal won India's first track medals at athletics by clinching two bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T35 events. [32] Mona Agarwal and Rubina Francis also won bronze medals in shooting. [20] [33] Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with Rakesh Kumar. [34] Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events. [35] Deepthi Jeevanji won the bronze medal at the women's 400 m T20 race and became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games. [36]

Medal table

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Rank
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome Did not participate
Flag of Japan.svg 1964 Tokyo
Flag of Israel.svg 1968 Tel Aviv 10 0000 X
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Heidelberg 10 1001 25
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Toronto Did not participate
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1980 Arnhem
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg / Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York 5 0224 37
Flag of South Korea.svg 1988 Seoul 2 0000 X
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona 9 0000 X
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta 9 0000 X
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney 4 0000 X
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens 12 1012 53
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing 5 0000 X
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London 10 0101 67
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 19 2114 43
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo 54 58619 24
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris 84 791329 18
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 Los Angeles Future events
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032 Brisbane
Total23316212360 56
Medals by sport [5]
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 8161335
Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton 3339
Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting 3249
Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg Archery 1023
Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg Swimming 1001
Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg Table tennis 0101
Powerlifting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Powerlifting 0011
Judo pictogram (Paralympics).svg Judo 0011
Total16212360

Medalists

Medalists [5]
Medal(s)NameGamesSportEvent
Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold Murlikant Petkar 1972 Heidelberg Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle 3
Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Bhimrao Kesarkar 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's javelin throw L6
Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Joginder Singh Bedi Men's shot put L6
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze Men's javelin throw L6
Men's discus throw L6
Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold Devendra Jhajharia 2004 Athens Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's javelin throw F42-46
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze Rajinder Singh Rahelu Powerlifting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Powerlifting Men's 56 kg
Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Girisha Nagarajegowda 2012 London Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's high jump F42
Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold Mariyappan Thangavelu 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's high jump F42
Devendra Jhajharia Men's javelin throw F46
Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Deepa Malik Women's shot put F53
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze Varun Singh Bhati Men's high jump F42
Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold Avani Lekhara 2020 Tokyo Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1
Manish Narwal Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
Sumit Antil Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's javelin throw F64
Pramod Bhagat Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton Men's singles SL3
Krishna Nagar Men's singles SH6
Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Bhavina Patel Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg Table Tennis Women's singles C4
Nishad Kumar Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's high jump T47
Yogesh Kathuniya Men's discus throw F56
Devendra Jhajharia Men's javelin throw F46
Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's high jump T63
Praveen Kumar Men's high jump T64
Singhraj Adhana Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Mixed P4 50 m pistol SH1
Suhas Yathiraj Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton Men's singles SL4
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze Sundar Singh Gurjar Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's javelin throw F46
Sharad Kumar Men's high jump T63
Singhraj Adhana Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Men's P1 10 m air pistol SH1
Avani Lekhara Women's R8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
Harvinder Singh Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg Archery Men's individual recurve open
Manoj Sarkar Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton Men's singles SL3
Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold Avani Lekhara 2024 Paris Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1
Kumar Nitesh Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton Men's singles SL3
Sumit Antil Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's javelin throw F64
Harvinder Singh Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg Archery Men's individual recurve open
Dharambir Nain Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's club throw F51
Praveen Kumar Men's high jump T64
Navdeep Singh Men's javelin throw F41
Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver Manish Narwal Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Men's P1 10 m air pistol SH1
Nishad Kumar Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's high jump T47
Yogesh Kathuniya Men's discus throw F56
Thulasimathi Murugesan Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton Women's singles SU5
Suhas Yathiraj Men's singles SL4
Ajeet Singh Yadav Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Men's javelin throw F46
Sharad Kumar Men's high jump T63
Sachin Khilari Men's shot put F46
Pranav Soorma Men's club throw F51
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze Preethi Pal Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Women's 100 m T35
Women's 200 m T35
Mona Agarwal Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1
Rubina Francis Women's P2 10 m air pistol SH1
Manisha Ramadass Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton Women's singles SU5
Nithya Sre Sivan Women's singles SH6
Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar
Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg Archery Mixed team compound
Deepthi Jeevanji Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Women's 400 m T20
Simran Sharma Women's 200 m T12
Hokato Hotozhe Sema Men's shot put F57
Sundar Singh Gurjar Men's javelin throw F46
Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's high jump T63
Kapil Parmar Judo pictogram (Paralympics).svg Judo Men's J1 -60 kg

Multiple medalists and milestones

Multiple medalists [5]
AthleteSportGamesGold medal Paralympics.svg GoldSilver medal Paralympics.svg SilverBronze medal Paralympics.svg BronzeTotal
Devendra Jhajharia Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2004, 2016, 2020 2103
Avani Lekhara Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting 2020, 2024 2013
Sumit Antil Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2020, 2024 2002
Mariyappan Thangavelu Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2016, 2020, 2024 1113
Manish Narwal Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting 2020, 2024 1102
Praveen Kumar Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2020, 2024 1102
Harvinder Singh Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg Archery 2020, 2024 1012
Nishad Kumar Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2020, 2024 0202
Yogesh Kathuniya Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2020, 2024 0202
Suhas Yathiraj Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg Badminton 2020, 2024 0202
Joginder Singh Bedi Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 1984 0123
Singhraj Adhana Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting 2020 0112
Sharad Kumar Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2020, 2024 0112
Preethi Pal Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2024 0022
Sundar Singh Gurjar Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics 2020, 2024 0022

Milestones

MilestoneAthleteGame(s)SportMedal(s)Ref
First medalist Murlikant Petkar 1972 Heidelberg Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg Swimming Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold [37]
First gold medalist
First multi-medalist Joginder Singh Bedi 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze
[38]
First multiple gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia 2004 Athens
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold
Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold
[39]
First double podium finish Mariyappan Thangavelu 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold [5]
Varun Singh Bhati Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze
First woman medalist Deepa Malik 2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg Athletics Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver [40]
First one-two finish Manish Narwal 2020 Tokyo Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold [5]
Singhraj Adhana Silver medal Paralympics.svg Silver
First woman gold medalist Avani Lekhara 2020 Tokyo Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold
Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze
[15]
First woman multi-medalist
First woman multiple gold medalist Avani Lekhara 2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold
Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold
[21]
First double podium finish in a women's event Avani Lekhara
2024 Paris Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg Shooting Gold medal Paralympics.svg Gold [5]
Mona Agarwal Bronze medal Paralympics.svg Bronze

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