New Delhi: India’s historic campaign at the Paris Paralympics 2024 concluded on Sunday, September 08 with the contingent recording the country’s best-ever medal haul in a single edition of the Games. India won an impressive 29 medals, including 7 gold to register their best-ever performance in Paralympics.
India beat a number of top nations, including the likes of South Korea, Belgium and Argentina among others to finish in the top 20 in the Paris Paralympics 2024 medals table. After an ordinary campaign for the country in the Paris Olympics 2024, the nation’s hopes were pinned on the para-athletes and they didn’t disappoint as India enjoyed a historic campaign in the French capital.
India sent a strong contingent of record 84 athletes to Paris with the aim of breaching the 25-medal mark. The para-athletes comfortably surpassed the previous best tally of 19 medals from the Tokyo Games before going past the 25-medal mark. With 29 medals, India also crossed the 50-medal mark in the history of the Paralympics.
Para-shooter Avani Lekhara won India’s first medal at the Paris Paralympics after clinching gold in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 shooting. She became the first Indian woman to win two gold medals at the Paralympics having won a gold medal in the same event in the last edition in Tokyo. Navdeep Singh won a historic first Paralympic gold in the men’s javelin throw F41 category to bag India’s 29th medal at the Games.
Tokyo 2020 vs Paris 2024: Comparing the number of medals
India won a total of 19 medals – 5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze at the last edition of the Paralympics in 2020 to record their best-ever tally at the time. However, the story was completely different in Paris this year as the Indian contingent bagged 29 medals – 7 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze to rewrite history.
Before Tokyo 2020, India had won a combined total of only 12 medals in all previous editions of the Paralympics combined. However, the Indian para-athletes ensured that they put the nation among the elites at the Paralympics with a staggering 48 medals in the last two editions.
India performed better in Paris in all aspects as they won two more gold and silver medals from the last edition in Tokyo while the number of bronze medals doubled from six to 12, showcasing the country’s remarkable progress in para sports.
Complete list of India’s medal winners at Paris Paralympics 2024:
No.
Athlete
Sport
Medal
1
Avani Lekhara
Shooting/Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1
Gold
2
Mona Agarwal
Shooting/Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1
Bronze
3
Preethi Pal
Athletics/Women’s 100m T35
Bronze
4
Manish Narwal
Shooting/Men’s 10m air pistol SH1
Silver
5
Rubina Francis
Shooting/Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
Bronze
6
Preethi Pal
Athletics/Women’s 200m T35
Bronze
7
Nishad Kumar
Athletics/Men’s high jump T47
Silver
8
Yogesh Kathuniya
Athletics/Men’s discus throw F56
Silver
9
Nitesh Kumar
Badminton/Men’s singles SL3
Gold
10
Thulasimathi Murugesan
Badminton/Women’s singles SU5
Silver
11
Manisha Ramadass
Badminton/Women’s singles SU5
Bronze
12
Suhas Yathiraj
Badminton/Men’s singles SL4
Silver
13
Rakesh Kumar/Sheetal Devi
Archery/Mixed team compound open
Bronze
14
Sumit Antil
Athletics/Men’s javelin throw F64
Gold
15
Nithya Sre
Badminton/Women’s singles SH6
Bronze
16
Deepthi Jeevanji
Athletics/Women’s 400m T20
Bronze
17
Mariyappan Thangavelu
Athletics/Men’s high jump T63
Bronze
18
Sharad Kumar
Athletics/Men’s high jump T63
Silver
19
Ajeet Singh
Athletics/Men’s javelin throw F46
Silver
20
Sundar Singh Gurjar
Athletics/Men’s javelin throw F46
Bronze
21
Sachin Khilari
Athletics/Men’s shot put F46
Silver
22
Harvinder Singh
Archery/Men’s individual recurve open
Gold
23
Dharambir
Athletics/Men’s club throw F51
Gold
24
Pranav Soorma
Athletics/Men’s club throw F51
Silver
25
Kapil Parmar
Blind Judoka/Men’s -60kg J1
Bronze
26
Praveen Kumar
Athletics/Men’s high jump T64
Gold
27
Hokato Sema
Athletics/Men’s shot put F57
Bronze
28
Simran Sharma
Athletics/Women’s 200m T12
Bronze
29
Navdeep Singh
Athletics/Men’s javelin throw F41
Gold
India recorded their best-ever medal haul at the Paris Paralympics 2024 as they finished with an impressive 29 medals, including 7 gold. Here is a look at how India fared in the Paralympics 2024 compared to the last edition of the Games in Tokyo. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
