How Many Medals Has India Won In Paralympics?
How Many Medals Has India Won In Paralympics? Over half of India's overall medal tally in Paralympics came in the last edition in Tokyo alone.
How Many Medals Has India Won In Paralympics? India had a decent outing in the Paris Olympics 2024. While they could not match their best tally of 7 medals including a gold in Tokyo 2020, they finished with 6 medals in the French capital with 5 bronze medals and 1 silver medal.
The eyes, however, have now turned towards the Paris Paralympics 2024. So far, India have won 31 medals in Paralympics Games. These include- nine golds, 12 silvers and 10 bronze medals. In contrast to the Olympics where the Indian men's hockey team has done the bulk of the medal fetching for the Indian contingent, especially in the early years of India's Olympic participation, in Paralympics, it has been majorly about the individual athletes rising to the occasion.
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India have featured in 11 editions of the Paralympic Games ever since it got introduced in 1960. Even though India have a total of 31 medals in the Paralympics history, more than half of it came in the previous Paralympics held in Tokyo.
Here is the List Of Indians who won a medal at the Paralympics.
Full List Of India Medal Winners In Paralympics
| Athlete | Medal | Event | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murlikant Petkar | Gold | Swimming, Men's 50m freestyle 3 | Heidelberg 1972 |
| Bhimrao Kesarkar | Silver | Men's javelin throw L6 | Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 |
| Joginder Singh Bedi | Bronze | Men's javelin throw L6 | Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 |
| Joginder Singh Bedi | Silver | Men's shot put L6 | Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 |
| Joginder Singh Bedi | Bronze | Men's discus throw L6 | Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 |
| Devendra Jhajharia | Gold | Men's javelin throw F44/ 46 | Athens 2004 |
| Rajinder Singh Rahelu | Bronze | Men's 56 kg | Athens 2004 |
| Girisha N Gowda | Silver | Men's high jump F42 | London 2012 |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | Gold | Men's high jump F42 | Rio 2016 |
| Varun Singh Bhati | Bronze | Men's high jump F42 | Rio 2016 |
| Devendra Jhajharia | Gold | Men's javelin throw F46 | Rio 2016 |
| Deepa Malik | Silver | Women's shot put F53 | Rio 2016 |
| Bhavina Patel | Silver | Women's singles table tennis Class 4 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Nishad Kumar | Silver | Men’s high jump T47 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Avani Lekhara | Gold | Women's 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Devendra Jhajharia | Silver | Men's javelin throw F46 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Sundar Singh Gurjar | Bronze | Men's javelin throw F46 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Yogesh Kathuniya | Silver | Men's discus throw F56 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Sumit Antil | Gold | Men's javelin throw F64 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Singhraj Adhana | Bronze | Men's 10m air pistol shooting SH1 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | Silver | Men's high jump T42 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Sharad Kumar | Bronze | Men's high jump T42 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Praveen Kumar | Silver | Men's high jump T64 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Avani Lekhara | Bronze | Women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Harvinder Singh | Bronze | Men's individual recurve - open archery | Tokyo 2020 |
| Manish Narwal | Gold | Men's 50m pistol SH1 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Singhraj Adhana | Silver | Men's 50m pistol SH1 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Pramod Bhagat | Gold | Men's singles badminton SL3 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Manoj Sarkar | Bronze | Men's singles badminton SL3 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Suhas Yathiraj | Silver | Men's singles badminton SL4 | Tokyo 2020 |
| Krishna Nagar | Gold | Men's singles badminton SH6 | Tokyo 2020 |
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