The Indian contingent wrapped up its historic Paris Paralympics campaign with a record-breaking total of 29 medals, comprising seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze. This is the highest medal tally ever achieved by India at the Paralympics. With this landmark achievement, India has surpassed their previous best performance at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, where they won 19 medals, including five gold, eight silver, and six bronze.
This historic medal haul also propelled India past the 50-medal milestone in Paralympic history. From August 28 to Sunday, a record 84 para-athletes represented India across 12 disciplines, up from nine disciplines at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Additionally, India made its debut in new sports at the Paris Games, including para cycling, para-rowing, and blind judo. Throughout the competition, India set multiple records and achieved several new milestones, marking significant "firsts" at the Paralympic Games.
Indian shooter Avani Lekhara was the first athlete who clinched first gold medal for nation she became the first ever Indian woman to secure two Paralympic gold medals as she managed to defend her women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 shooting title with a world record score of 249.7 points.
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A look at India's medalists at the Paris 2024 Paralympics:
-Avani Lekhara (Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1, Gold)
-Mona Agarwal (Shooting, Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Athletics, Women's 100m T35, Bronze)
-Manish Narwal (Shooting, Men's 10m air pistol SH1, Silver)
-Rubina Francis (Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Preethi Pal (Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1, Bronze)
-Nishad Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T47, Silver)
-Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics, Men's discus throw F56, Silver)
-Nitesh Kumar (Badminton, Men's singles SL3, Gold)
-Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton, Women's singles SU5, Silver)
-Manisha Ramadass (Badminton, Women's singles SU5, Bronze)
-Suhas Yathiraj (Badminton, Men's singles SL4, Silver)
-Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi (Archery, Mixed team compound open, Bronze)
-Sumit Antil (Athletics, Javelin throw F64, Gold)
-Nithya Sre Sivan (Badminton, Women's singles SH6, Bronze)
-Deepthi Jeevanji (Athletics, Women's 400m T20, Bronze)
-Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics, Men's high jump T63, Bronze)
-Sharad Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T63, Silver)
-Ajeet Singh (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F46, Silver)
-Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F46, Bronze)
-Sachin Khilari (Athletics, Men's shot put F46, Silver)
-Harvinder Singh (Archery, Men's individual recurve open, Gold)
-Dharambir (Athletics, Men's club throw F51, Gold)
-Parnav Soorma (Athletics, Men's club throw F51, Silver)
-Kapil Parmar (Judo, Men's -60kg J1, Bronze)
-Praveen Kumar (Athletics, Men's high jump T64, Gold)
-Hokato Hotozhe Sema (Athletics, Men's shot put F57, Bronze)
-Simran (Athletics, Women's 200m T12, Bronze)
-Navdeep Singh (Athletics, Men's javelin throw F41, Gold).
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