Indian Contingent Finish Paris Paralympics With Record 29 Medals

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Indian Contingent Finish Paris Paralympics With Record 29 Medals

The Indian contingent concluded the Paris Paralympics with a record 29 medals on Sunday, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze, bettering their haul of 19 at Tokyo 2020. The contingent finished at the 18th spot — their best-ever finish in the Paralympics — since the Tel Aviv Games in 1968.

India overcame top nations like Switzerland, Belgium, South Korea, Turkey, and Argentina to finish at the top 20 spot while China, Great Britain, the USA, and Italy took the top-10 ranking.

Pooja Ojha was the last from the Indian contingent in action. She failed to make the cut in the Women’s 200m Kayak final.

India clinched their final medal through Navdeep Singh in the Men’s Javelin Throw F41 Classification event. He, originally, clinched a silver medal in the event before his podium finish was upgraded after Iran’s Sadegh Beit Sayah was disqualified for displaying an objectionable flag repeatedly.

The performance at Paris 2024 has given India a major boost and hope to climb into the top 10 rankings in Los Angeles 2028.

List of Indian medal winners at Paris Paralympics:

No. Athlete Sport Event 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 Javelin throw F64 Gold
15 Nithya Sre Sivan 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 Parnav Soorma Athletics Men’s club throw F51 Silver
25 Kapil Parmar Judo Men’s -60kg J1 Bronze
26 Praveen Kumar Athletics Men’s high jump T64 Gold
27 Hokato Hotozhe Sema Athletics Men’s shot put F57 Bronze
28 Simran Athletics Women’s 200m T12 Bronze
29 Navdeep Singh Athletics Men’s javelin throw F41 Gold