India breaks Tokyo record of best medal haul in a Paralympics edition

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India breaks Tokyo record of best medal haul in a Paralympics edition

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At the 2024 Paris Paralympics Games, the Indian team achieved its best-ever medal haul in a single edition of the Paralympics Games. At the end of day seven (3 September 2024), the Indian athletes had won 20 medals, going past the record of 19 medals won at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Games.

Sharad Kumar’s silver and Mariyappan Thangavelu’s bronze medals in the men’s high jump T63 event took the Indian medal tally at the Paris Paralympics to 20.

In the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, India won 19 medals- five gold, eight silver and six bronze.

India, at the end of day seven of the 2024 Paralympics Games, won 20 medals- three gold medals, seven silver medals, and 10 bronze.

Sumit Antil,1st male para-athlete to defend his title

By winning the gold medal in the male javelin F-64 class event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he became the first Indian male para-athlete to defend his title in the history of the Paralympics Games. Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the same event in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Sumit won the gold in Paris with a Paralympics record throw of 70.59 meters.

Sumit Antil holds the world record in the javelin F-64 class with a throw of 73.29 meters.

Shooter Avni Lakhera is the first Indian para-athlete to successfully defend her title at the Paralympics Games. She won a gold medal in the 10m air rifle shooting standing SHI category at the Paris and the Tokyo Paralympics Games.

India at the 2024 Paris Paralympics Games

The International Paralympics Committee is organising the 17th Summer Paralympics Games in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.

A strong 84 Indian para-athletes are participating in the 2024 Paris Paralympics Games.

The Indian para-athletes are competing in 12 out of 22 sports at the Paris Paralympics.

Medal winners at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

So far, the Indian contingent has won 20 medals- 3 gold,7 silver and 10 bronze.

Serial number	Players	Event	Medal
1	Avani Lakhera	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	Gold
2	Nitesh Kumar	Men’s singles Badminton SL3 class	Gold
3	Sumit Antil	Javelin throw F64	Gold
4	Manish Narwal	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	Silver
5	Nishad Kumar	Men's high jump T47	Silver
6	Yogesh Kathuniya	Men's discus throw F56	Silver
7	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Women’s singles Badminton SU5	Silver
8	Suhas Yathiraj	Men’s singles BadmintonSL4	Silver
9	Sharad Kumar	Men's high jump T63	Silver
10	Ajeet Singh	Men's javelin throw F46	Silver
11	Mona Agarwal	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	Bronze
12	Preethi Pal	Women's 100m T35	Bronze
13	Rubina Francis	Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	Bronze
14	Preethi Pal	Women's 200m T35	Bronze
15	Manisha Ramadass	Women’s singles Badminton SU5	Bronze
16	Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi	Archery, Mixed team compound open	Bronze
17	Nithya Sre Sivan	Badminton, Women's singles SH6	Bronze
18	Deepthi Jeevanji	Women's 400m T20	Bronze
19	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Men's high jump T63	Bronze
20	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Men's javelin throw F46	Bronze