India finishes Paris Paralympics with a best ever medal haul of 29

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India finishes Paris Paralympics with a best ever medal haul of 29

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The 17th Paris Paralympics came to an end on 8th September 2024 with a glittering ceremony at the Stade de France stadium in Paris, France. The 17th Paralympics was organised by the International Paralympics Committee in the French capital city of Paris from 28 August -8 September 2024.

The 18th Summer Paralympics will be held in Los Angeles, the United States of America in 2028.

The Paralympics are held after the Olympic Games. The 33rd Summer Olympics, organised by the International Olympic Committee, was held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

India ended the 2024 Paris Paralympics with a record 29 medals, breaking the record of 19 medals set at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Navdeep Singh’s silver medal was upgraded to gold after the gold medal winner, Iranian Beit Sayah Sadegh, was disqualified in the javelin throw F41 class.

China topped the medal tally with 220 medals, while India was at the 18th position.

Harvinder Singh and Preethi Pal, Indian flag Bearer

Harvinder Singh and Preethi Pal were the Indian flag bearers at the closing ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Games.

Sumit Antil and Bhagyashri Jadhav were the Indian flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Paralympics Games,

Harvinder Singh was the first ever Indian archer to win a gold medal for India in a Paralympics Games.

Preethi Pal is the first Indian women para-athlete to win two medals in track and field at the Paralympics. She won bronze medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter T 35 events at the Paris Paralympics.

Indian Achievements at the Paris Paralympics

Shooter Avani Lakhera won the first gold medal for India at the Paris Paralympics.
Avani Lakhera became the first Indian to defend her gold medal in the Paralympic Games. She won gold in the SH1 shooting event at the Tokyo and Paris Paralympics.
Sunil Antil became the first Indian male para-athlete to defend his gold medals in the Paralympic Games. He successfully defended his Tokyo title by winning the gold medal in Paris in the javelin F64 class.
High jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu became the first Indian para-athlete to win medals at three consecutive Paralympics. In the high jump T42 class event, he won the gold medal in Rio 2016, silver in Tokyo 2020, and bronze in Paris 2024.
India won a gold and silver medal in an athletics event in a single edition of the Paralympics for the first time. Dharambir won gold, while Parnav Soorma won the silver medal in the men's club throw F51 event.

Medal winners of India at the Paris Paralympics

India sends a strong 84-member para-athletes team to the Paris Paralympic. India won 29 medals- seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze. The details of the winner are as follows;

Serial number	Para-Athletes	Sport	Event	Medal
1	Avani Lakhera	Shooting	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	Gold
2	Nitesh Kumar	Badminton	Men’s singles SL3 class	Gold
3	Sumit Antil	Athletics	Javelin throw F64	Gold
4	Harvinder Singh	Archery	Men's individual recurve open	Gold
5.	Dharambir	Athletics	Men’s club throw F51 class	Gold
6	Praveen Kumar	Athletics	Men’s high jump T 64	Gold
7.	Navdeep Singh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F41	Gold
8	Manish Narwal	Shooting	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	Silver
9	Nishad Kumar	Athletics	Men's high jump T47	Silver
10	Yogesh Kathuniya	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56	Silver
11	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Badminton	Women’s singles SU5	Silver
12	Suhas Yathiraj	Badminton	Men’s singles SL4	Silver
13	Sharad Kumar	Athletics	Men's high jump T63	Silver
14	Ajeet Singh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46	Silver
15	Sachin Khilari	Athletics	Men's shot put F46	Silver
16	Pranav Soorma	Athletics	Men’s club throw F51 class	Silver
17	Mona Agarwal	Shooting	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	Bronze
18	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women's 100m T35	Bronze
19	Rubina Francis	Shooting	Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	Bronze
20	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women's 200m T35	Bronze
21	Manisha Ramadass	Badminton	Women’s singles SU5	Bronze
22	Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi	Archery	Mixed team compound open	Bronze
23	Nithya Sre Sivan	Badminton	Women's singles SH6	Bronze
24	Deepthi Jeevanji	Athletics	Women's 400m T20	Bronze
25	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Athletics	Men's high jump T63	Bronze
26	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46	Bronze
27	Kapil Parmar	Judo	Men’s Judo -60kg J1 Class	Bronze
28	Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Athletics	Men’s shot put F57	Bronze
29	Simran	Athletics	Women's 200m T12	Bronze

India’s Medal Tally by Sports

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, India participated in 12 of the 22 sporting disciplines. For the first time in the Paralympic Games, India participated in para-cycling, para-rowing, and blind judo.

In Paris, India won the most medals in athletics: 17 - gold-7, silver-6, and bronze-7.

Sport	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Total medal
Athletics	4	6	7	17
Badminton	1	2	2	5
Shooting	1	1	2	4
Archery	1	0	1	2
Judo	0	0	1	1
Total	7	9	13	29

India at the 18th position in the Medal’s Tally

India finished the Paris Paralympics in 18th Place. China topped the medal tally with 220 medals, followed by Great Britain.

Position	Country	Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Total Medal
1	China	94	74	50	220
2	Great Britain	49	44	31	124
3	United States of America	36	42	27	105
4	Netherlands	27	17	12	56
5	Brazil	25	26	38	89
18	India	7	9	13	29