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The Champions of India: Indian Paralympics medalists at Tokyo Paralympics 2020

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The Champions of India: Indian Paralympics medalists at Tokyo Paralympics 2020

Indian para-athletes created a new benchmark by winning 19 medals, including five gold, eight silver and six bronze, making Tokyo Paralympics 2020 country’s best ever campaign by finishing 24th in the overall tally.

The remarkable campaign totalled India’s medal to 31, including nine gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze.

India started its Paralympics journey in 1960 and have competed in 11 editions till date.  The Tokyo 2020 turned out to be the best-ever edition for the country.

The Indian team flagged off its Tokyo Paralympics campaign with 54 athletes across nine para sports including – Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Canoeing, Shooting, Swimming, Powerlifting, Table Tennis and Taekwondo.

Indian Athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

  1. Harvinder Singh, archery, recurve men’s open individual
  2. Vivek Chikara, archery, recurve men’s open individual
  3. Rakesh Kumar, archery, compound men’s open individual/ mixed
  4. Shyam Sundar Swami, archery, compound, men’s open individual/ mixed
  5. Jyoti Balyan, archery, compound women’s open individual/ mixed
  6. Amit Kumar Saroha, athletics, men’s club throw F51
  7. Dharambir Nain, athletics, men’s club throw F51
  8. Vinod Kumar, athletics, men’s discus throw F52
  9. Yogesh Kathuniya, athletics, men’s discus throw F56
  10. Nishad Kumar, athletics, men’s high jump T47
  11. Ram Pal, athletics, men’s high jump T47
  12. Mariyappan Thangavelu, athletics, men’s high jump T63
  13. Sharad Kumar, athletics, men’s high jump T63
  14. Varun Singh Bhati, athletics, men’s high jump T63
  15. Praveen Kumar, athletics, men’s high jump T64
  16. Navdeep Singh, athletics, men’s javelin throw F41
  17. Sundar Singh Gurjar, athletics, men’s javelin throw F46
  18. Ajeet Singh, athletics, men’s javelin throw F46
  19. Devendra Jhajharia, athletics, men’s javelin throw F46
  20. Tek Chand, athletics, men’s javelin throw F54
  21. Ranjeet Bhati, athletics, men’s javelin throw F57
  22. Sandeep Choudhary, athletics, men’s javelin throw F64
  23. Sumit Antil, athletics, men’s javelin throw F64
  24. Arvind Malik, athletics, men’s shot put F35
  25. Soman Rana, athletics, men’s shot put F57
  26. Simran Sharma, athletics, women’s 100m T13
  27. Kashish Lakra, athletics, women’s club throw F51
  28. Ekta Bhyan, athletics, women’s club throw F51
  29. Bhagyashri Jadhav, athletics, women’s shot put F34
  30. Pramod Bhagat, badminton, men’s singles SL3 and mixed doubles SL3-SU5
  31. Manoj Sarkar, badminton, men’s singles SL3
  32. Tarun Dhillon, badminton, men’s singles SL4
  33. Suhas Yathiraj, badminton, men’s singles SL4
  34. Krishna Nagar, badminton, men’s singles SL4
  35. Parul Parmar, badminton, women’s singles SL4
  36. Palak Kohli, badminton, women’s singles, SU5 and mixed doubles SL3-SU5
  37. Prachi Yadav, para canoeing, women’s 200m VL2
  38. Jaideep Deswal, powerlifting, men’s 65kg
  39. Sakina Khatun, powerlifting, women’s 50kg
  40. Akash, shooting, men’s 25m pistol (P3) and 50m pistol (P4)
  41. Manish Narwal, shooting, men’s 10m air pistol (P1) and men’s 50m pistol (P4)
  42. Deepender Singh, shooting, men’s 10m air pistol (P1)
  43. Rahul Jakhar, shooting, men’s 25m pistol mixed (P3)
  44. Singhraj, shooting, men’s P1 – 10m air pistol (P1) and men’s 50m Pistol (P4)
  45. Sidhartha Babu, shooting, 10m air rifle prone mixed (R3) and 50m rifle prone mixed (R6)
  46. Swaroop Unhalkar, shooting, men’s 10m air rifle standing (R1)
  47. Deepak Saini, shooting, men’s 10m air rifle standing (R1), 10m air rifle prone mixed (R3), 50m rifle prone mixed (R6) and 50m rifle 3P (R7).
  48. Rubina Francis, shooting, women’s 10m air pistol (P2)
  49. Avani Lekhara, shooting, women’s 10m air rifle standing (R2), 10m air rifle prone mixed (R3), 50m rifle prone mixed (R6) and 50m rifle 3-P (R8)
  50. Niranjan Mukundan, swimming, men’s 50m butterfly S7
  51. Suyash Jadhav, swimming, men’s 50m butterfly S7 and 200m individual medley SM7
  52. Sonalben Patel, table tennis, women’s singles – Class 3
  53. Bhavina Patel, table tennis, women’s singles – Class 4
  54. Aruna Tanwar, taekwondo, women’s K44-49 kg

Indian Paralympics Medal Winners

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BHAVINA PATEL – Silver Medal – Women’s Singles Table Tennis Class 4 Category
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NISHAD KUMAR – Silver Medal – Men’s High Jump T47
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AVANI LEKHARA – Gold Medal – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting Standing SH1
Bronze Medal – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Shooting SH1
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DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA – Silver Medal – Men’s Javelin Throw F46
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SUNDAR SINGH GURJAR – Bronze Medal – Men’s Javelin Throw F46
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YOGESH KATHUNIYA – Silver Medal – Men’s Discus Throw F56
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SUMIT ANTIL – Gold Medal – Men’s Javelin Throw F64
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SINGHRAJ ADHANA – Bronze Medal – Men’s 10m Air Pistol Shooting SH1 and Silver Medal – Men’s 50m Pistol SH1
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MARIYAPPAN THANGAVELU – Silver Medal – Men’s High Jump T42
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SHARAD KUMAR – Bronze Medal – Men’s High Jump T42
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PRAVEEN KUMAR – Silver Medal – Men’s High Jump T64
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HARVINDER SINGH – Bronze Medal – Men’s Individual Recurve – Open Archery
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MANISH NARWAL – Gold Medal – Men’s 50m Pistol SH1
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PARMOD BHAGAT – Gold Medal – Men’s Singles Badminton SL3
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MANOJ SARKAR – Bronze Medal – Men’s Singles Badminton SL3
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KRISHNA NAGAR – Gold Medal – Men’s Singles Badminton SH6
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SUHAS YATHIRAJ – Silver Medal – Men’s Singles Badminton SL4

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