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'''[[India]]''' made its [[Summer Paralympic Games|Summer Paralympic]] début at the [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Games]], competed again in [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972]], and then was absent until the [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Games]]. The country has participated in every edition of the Summer Games since then. It has never participated in the [[Winter Paralympic Games]].<ref>{{IPC medals | npc = IND }}</ref>
[[India]] made its [[Summer Paralympic Games|Summer Paralympic]] debut at the [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Games]], competed again in [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972]], and then was absent until the [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Games]]. The country has participated in every edition of the Summer games since then. It has never participated in the [[Winter Paralympic Games]].<ref>{{IPC medals | npc = IND }}</ref>


In 1972 at the [[Heidelberg]] Games, [[Murlikant Petkar]] swam the 50 meter freestyle in a world record time of 37.331 seconds to give India her first ever Gold. India finished 24th out of the 42 participating nations. In 1984, [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] won silver at the Men's Shot Put and followed it up with a pair of bronze winning performances in the Discus and Javelin throws. Another Indian, [[Bhimrao Kesarkar]], won the silver medal in the Javelin. India finished 37th out of the 54 participating nations.<ref>{{cite web|title=The lesser-known Olympics|url=http://kushalmucon.blogspot.in/2012/08/the-other-olympics.html|date=2012-08-08|publisher=blogger|access-date=2012-10-13}}</ref>
India's first medal in Paralympics came in [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Games]], with [[Murlikant Petkar]] winning a gold medal in [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|swimming]]. India's best finish yet has been in the [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Games]], at 24th place with a medal haul of 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-paralympics/tokyo-paralympics-india-finishes-24th-with-record-19-medals/articleshow/85944885.cms|title=Tokyo Paralympics: India finishes 24th with record 19 medals|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>


After the success of the cooperative effort between the IPC and the IOC, which resulted in the [[1988 Summer Paralympics]] in Seoul, the IPC determined the need to expand and include representatives from all nations that had disability sports programs. The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympics in 24 years that took place in the same city as the Olympic Games. This was the first time the term [[Paralympic Games]] came into official use. They also deemed it necessary to include athletes in the decisions of the Paralympic governing body. Consequently, this body was reorganized as the [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC) in 1989. The IPC is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. It comprises 165 National Paralympic Committees (NPC) and four disability-specific international sports federations.
== History ==


India continued to participate in each [[Paralympic Games]] thereafter, but failed to make an impact till the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Athens]] when [[Devendra Jhajharia]],<ref name="Paralympic village">{{cite news|url=http://www.toolkitsportdevelopment.org/html/topic_F0B476C1-F9D1-4BC7-9768-37EFDA78E6E5_9EE7771D-27FD-4645-9E83-2BD1D0776123_2.htm|title=Never before shown: A gold medal winner from India|date=2004-12-19|publisher=paralympic village|access-date=2011-05-10}}</ref> Javelin thrower, won gold and [[Rajinder Singh (powerlifter)|Rajinder Singh]] won bronze for powerlifting in the 56-kg category. India finished 53rd out of the 136 nation field.<sup>[http://www.thesportscampus.com/beijing-news/india-paralympic-games-2008]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</sup> [[Girisha Nagarajegowda|H. N. Girisha]], an Indian athlete born with a disability in the left leg, won the silver medal in the 2012 Paralympic games held in London in the men's high jump F-42 category.
India's first medal, and also the first individual gold medal, was won in [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Games]], when [[Murlikant Petkar]] swam the 50 meters freestyle in a world record time of 37.331 seconds. India finished at 25th rank in those games. In 1984, [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] won silver at the Men's Shot Put and followed it up with a pair of bronze winning performances in the Discus and Javelin throws. Thus, Joginder became the first multi-medallist Paralympian from India. [[Bhimrao Kesarkar]] also won a silver medal in Javelin in [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Games]]. India finished 43rd out of the 54 participating nations.<ref>{{cite web|title=The lesser-known Olympics|url=http://kushalmucon.blogspot.in/2012/08/the-other-olympics.html|date=2012-08-08|publisher=blogger|access-date=2012-10-13}}</ref>


==Medals by Summer Games==
India continued to participate in each Paralympic Games thereafter, but failed to make an impact until the [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Games]] when [[Devendra Jhajharia]] won gold in [[javelin throw]] and [[Rajinder Singh Rahelu]] won bronze for [[powerlifting]] in the 56-kg category.


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In [[Rio 2016 Paralympic Games|2016 Games]], [[Deepa Malik]] won a silver medal in Shot Put to become the first Indian woman to win a Parlaympics medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37346780|title=Deepa Malik: First Indian woman to win Paralympics medal|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>
 
The [[Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games|2020 Games]] saw India's best-ever medal haul with a total of 19 medals (5 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze). This result was better than the medal haul of 12 medals of all previous Paralympics appearances combined. The games also had India's best ever participation yet with 54 athletes (40 men, 14 women) across nine sports. It was India's best performance by an overall ranking of 24 (among 162 nations; including [[Refugee Paralympic Team]] and [[Russian Paralympic Committee]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/india-tokyo-2020-paralympics-medal|title=India's Tokyo 2020 Paralympics medal winners|access-date=18 March 2023}}</ref>
 
Shooter [[Avani Lekhara]] won two medals - gold in 10m Air Rifle SH1 and bronze in 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1. Thus, she became the first Indian woman to win an individual gold medal and first woman multi-medalist. Shooter [[Singhraj Adhana]] also won two medals - silver in 50m Pistol SH1 and bronze in 10m Air Pistol SH1 categories. Para-badminton player [[Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj]] became the first civil servant to win a Paralympic medal, a silver in SL4 category.<ref>[https://zeenews.india.com/other-sports/noida-dm-suhas-ly-is-world-no-3-para-shuttler-and-asian-champion-as-well-2390515.html Noida DM Suhas LY is World No. 3 para shuttler and Asian champion as well | Other Sports News | Zee News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
In 2020 Games, [[Vinod Kumar (athlete)|Vinod Kumar]] initially clinched a bronze medal in the men's [[discus throw]] [[F52 (classification)|F52]] category event. However, other competitors raised questions about his disability and was subsequently designated as "Classification not Completed". His performance was disqualified, resulting in the loss of his medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.in/olympics/story/_/id/32107377/tokyo-paralympics-2021-vinod-kumar-loses-bronze-discus-throw|title=Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Vinod Kumar loses bronze, declared ineligible in classification reassessment|accessdate=30 August 2021|date=30 August 2021|work=espn.com}}</ref>
 
==Medals==
{{See also|All-time Paralympic Games medal table}}
 
===Medals by Summer Games===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"
|-
!style="width:12em;"| Games
!style="width:4em;"| Athletes
!style="width:4em; background:gold;"| Gold
!style="width:4em; background:silver;"| Silver
!style="width:4em; background:#cc9966;"| Bronze
!style="width:4em;"| Total
!style="width:2em;"| [[All-time Paralympic Games medal table|Rank]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[1960 Summer Paralympics|1960 Rome]] || colspan=6 rowspan=2| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1964 Summer Paralympics|1964 Tokyo]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Tel Aviv]] || [[India at the 1968 Summer Paralympics|10]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1968 Summer Paralympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Heidelberg]] || [[India at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|10]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || [[1972 Summer Paralympics medal table|25]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[1976 Summer Paralympics|1976 Toronto]] || colspan=6 rowspan=2| ''Did not participate''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NLD}} [[1980 Summer Paralympics|1980 Arnhem]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]] || [[India at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|5]] || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || [[1984 Summer Paralympics medal table|37]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[1988 Summer Paralympics|1988 Seoul]] || [[India at the 1988 Summer Paralympics|2]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1988 Summer Paralympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[1992 Summer Paralympics|1992 Barcelona]] || [[India at the 1992 Summer Paralympics|9]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1992 Summer Paralympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Atlanta]] || [[India at the 1996 Summer Paralympics|9]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1996 Summer Paralympics medal table|-]]
|-
|-
!style="width:9em"| Games
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] || [[India at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|4]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2000 Summer Paralympics medal table|-]]
!style="width:1em"| Gold
!style="width:1em"| Silver
!style="width:1em"| Bronze
!style="width:1em"| Total
!style="width:1em"| Rank
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[1960 Summer Paralympics|1960 Rome]] || colspan=6| ''did not participate''
|align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] || [[India at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|12]] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || [[2004 Summer Paralympics medal table|53]]
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1964 Summer Paralympics|1964 Tokyo]] || colspan=6| ''did not participate''
|align=left|{{flagicon|PRC}} [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] || [[India at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|5]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2008 Summer Paralympics medal table|-]]
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ISR}} [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Tel Aviv]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] || [[India at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|10]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || [[2012 Summer Paralympics medal table|67]]
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|DEU}} [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Heidelberg]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 25
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] || [[India at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|19]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 || [[2016 Summer Paralympics medal table|43]]
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[1976 Summer Paralympics|1976 Toronto]] || colspan=6| ''did not participate''
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]] || '''[[India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|54]]''' || '''5''' || '''8'''||''' 6'''|| '''19''' || '''[[2020 Summer Paralympics medal table|24]]'''
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|NLD}} [[1980 Summer Paralympics|1980 Arnhem]] || colspan=6| ''did not participate''
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} ''[[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]'' || colspan="6" rowspan="3" | ''Future event''
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]] || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 37
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} ''[[2028 Summer Paralympics|2028 Los Angeles]]''
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} ''[[2032 Summer Paralympics|2032 Brisbane]]''
|-
! colspan=2| Total !! 9 !! 12 !! 10 !! 31 !! [[All-time Paralympic Games medal table|57]]
|}
 
=== Medals by Summer Sport ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[1988 Summer Paralympics|1988 Seoul]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -
!style="width:12em;"| Games
!style="width:4em; background:gold;"| Gold
!style="width:4em; background:silver;"| Silver
!style="width:4em; background:#cc9966;"| Bronze
!style="width:4em;"| Total
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[1992 Summer Paralympics|1992 Barcelona]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -
|align=left| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Athletics at the Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || 4 || 9 || 5 || 18
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[1996 Summer Paralympics|1996 Atlanta]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -
|align=left| [[Image:Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Shooting at the Summer Paralympics|Shooting]] || 2 || 1 || 2 || 5
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -
|align=left| [[Image:Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Badminton at the Summer Paralympics|Badminton]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 53
|align=left| [[Image:Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Swimming at the Summer Paralympics|Swimming]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|PRC}} [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -
|align=left| [[Image:Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics|Table tennis]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 67
|align=left| [[Image:Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Archery at the Summer Paralympics|Archery]] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 43
|align=left| [[Image:Powerlifting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Powerlifting at the Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
|-
|-
| '''Total''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || '''4''' || '''12''' ||
! Total !! 9 !! 12 !! 10 !! 31
|}
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|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Murlikant Petkar]] ''(India's first [[Paralympic]] gold medalist)'' <ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/how-a-war-hero-won-indias-first-paralympics-gold-in-1972-in-mumbai/articleshow/85727717.cms | title=How a war hero won India's first Paralympics gold in 1972 &#124; Mumbai News - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref> || {{flagicon|GER}} [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Heidelberg]] || [[Image:Swimming pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Swimming]][[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|Men's 50m Freestyle 3]]
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|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Bhimrao Kesarkar]] ||rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|GBR}} / {{flagicon|USA}} [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Javelin L6]]
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|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Shot Put L6]]
|-
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Javelin L6]]
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|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Discus Throw L6]]
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|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Devendra Jhajharia]] || rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GRE}} [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw F42–46|Men's Javelin F44/46]]
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|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Rajinder Singh Rahelu]] || [[Image:Powerlifting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Powerlifting]][[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 56 kg|Men's 56 kg]]
|-
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Girisha Nagarajegowda]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#F42|Men's High Jump F42]]
|-
|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Mariyappan Thangavelu]] || rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#T42|Men's High Jump F42]]
|-
|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Devendra Jhajharia]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw#F46|Men's Javelin Throw F46]]
|-
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]|| [[Deepa Malik]] || [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's shot put#F53|Women's Shot Put F53]]
|-
|-
| [[Image:gold medal.svg|25px]] || [[Murlikant Petkar]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[1972 Summer Paralympics|1972 Heidelberg]] || [[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|16px|Swimming]][[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|Men's 50m Freestyle 3]]
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Varun Singh Bhati]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#T42|Men's High Jump F42]]
|-
|-
| [[Image:silver medal.svg|25px]] || [[Bhimrao Kesarkar]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} / {{flagicon|USA}} [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Javelin L6]]
|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Avani Lekhara]]|| rowspan="19" |{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]
|[[File:Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Shooting]] [[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]||[[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics#Women|Women's 10m Air Rifle SH1]]
|-
|-
| [[Image:silver medal.svg|25px]] || [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} / {{flagicon|USA}}  [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Shot Put L6]]
|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Sumit Antil]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw F64|Men's Javelin Throw F64]]
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|-
| [[Image:bronze medal.svg|25px]] || [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} / {{flagicon|USA}}  [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Javelin L6]]
|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Manish Narwal]]
|[[File:Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Shooting]] [[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
|[[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics#Mixed|Mixed 50m Pistol SH1]]
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| [[Image:bronze medal.svg|25px]] || [[Joginder Singh Bedi]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} / {{flagicon|USA}}  [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Men's Discus Throw L6]]
|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Pramod Bhagat]]
|[[File:Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Badminton]] [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Badminton]]
|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's Singles SL3]]
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| [[Image:gold medal.svg|25px]] || [[Devendra Jhajharia]] || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw F42–46|Men's Javelin F44/46]]
|[[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)|Krishna Nagar]]
|[[File:Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Badminton]] [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Badminton]]
|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6|Men's Singles SH6]]
|-
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| [[Image:bronze medal.svg|25px]] || [[Rajinder Singh Rahelu]] || {{flagicon|GRE}} [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] || [[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] || [[Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 56 kg|Men's 56 kg]]
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Bhavina Patel]]|| [[Image:Table tennis pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px]] [[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Table Tennis]]||[[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual – Class 4|Women's Singles C4]]
|-
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| [[Image:silver medal.svg|25px]] || [[Girisha Nagarajegowda]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#F42|Men's High Jump F42]]
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Nishad Kumar]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#T47|Men's High Jump T47]]
|-
|-
| [[Image:gold medal.svg|25px]] || [[Mariyappan Thangavelu]] || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#F42|Men's High Jump F42]]
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Yogesh Kathuniya]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's discus throw#F56|Men's Discus Throw F56]]
|-
|-
| [[Image:gold medal.svg|25px]] || [[Devendra Jhajharia]] || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw F46|Men's Javelin F46]]
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Devendra Jhajharia]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw#F46|Men's Javelin Throw F46]]
|-
|-
| [[Image:silver medal.svg|25px]] || [[Deepa Malik]] || {{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Women's shot put#F53|Women's Shot Put F53]]
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Mariyappan Thangavelu]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#T63|Men's High Jump T63]]
|-
|-
| [[Image:bronze medal.svg|25px]]||[[Varun Singh Bhati]]|| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|| [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#F42|Men's High Jump F42]]
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Praveen Kumar (Para athlete)|Praveen Kumar]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#T64|Men's High Jump T64]]
|-
|-
|}
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
 
|[[Singhraj Adhana]]
==Medals by Summer Sport==
|[[File:Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Shooting]] [[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
 
|[[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics#Men|Men's 50m Pistol SH1]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|[[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj]]
|[[File:Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Badminton]] [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Badminton]]
|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL4|Men's Singles SL4]]
|-
|-
!style="width:8em"| Sport
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Sundar Singh Gurjar]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's javelin throw#F46|Men's Javelin Throw F46]]
!style="width:1em"| Gold
!style="width:1em"| Silver
!style="width:1em"| Bronze
!style="width:1em"| Total
|-
|-
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Singhraj Adhana]]
|[[File:Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Shooting]] [[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
|[[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics#Men|Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1]]
|-
|-
|align=left| [[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[Athletics at the Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] ||align=center| 3 ||align=center| 4 ||align=center| 3 ||align=center| 10
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]||[[Sharad Kumar (athlete)|Sharad Kumar]]|| [[Image:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump#T63|Men's High Jump T63]]
|-
|-
|align=left| [[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[Swimming at the Summer Paralympics|Swimming]] ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 1
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Avani Lekhara]]
|[[File:Shooting_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg|20px|Shooting]] [[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
|[[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Qualification#Pistol|Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1]]
|-
|-
|align=left| [[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] [[Powerlifting at the Summer Paralympics|Powerlifting]] ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 1
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Harvinder Singh (archer)|Harvinder Singh]]
|[[File:Archery pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Archery]] [[Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Archery]]
|[[Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual recurve open|Men's Individual Recurve Open]]
|-
|-
|[[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]]
|[[Manoj Sarkar]]
|[[File:Wheelchair badminton pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Badminton]] [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|Badminton]]
|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's Singles SL3]]
|}
==Multiple Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! width=150 | Athlete
! width=280 | Games
! width=100 | Sport
! [[File:Gold medal Paralympics.svg|16px]] Gold
! [[File:Silver medal Paralympics.svg|16px]] Silver
! [[File:Bronze medal Paralympics.svg|16px]] Bronze
! width=50 | Total
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left|[[Devendra Jhajharia]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]]<br /> {{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]
| align=left| [[File:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  3
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left|[[Mariyappan Thangavelu]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[2016 Summer Paralympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]<br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]
|align=left| [[File:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  2
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left|[[Avani Lekhara]] ''(first Indian women to win Gold at [[Paralympics]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/shooter-avani-lekhara-becomes-first-indian-woman-to-win-gold-at-paralympics/article36173838.ece | title=Shooter Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win gold at Paralympics | newspaper=The Hindu | date=September 2021 }}</ref>)
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]
|align=left|[[File:Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Shooting]] [[Shooting at the Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  2
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left|[[Joginder Singh Bedi]]
|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} / {{flagicon|USA}}  [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York]]
| align=left| [[File:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Athletics]] [[Athletics at the Summer Paralympics|Athletics]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2
|  3
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left|[[Singhraj Adhana]]
|align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]]
|align=left|[[File:Shooting pictogram (Paralympics).svg|20px|Shooting]] [[Shooting at the Summer Paralympics|Shooting]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  2
|}
|}


==2012 Games Village Controversy==
==2012 Games Village Controversy==
During the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] it was reported that coaches and escorts of the Indian Team were denied accommodation in the Games Village because their permits were being used by officials of the [[Paralympic Committee of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Not provided with escort, alleges Paralympics athlete|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3851360.ece|work=thehindu.com|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=September 6, 2012|date=September 3, 2012}}</ref>  The Team's 10 athletes were to be assisted by six coaches and five escorts, but only two escorts were given passes; Paralympic Committee general Secretary Ratan Singh confirmed that he had brought his son, that the Committee president had brought his wife, and the treasurer had brought his wife and daughter.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Nandini|title=Officials ditch special athletes at Paralympics|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Source=Find&Key=MMIR/2012/09/02/21/Ar02100.xml&CollName=MMIR_DAILY_2009&DOCID=384625&Keyword=%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3Eparalympic%29&skin=MIRRORNEW&AppName=1&PageLabel=22%20&ViewMode=HTML|work=epaper.timesofindia.com|publisher=Mumbai Mirror, re-published online by e-paper|access-date=September 6, 2012|page=22|date=September 2, 2012}}</ref>
During the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] it was reported that coaches and escorts of the Indian Team were denied accommodation in the Games Village because their permits were being used by officials of the [[Paralympic Committee of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Not provided with escort, alleges Paralympics athlete|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3851360.ece|work=thehindu.com|publisher=The Hindu|access-date=September 6, 2012|date=September 3, 2012}}</ref>  The Team's 10 athletes were to be assisted by six coaches and five escorts, but only two escorts were given passes; Paralympic Committee General Secretary Ratan Singh confirmed that he had brought his son, that the Committee president had brought his wife, and the treasurer had brought his wife and daughter.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Nandini|title=Officials ditch special athletes at Paralympics|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Source=Find&Key=MMIR/2012/09/02/21/Ar02100.xml&CollName=MMIR_DAILY_2009&DOCID=384625&Keyword=%28%3Cmany%3E%3Cstem%3Eparalympic%29&skin=MIRRORNEW&AppName=1&PageLabel=22%20&ViewMode=HTML|work=epaper.timesofindia.com|publisher=Mumbai Mirror, re-published online by e-paper|access-date=September 6, 2012|page=22|date=September 2, 2012}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[India at the Olympics]]
*[[India at the Olympics]]
*[[India at the World Games]]
*[[India at the Asian Games]]
*[[India at the Commonwealth Games]]
*[[India at the Lusofonia Games]]
*[[India at the South Asian Games]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:India at the Paralympics| ]]

Latest revision as of 09:17, 3 October 2023

India made its Summer Paralympic debut at the 1968 Games, competed again in 1972, and then was absent until the 1984 Games. The country has participated in every edition of the Summer games since then. It has never participated in the Winter Paralympic Games.[1]

India at the
Paralympics
Flag of India.svg
IPC codeIND
NPCParalympic Committee of India
Websitewww.paralympicindia.org.in
Medals
Ranked 57th
Gold
9
Silver
12
Bronze
10
Total
31
Summer appearances

India's first medal in Paralympics came in 1972 Games, with Murlikant Petkar winning a gold medal in swimming. India's best finish yet has been in the 2020 Games, at 24th place with a medal haul of 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze).[2]

HistoryEdit

India's first medal, and also the first individual gold medal, was won in 1972 Games, when Murlikant Petkar swam the 50 meters freestyle in a world record time of 37.331 seconds. India finished at 25th rank in those games. In 1984, Joginder Singh Bedi won silver at the Men's Shot Put and followed it up with a pair of bronze winning performances in the Discus and Javelin throws. Thus, Joginder became the first multi-medallist Paralympian from India. Bhimrao Kesarkar also won a silver medal in Javelin in 1984 Games. India finished 43rd out of the 54 participating nations.[3]

India continued to participate in each Paralympic Games thereafter, but failed to make an impact until the 2004 Games when Devendra Jhajharia won gold in javelin throw and Rajinder Singh Rahelu won bronze for powerlifting in the 56-kg category.

In 2016 Games, Deepa Malik won a silver medal in Shot Put to become the first Indian woman to win a Parlaympics medal.[4]

The 2020 Games saw India's best-ever medal haul with a total of 19 medals (5 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze). This result was better than the medal haul of 12 medals of all previous Paralympics appearances combined. The games also had India's best ever participation yet with 54 athletes (40 men, 14 women) across nine sports. It was India's best performance by an overall ranking of 24 (among 162 nations; including Refugee Paralympic Team and Russian Paralympic Committee).[5]

Shooter Avani Lekhara won two medals - gold in 10m Air Rifle SH1 and bronze in 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1. Thus, she became the first Indian woman to win an individual gold medal and first woman multi-medalist. Shooter Singhraj Adhana also won two medals - silver in 50m Pistol SH1 and bronze in 10m Air Pistol SH1 categories. Para-badminton player Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj became the first civil servant to win a Paralympic medal, a silver in SL4 category.[6]

In 2020 Games, Vinod Kumar initially clinched a bronze medal in the men's discus throw F52 category event. However, other competitors raised questions about his disability and was subsequently designated as "Classification not Completed". His performance was disqualified, resulting in the loss of his medal.[7]

MedalsEdit

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer GamesEdit

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
  1960 Rome Did not participate
  1964 Tokyo
  1968 Tel Aviv 10 0 0 0 0 -
  1972 Heidelberg 10 1 0 0 1 25
  1976 Toronto Did not participate
  1980 Arnhem
 /  1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York 5 0 2 2 4 37
  1988 Seoul 2 0 0 0 0 -
  1992 Barcelona 9 0 0 0 0 -
  1996 Atlanta 9 0 0 0 0 -
  2000 Sydney 4 0 0 0 0 -
  2004 Athens 12 1 0 1 2 53
  2008 Beijing 5 0 0 0 0 -
  2012 London 10 0 1 0 1 67
  2016 Rio de Janeiro 19 2 1 1 4 43
  2020 Tokyo 54 5 8 6 19 24
  2024 Paris Future event
  2028 Los Angeles
  2032 Brisbane
Total 9 12 10 31 57

Medals by Summer SportEdit

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
  Athletics 4 9 5 18
  Shooting 2 1 2 5
  Badminton 2 1 1 4
  Swimming 1 0 0 1
  Table tennis 0 1 0 1
  Archery 0 0 1 1
  Powerlifting 0 0 1 1
Total 9 12 10 31

MedalistsEdit

Medal Name/Team Games Sport Event
  Murlikant Petkar (India's first Paralympic gold medalist) [8]   1972 Heidelberg  Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle 3
  Bhimrao Kesarkar   /   1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York  Athletics Men's Javelin L6
  Joginder Singh Bedi  Athletics Men's Shot Put L6
  Joginder Singh Bedi  Athletics Men's Javelin L6
  Joginder Singh Bedi  Athletics Men's Discus Throw L6
  Devendra Jhajharia   2004 Athens  Athletics Men's Javelin F44/46
  Rajinder Singh Rahelu  Powerlifting Men's 56 kg
  Girisha Nagarajegowda   2012 London  Athletics Men's High Jump F42
  Mariyappan Thangavelu   2016 Rio de Janeiro  Athletics Men's High Jump F42
  Devendra Jhajharia  Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F46
  Deepa Malik  Athletics Women's Shot Put F53
  Varun Singh Bhati  Athletics Men's High Jump F42
  Avani Lekhara   2020 Tokyo   Shooting Women's 10m Air Rifle SH1
  Sumit Antil   Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F64
  Manish Narwal   Shooting Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
  Pramod Bhagat   Badminton Men's Singles SL3
  Krishna Nagar   Badminton Men's Singles SH6
  Bhavina Patel   Table Tennis Women's Singles C4
  Nishad Kumar   Athletics Men's High Jump T47
  Yogesh Kathuniya   Athletics Men's Discus Throw F56
  Devendra Jhajharia   Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F46
  Mariyappan Thangavelu   Athletics Men's High Jump T63
  Praveen Kumar   Athletics Men's High Jump T64
  Singhraj Adhana   Shooting Men's 50m Pistol SH1
  Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj   Badminton Men's Singles SL4
  Sundar Singh Gurjar   Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F46
  Singhraj Adhana   Shooting Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1
  Sharad Kumar   Athletics Men's High Jump T63
  Avani Lekhara   Shooting Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1
  Harvinder Singh   Archery Men's Individual Recurve Open
  Manoj Sarkar   Badminton Men's Singles SL3

Multiple MedalistsEdit

Athlete Games Sport   Gold   Silver   Bronze Total
Devendra Jhajharia   2004 Athens
  2016 Rio de Janeiro
  2020 Tokyo 		  Athletics 2 1 0 3
Mariyappan Thangavelu   2016 Rio de Janeiro
  2020 Tokyo 		  Athletics 1 1 0 2
Avani Lekhara (first Indian women to win Gold at Paralympics[9])   2020 Tokyo   Shooting 1 0 1 2
Joginder Singh Bedi   /   1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York   Athletics 0 1 2 3
Singhraj Adhana   2020 Tokyo   Shooting 0 1 1 2

2012 Games Village ControversyEdit

During the 2012 Summer Paralympics it was reported that coaches and escorts of the Indian Team were denied accommodation in the Games Village because their permits were being used by officials of the Paralympic Committee of India.[10] The Team's 10 athletes were to be assisted by six coaches and five escorts, but only two escorts were given passes; Paralympic Committee General Secretary Ratan Singh confirmed that he had brought his son, that the Committee president had brought his wife, and the treasurer had brought his wife and daughter.[11]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Template:IPC medals
  2. ↑ "Tokyo Paralympics: India finishes 24th with record 19 medals". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "The lesser-known Olympics". blogger. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  4. ↑ "Deepa Malik: First Indian woman to win Paralympics medal". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "India's Tokyo 2020 Paralympics medal winners". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Noida DM Suhas LY is World No. 3 para shuttler and Asian champion as well | Other Sports News | Zee News
  7. ↑ "Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Vinod Kumar loses bronze, declared ineligible in classification reassessment". espn.com. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "How a war hero won India's first Paralympics gold in 1972 | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  9. ↑ "Shooter Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian woman to win gold at Paralympics". The Hindu. September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Not provided with escort, alleges Paralympics athlete". thehindu.com. The Hindu. September 3, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ Kumar, Nandini (September 2, 2012). "Officials ditch special athletes at Paralympics". epaper.timesofindia.com. Mumbai Mirror, re-published online by e-paper. p. 22. Retrieved September 6, 2012.

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