At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, India clinched their most remarkable Paralympic performance in history, claiming a total of 29 medals, consisting of 7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze, securing an 18th-place finish. This accomplishment surpassed the previous record of 19 medals from Tokyo 2020 (5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze), and for the very first time, India concluded in the top 20.
Here’s a look at the 29 medal winners:
🥇medal medal winners:
1. Avani Lekhara, women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 (Shooting)
2. Nitesh Kumar, men’s singles SL3 category (Badminton)
3. Sumit Antil, men’s javelin throw F64 (Athletics)
4. Harvinder Singh, men’s individual recurve open (Archery)
5. Dharambir, men’s club throw F51 (Athletics)
6. Praveen Kumar, men’s high jump T64 (Athletics)
7. Navdeep, men’s javelin throw F41 (Athletics)
🥈 medal winners:
1. Manish Narwal, men’s 10m air pistol SH1 (Shooting)
2. Nishad Kumar, men’s high jump T47 (Athletics)
3. Yogesh Kathuniya, men’s discus throw F56 (Athletics)
4. Thulasimathi Murugesan, women’s singles SU5 (Badminton)
5. Suhas Yathiraj, men’s singles SL4 (Badminton)
6. Ajeet Singh, men’s javelin throw F46 (Athletics)
7. Sharad Kumar, men’s high jump T63
8. Sachin Khilari, men’s shot put F46 (Athletics)
9. Pranav Soorma, men’s club throw F51 (Athletics)
🥉 medal winners:
1. Mona Agarwal, women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 (Shooting)
2. Preeti Pal, women’s 100m T35 (Athletics)
3. Rubina Francis, women’s 10m air pistol SH1 (Shooting)
4. Preeti Pal, women’s 200m T35 (Athletics)
5. Manisha Ramadass, women’s singles SU5 (Athletics)
6. Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar, mixed team compound open (Archery)
7. Nithya Sre Sivan, women’s singles SH6 (Badminton)
8. Deepthi Jeevanji, women’s 400m T20 (Athletics)
9. Sundar Singh Gurjar, men’s javelin throw (Athletics)
10. Mariyappan Thangavelu, men’s high jump T63 category (Athletics)
11. Kapil Parmar, men’s 60kg J1 category (Judo)
12. Hokato Hotozhe Sema, men’s shot put F57 category (Athletics)
13. Simran Sharma, women’s 200m T12 (Athletics)
