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[[India]] competed at the [[2021 Summer Deaflympics]] which was held in [[Caxias do Sul]], [[Brazil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=India at the 2022 Summer Deaflympics |url=https://www.deaflympics.com/games/2022-s/ind |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Deaflympics |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508103655/https://www.deaflympics.com/games/2022-s/ind |url-status=dead }}</ref> India sent a delegation consisting of 65 participants in 11 sporting disciplines such as shooting, badminton, athletics, golf, judo, karate, table tennis, tennis, taekwondo, wrestling for the event, which was the largest ever delegation sent by India in a single Summer Deaflympic event.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sixty-five Indian athletes to participate in Deaflympics |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/indian-deaflympics-contingent-brazil-send-off-ceremony/article38480143.ece |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Sportstar |date=26 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Judge |first=Shahid |title=Explainer: India at Deaflympics – here's what you need to know about the quadrennial event |url=https://scroll.in/field/1023014/explainer-india-at-deaflympics-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-quadrennial-event |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Scroll.in |date=May 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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This was the 14th time that India had participated at the [[Deaflympics|Summer Deaflympics]] since making its Deaflympic debut in 1965. The delegation included [[Rohit Bhaker]], who competed in his 7th Deaflympic event as the most experienced competitor for India at the multi-sport event. Golfer [[Diksha Dagar]] who competed at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] also returned to Deaflympics after appearing previously at the [[2017 Summer Deaflympics]].<br />
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India rank 9th in the event which includes Sports shooter [[Dhanush Srikanth]] won the first medal as well as first gold medal for India during the event as he clinched a gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event with a new deaf world record by registering a score of 247.5 points in the final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Results - Shooting 10m Air Rifle (Men) |url=https://www.deaflympics.com/games/2022-s/results/3420 |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Deaflympics |archive-date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515014252/https://www.deaflympics.com/games/2022-s/results/3420 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze at Deaflympics {{!}} More sports News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/dhanush-srikanth-wins-gold-shourya-saini-bags-bronze-at-deaflympics/articleshow/91335499.cms |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 4 May 2022|title=Srikanth earns shooting gold with world record score at Deaflympics |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122753/srikanth-shooting-gold-deaflympics |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Press Trust of India |title=Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze in Deaflympics |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/dhanush-srikanth-wins-gold-shourya-saini-bags-bronze-in-deaflympics/article38484915.ece |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Sportstar |date=5 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Medalists ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Name<br />
!Medal<br />
!Sport<br />
!Event<br />
|-<br />
|[[Jerlin Anika]]<br />
|{{gold medal|Gold}}<br />
|[[Badminton at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Badminton]]<br />
|Women Singles<br />
|-<br />
|Abhinav Sharma<br>[[Jerlin Anika]]<br />
|{{Gold medal}}<br />
|[[Badminton at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Badminton]]<br />
|Mixed Doubles<br />
|-<br />
|[[Rohit Bhaker]]<br>Mahesh<br />
|{{Gold medal}}<br />
|[[Badminton at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Badminton]]<br />
|Mixed Team<br />
|-<br />
|[[Diksha Dagar]]<br />
|{{Gold medal}}<br />
|[[Golf at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Golf]]<br />
|Women's Individual<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dhanush Srikanth]]<br />
|{{gold medal|Gold}}<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Shooting]]<br />
|Men's 10m air rifle<br />
|-<br />
|[[Abhinav Deshwal]]<br />
|{{gold medal|Gold}}<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Shooting]]<br />
|Men's 10m air pistol<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dhanush Srikanth]]<br />Priyesha Deshmukh<br />
|{{gold medal|Gold}}<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Shooting]]<br />
|Mixed rifle<br />
|-<br />
|Sumit Dahya<br />
|{{Gold medal}}<br />
|[[Wrestling at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Wrestling]]<br />
|Men's Freestyle (97 kg)<br />
|-<br />
|[[Prithvi Sekhar]]<br />Dhananjay Dubey<br />
|{{Silver medal}}<br />
|[[Tennis at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Tennis]]<br />
|Men's Doubles <br />
|-<br />
|Abhinav Sharma <br />
|{{Bronze medal}}<br />
|[[Badminton at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Badminton]]<br />
|Men's Singles<br />
|-<br />
|[[Vedika Sharma]]<br />
|{{bronze medal|Bronze}}<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Shooting]]<br />
|Women's 10m air pistol<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shourya Saini]]<br />
|{{bronze medal|Bronze}}<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Shooting]]<br />
|Men's 10m air rifle<br />
|-<br />
|[[Prithvi Sekhar]]<br />
|{{Bronze medal}}<br />
|[[Tennis at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Tennis]]<br />
|Men's Singles<br />
|-<br />
|[[Prithvi Sekhar]]<br />[[Jafreen Shaik]]<br />
|{{Bronze medal}}<br />
|[[Tennis at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Tennis]]<br />
|Mixed Doubles <br />
|-<br />
|[[Virender Singh (wrestler, born 1986)|Virender Singh]]<br />
|{{Bronze medal}}<br />
|[[Wrestling at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Wrestling]]<br />
|Men's Freestyle (74 kg)<br />
|-<br />
|Amit Krishan <br />
|{{Bronze medal}}<br />
|[[Wrestling at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Wrestling]]<br />
|Men's Freestyle (86 kg)<br />
|}<br />
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== Medal table ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Sport<br />
!{{Gold medal|Gold}}<br />
!{{Silver medal|Silver}}<br />
!{{Bronze medal|Bronze}}<br />
!Total<br />
|-<br />
|[[Badminton at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Badminton]]<br />
|3<br />
|0<br />
|1<br />
|'''4'''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Golf at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Golf]]<br />
|1<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|'''1'''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shooting at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Shooting]]<br />
|3<br />
|0<br />
|2<br />
|'''5'''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Tennis at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Tennis]]<br />
|0<br />
|1<br />
|2<br />
|'''3'''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Wrestling at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics|Wrestling]]<br />
|1<br />
|0<br />
|2<br />
|4<br />
|-<br />
|'''Total'''<br />
|'''8'''<br />
|'''1'''<br />
|'''7'''<br />
|'''16'''<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[India at the Deaflympics]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://www.deaflympics.com/countries/ind India at the Deaflympics]<br />
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