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{{Short description|Indian para athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox judoka
| image = Kapil Parmar in January 2025.jpg
| caption = Parmar in January 2025
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|23 June 2000}}
| birth_place = [[Sehore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India
| hometown = Sehore
| height =
| weight = 60 kg
| country = {{IND}}
| sport = [[Para judo]]
| disability =
| disability_class = [[Para judo#J1 / J2|J1]]
| weight_class = −60 kg
| highestranking = world no.1
| paralympics = [[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]] {{bronze3}}
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[para judo]]}} [[File:Judo pictogram (Paralympics).svg|25px]]
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Paralympic Games]]}}[[File:IPC logo (2019).svg|center|40px]]
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 60 kg J1|−60 kg J1]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IBSA World Games|World Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2023 Birmingham|−60 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Judo Championships|Commonwealth Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2019 Birmingham|−60 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|Grand Prix}}
{{Medal|Gold|2023 Alexandria|−60 kg}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Para Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2022 Asian Para Games|2022 Hangzhou]]|[[Judo at the 2022 Asian Para Games|−60 kg]]}}
}}

'''Kapil Parmar''' (born 23 June 2000)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/kapil-parmar_2498341 |title=PARMAR Kapil |work=[[Paris 2024 Paralympics]] |access-date=21 September 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024-paralimpicos/atleta/kapil-parmar_2498341 alternate link])</ref> is an Indian [[Para judo|para-judo]] player.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2023 |title=Para Asian Games: Kokila, Kapil capture silver, bronze in Judo |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/para-asian-games-kokila-kapil-capture-silver-bronze-in-judo20231023203729/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=aninews.in |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023151613/https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/para-asian-games-kokila-kapil-capture-silver-bronze-in-judo20231023203729/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He clinched the bronze medal at the [[2024 Paralympic Games|2024 Paralympics]] and made history by winning India's first [[Paralympic Games|Paralympic]] medal in judo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kavthale |first=Sumeet |date=5 September 2024 |title=Kapil Parmar wins historic Bronze in men's judo; India's medal tally at Paris Paralympics 2024 reach 25 |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/other/kapil-parmar-wins-historic-bronze-medal-in-men-s-judo-at-paris-paralympics-2024-2024-09-05-950647 |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=indiatvnews.com}}</ref> Parmar has also won gold at the [[Commonwealth Judo Championships|2019 Commonwealth Championships]], gold at the 2023 Grand Prix, bronze at the [[IBSA World Games|2023 World Games]] and silver at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/paris-paralympics-2024/news/kapil-parmar-wins-bronze-medal-paris-paralympics-2024-para-judo-men-60kg-j1-result-ippon-score/article68609905.ece/ |title=Paris 2024 Paralympics: Judoka Kapil Parmar wins bronze medal in men's -60kg J1 category |work=The Hindu|date=5 September 2024 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Parmar hails from [[Bhopal]] but trains under coach Munawar Anzar Ali Siddiqui at the Indian Para Judo Academy in [[Lucknow]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=28 August 2023 |title=Lucknow judoka gets bronze in IBSA Games |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/lucknow-judoka-gets-bronze-in-ibsa-games/articleshow/103117234.cms |access-date=21 January 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Career ==
Parmar won the silver medal at the [[Asian Para Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parkar |first=Ubaid |date=28 October 2023 |title=Asian Para Games 2023 medal tally: Indian winners - full list |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-para-games-2023-hangzhou-india-medal-winners-tally-table |url-status= |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=olympics.com}}</ref> In 2023, he won the gold at the IBSA Judo Grand Prix in [[Alexandria]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Figueiredo |first=Pedro |date=13 March 2023 |title=Judo: India made history in Egypt |url=https://ibsasport.org/judo-india-made-history-in-egypt/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=IBSA International Blind Sports Federation}}</ref> He then won the bronze medal at the IBSA World Games in [[Birmingham]], [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=11 October 2023 |title=Meet Para Judo player Kapil Parmar gold medallist |url=https://www.paralympicindia.org.in/meet-para-judo-player-kapil-parmar-gold-medallist |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=Paralympic Committee of India}}</ref> He also won the gold at the [[Commonwealth Games]] in Birmingham.<ref name=":1" /> At the [[2024 Paralympics|2024 Paris Paralympics]], he won the bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 September 2024 |title=Kapil Parmar scripts history, wins India's first-ever Paralympic medal in judo |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/paralympics/story/kapil-parmar-wins-india-first-ever-paralympic-medal-in-judo-2594520-2024-09-05 |access-date=5 September 2024 |website=India Today}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Paralympic medalists for India}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Paralympic medalists in judo]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]

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