India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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India competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This was India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.

India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.

India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals. This marked India's highest ever medal tally in Paralympic Games surpassing the tally of 19 medals won in the 2020 Games.

Background

The Paralympic Committee of India was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee was established in 1989.[1][2] The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[3]

India had won 31 medals across Paralympic Games with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the 2020 Tokyo edition with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals.[4][5]

The Indian contingent for the 2024 Games consisted of 84 people across 12 sports.[6] Athletes Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers for the opening ceremony.[7] Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers of the closing ceremony.[8]

Medal summary

Template:Main India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals.[9] The Games marked India's highest ever medal tally at the Paralympics.[4] The medal haul included four instances of multiple podium finish in the same event.[9]

Gold medalists

Avani Lekhara won India's first gold medal in the women's 10 m air rifle event. This was Lekhara's second consecutive gold medal in the event and she became first Indian woman athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympics.[10] Kumar Nitesh won the country's second gold medal in the Games at the badminton events. He won the men's singles SL3 event, in which compatriot Pramod Bhagat had won the gold medal in the previous Games.[11] Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event after his victory in the men's javelin throw F64 event. He also set two Paralympic records in the process.[12] Harvinder Singh won India's first Paralympic gold medal in archery. This was his second medal after the bronze he won at the previous Games.[13] Dharambir Nain won India's fifth gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event.[14] Praveen Kumar won India's third athletics gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event.[15] Navdeep Singh, who had earlier finished second in the men's javelin throw F41 event, was awarded the gold medal after Iran's Sadegh Sayah was disqualified. Navdeep's throw of 47.32 meters also set a new Paralympic record.[16]

Silver medalists

Manish Narwal won India's first silver medal of the Games in the men's 10 m air pistol event, which was his second medal after his gold medal at the previous Games.[17] Nishad Kumar and Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals in the men's high jump T47 and the men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from Tokyo 2020.[18][19] Thulasimathi Murugesan won the only Indian silver medal at the women's badminton event.[20] Suhas Yathiraj won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the men's singles SL4 para-badminton event.[21] Ajeet Singh Yadav won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event.[22] Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the men's high jump T63 event.[23] Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the men's shot put F46 event.[24]

Bronze medalists

Mona Agarwal won India's first bronze medal at the Games in the women's 10 m air rifle event in which Lekhara won the gold medal.[9] Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event.[25] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event.[26] Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with Rakesh Kumar.[27] Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events to take the Indian medal tally in the badminton events to five.[28]

Deepthi Jeevanji became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games after she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m T20 race.[29] Sundar Singh Gurjar won a bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event, which was his second medal after he finished third in the same event in the previous Games.[22] Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal for the third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the men's high jump event.[23] Kapil Parmar won a bronze medal in Judo, which was India's first Paralympic medal in the sport.[30] Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event and Simran Sharma won India's final bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T12 event.[31][32]

Medalists

Medalists [9]
Medal Name Sport Event Date
Template:Gold1 Gold Avani Lekhara Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 30 August
Template:Gold1 Gold Kumar Nitesh Badminton Men's singles SL3 2 September
Template:Gold1 Gold Sumit Antil Athletics Men's javelin throw F64
Template:Gold1 Gold Harvinder Singh Archery Individual recurve open 4 September
Template:Gold1 Gold Dharambir Nain Athletics Club throw F51
Template:Gold1 Gold Praveen Kumar High jump T64 6 September
Template:Gold1 Gold Navdeep Singh Javelin throw F41 7 September
Template:Silver2 Silver Manish Narwal Shooting Men's P1 10 m air pistol SH1 30 August
Template:Silver2 Silver Nishad Kumar Athletics Men's high jump T47 1 September
Template:Silver2 Silver Yogesh Kathuniya Men's discus throw F56 2 September
Template:Silver2 Silver Thulasimathi Murugesan Badminton Women's singles SU5
Template:Silver2 Silver Suhas Yathiraj Men's singles SL4
Template:Silver2 Silver Ajeet Singh Yadav Athletics Javelin throw F46 3 September
Template:Silver2 Silver Sharad Kumar High jump T63
Template:Silver2 Silver Sachin Khilari Men's shot put F46 4 September
Template:Silver2 Silver Pranav Soorma Club throw F51
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Mona Agarwal Shooting Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 30 August
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Preethi Pal Athletics Women's 100 m T35
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Rubina Francis Shooting Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1 31 August
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Preethi Pal Athletics Women's 200 m T35 1 September
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Manisha Ramadass Badminton Women's singles SU5 2 September
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar 		Archery Mixed team compound
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Nithya Sivan Badminton Women's singles SH6
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Deepthi Jeevanji Athletics Women's 400 m T20 3 September
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's high jump T63
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Sundar Singh Gurjar Men's javelin throw F46
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Kapil Parmar Judo Men's J1 -60 kg 5 September
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Hokato Hotozhe Sema Athletics Men's Shot put F57 6 September
Template:Bronze3 Bronze Simran Sharma Women's 200 m T12 7 September

Summary

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Medals by sport
Sport Template:Gold1 Template:Silver2 Template:Bronze3 Total
Athletics 4 6 7 17
Badminton 1 2 2 5
Shooting 1 1 2 4
Archery 1 0 1 2
Judo 0 0 1 1
Total 7 9 13 29

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Medals by day
Day Date Template:Gold1 Template:Silver2 Template:Bronze3 Total
1 29 August 0 0 0 0
2 30 August 1 1 2 4
3 31 August 0 0 1 1
4 1 September 0 1 1 2
5 2 September 2 3 3 8
6 3 September 0 2 3 5
7 4 September 2 2 0 4
8 5 September 0 0 1 1
9 6 September 1 0 1 2
10 7 September 1 0 1 2
11 8 September 0 0 0 0
Total 7 9 13 29

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Medals by gender
Gender Template:Gold1 Template:Silver2 Template:Bronze3 Total
Male 6 8 4 18
Female 1 1 8 10
Mixed 0 0 1 1
Total 7 9 13 29
Multiple medalists
Name Sport Template:Gold1 Template:Silver2 Template:Bronze3 Total
Preethi Pal Athletics 0 0 2 2

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Competitors

The Indian contingent consisted of 84 athletes who took part in 74 medal events across 12 sports.[6]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 28 10 38
Badminton 7 6 13
Cycling 1 1 2
Judo 1 1 2
Paracanoeing 1 2 3
Powerlifting 2 2 4
Rowing 1 1 2
Shooting 7 3 10
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 0 2 2
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Total 52 32 84

Archery

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India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships held in Plzeň, Czechia.[33]

Compound

The ranking round was held on 29 August 2024. In the men's ranking round, Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami finished fifth and fifteenth respectively. Sheetal Devi scored 703 points in the women's ranking round to finish second and Sarita Adhana was ranked ninth.[34] In the mixed team rankings, Kumar and Devi scored 1399 points to break the previous world record held by Kumar and Adhana.[35]

In the men's individual round, Shyam Sundar Swamy had an early exit after losing to Thailand's Comsan Singpirom in the round of 32. Rakesh Kumar won his round of 32 match easily, but his next two matches were decided on the basis of shoot-offs, with Kumar emerging victorious both times and securing his place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Kumar faced Ai Xinliang of China, where Kumar suffered his first defeat by 143–145. He lost to China's He Zihao by a narrow margin of just one point in the bronze medal match and finished fourth in the category.[36]

Sheetal Devi got a bye in the round of 32. In the round of 16, she lost to 2020 Games silver medalist Mariana Zúñiga by just one point. Sarita Adhana won her first two matches by easy margins but lost the quarterfinal match against eventual gold medalist Öznur Cüre and finished sixth in the women's individual category.[37][38]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rakesh Kumar Men's individual 696 5 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 136–131 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 144–144 Template:Abbr 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 144–144 Template:Abbr 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 143–145 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 146–147 		4
Shyam Sundar Swami 688 15 Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 138–138 Template:Abbr 		colspan="4" Template:N/a 17
Sheetal Devi Women's individual 703 2 Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 137–138 		colspan=3 Template:N/a 9
Sarita Adhana 682 9 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 138–124 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 141–135 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 140–145 		colspan=2 Template:N/a 6
Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar 		Mixed team 1399 Template:Abbr 1 colspan=2 Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 154–143 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 152–152 Template:Abbr 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 156–155 		Template:Bronze3
Recurve
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Harvinder Singh Men's individual 637 9 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 7–3 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 6–2 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 6–2 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 7–3 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 6–0 		Template:Gold1
Pooja Jatyan Women's individual 585 7 Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 6–0 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 4–6 		colspan=3 Template:N/a
Harvinder Singh
Pooja Jatyan 		Mixed team 1222 5 Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 5–4 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 6–0 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 2–6 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 4–5 		4

Athletics

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Indian athletes achieved quota places based on their results at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, or through allocation quotas, provided they have met the minimum entry standard (MES) for the respective events. The athletics contingent consisted of 38 members including 10 women.[39][40]

Track events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Preethi Pal Women's 100 m T35 rowspan=2 colspan=4 Template:N/a 14.21 Template:AthAbbr Template:Bronze3
Women's 200 m T35 30.01 Template:AthAbbr Template:Bronze3
Simran Sharma Women's 100 m T12 12.17 1 Q Template:AthAbbr 12.33 2 q 12.31 4
Women's 200 m T12 25.41 1 Q 25.03 1 Q 24.75 Template:AthAbbr Template:Bronze3
Deepthi Jeevanji Women's 400 m T20 55.45 1 Q colspan=2 rowspan=3 Template:N/a 55.82 Template:Bronze3
Rakshitha Raju Women's 1500 m T11 5:29.92 4 colspan=2 Template:N/a
Dilip Gavit Men's 400 m T47 49.54 3 Q Template:AthAbbr 49.99 8

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Men's field events
Athlete Event Result Rank
Dharambir Nain Club throw F51 34.92 Template:AthAbbr Template:Gold1
Pranav Soorma 34.59 Template:Silver2
Amit Kumar Saroha 23.96 10
Yogesh Kathuniya Discus throw F56 42.22 Template:AthAbbr Template:Silver2
Sharad Kumar High jump T63 1.88 Template:Silver2
Mariyappan Thangavelu 1.85 Template:Bronze3
Shailesh Kumar 1.85 4
Nishad Kumar High jump T47 2.04 Template:AthAbbr Template:Silver2
Rampal Chahar 1.95 Template:AthAbbr 7
Praveen Kumar High jump T64 2.08
Template:AthAbbr Template:AthAbbr 		Template:Gold1
Navdeep Singh Javelin throw F41 47.32
Template:AthAbbr Template:AthAbbr 		Template:Gold1
Ajeet Singh Yadav Javelin throw F46 65.62 Template:Silver2
Rinku Hooda 61.58 5
Sundar Singh Gurjar 64.96 Template:Bronze3
Dipesh Kumar Javelin throw F54 26.11 7
Praveen Kumar Javelin throw F57 42.12 8
Sandip Sargar Javelin throw F64 58.03 7
Sandeep Chaudhary 62.80 4
Sumit Antil 70.59 Template:AthAbbr Template:Gold1
Arvind Malik Shot put F35 13.01 Template:AthAbbr 6
Manu Manu Shot put F37 13.86 6
Ravi Rongali Shot put F40 10.63 Template:AthAbbr 5
Sachin Khilari Shot put F46 16.32 Template:AthAbbr Template:Silver2
Mohd Yasser 14.21 8
Rohit Kumar 14.10 9
Hokato Hotozhe Sema Shot put F57 14.65 Template:AthAbbr Template:Bronze3
Soman Rana 14.07 5
Women's field events
Athlete Event Result Rank
Kanchan Lakhani Discus throw F53 10.06 Template:AthAbbr 7
Sakshi Kasana Discus throw F55 21.49 8
Karamjyoti Dalal 20.22 9
Bhavanaben Chaudhary Javelin throw F46 39.70 Template:AthAbbr 5
Bhagyashree Jadhav Shot put F34 7.28 5
Amisha Rawat Shot put F46 9.25 Template:AthAbbr 14

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Badminton

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India qualified ten para badminton players through the Badminton World Federation para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic rankings.[41]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / Template:Abbr
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition Score Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Manoj Sarkar Singles SL3 Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (13–21, 21–18, 18–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (19-21, 8-21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–15, 21–11) 		3 rowspan=2 Template:N/a colspan=3 Template:N/a
Kumar Nitesh Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–13, 18–21, 21–18) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–5, 21–11) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–13, 21–14) 		1 Q Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–16, 21–12) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–14, 18–21, 23–21) 		Template:Gold1
Suhas Yathiraj Singles SL4 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–7, 21–5) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (26–24, 21–14) 		rowspan=3 Template:N/a 1 Q rowspan=3 Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–17, 21–12) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (9–21, 13–21) 		Template:Silver2
Sukant Kadam Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (17–21, 21–15, 22–20) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–12, 21–12) 		1 Q Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (17–21, 12–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (17–21, 18–21) 		4
Tarun Dhillon Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–17, 21–19) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (7–21, 16–21) 		2 colspan=3 Template:N/a
Krishna Nagar Singles SH6 Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (16–21, 18–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (20–22, 3–11r) 		Template:N/a 3 colspan=4 rowspan =2 Template:N/a
Sivarajan Solaimalai Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (15–21, 17–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (13–21, 21–18, 15–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (12–21, 10–21) 		4
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / Template:Abbr
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition Score Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Manasi Joshi Singles SL3 Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (21–16, 13–21, 18–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (21–10, 15–21, 21–23) 		rowspan=2Template:N/a 3 colspan="4"Template:N/a
Mandeep Kaur Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (8–21, 14–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–23, 21–10, 21–17) 		2 Q Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (8–21, 9–21) 		rowspan=2 colspan="3" Template:N/a
Palak Kohli Singles SL4 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–12, 21–14) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (21–18, 5–21, 13–21) 		Template:N/a 2 Q Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (19–21, 15–21)
Thulasimathi Murugesan Singles SU5 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–9, 21–11) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–12, 21–8) 		rowspan=2Template:N/a 1 Q Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (23–21, 21–17) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (17–21, 10–21) 		Template:Silver2
Manisha Ramadass Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (8–21, 21–6, 21–19) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (15–21, 7–21) 		2 Q Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–13, 21–16) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (21–23, 17–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–12, 21–8) 		Template:Bronze3
Nithya Sivan Singles SH6 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–7, 21–8) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–12, 21–19) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (20–22, 18–21) 		2 Q Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–4, 21–7) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (13–21, 19–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–14, 21–6) 		Template:Bronze3
Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / Template:Abbr
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kumar Nitesh
Thulasimathi Murugesan 		Doubles SL3–SU5 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–14, 21–17) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (15–21, 8–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (22–24, 19–21) 		3 colspan=3 rowspan=2 Template:N/a
Suhas Yathiraj
Palak Kohli 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (14–21, 17–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (15–21, 9–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (11–21, 17–21) 		4
Sivarajan Solaimalai
Nithya Sivan 		Doubles SH6 Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (21–23, 11–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
W (21–7, 21–17) 		Template:N/A 1 Q Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (21–17, 14–21, 13–21) 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L (17–21, 12–21) 		4

Legend: W = Win; L = Loss; Q = Qualified for the next phase

Cycling

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India qualified two para-cyclists (one in each gender) based on the Union Cycliste Internationale rankings on 31 December 2022.[42][6]

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Arshad Shaik Men's road time trial C2 25:20.11 11
Men's road race C1-3 -1 LAP
Jyoti Gaderiya Women's road time trial C1–3 30:00.16 16
Women's road race C1-3 -1 LAP
Track
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Arshad Shaik Men's time trial C1-3 1:21.416 17 colspan=2 rowspan=4 Template:N/a
Men's pursuit C2 4:20.949 9
Jyoti Gaderiya Women's time trial C1-3 49.233 11
Women's pursuit C1-3 4:53.929 10

Judo

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India qualified for Judo for the first time after Kapil Parmar and Kokila Kaushiklate secured quota places based on the International Blind Sports Federation Judo Rankings.[6]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / Template:Abbr
Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Opposition result Rank
Kapil Parmar Men's J1 -60 kg Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 10–0 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 0–10 		colspan=2Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 10–0 		Template:Bronze3
Kokila Kaushiklate Women's J2 -48 kg Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 0–10 		Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 0–10 		Template:N/a colspan=2 Template:N/a

Paracanoeing

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India earned three quota places through the 2023 and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships conducted by the International Canoe Federation.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yash Kumar Men's KL1 1:03.28 6 1:02.03 5 colspan=2 rowspan=2 Template:N/a
Pooja Ojha Women's KL1 1:16.09 5 1:17.23 4
Prachi Yadav Women's VL2 1:06.83 4 1:05.66 3 FA 1:08:55 8

FB = Final B (non-medal) FA = Final A (medal)

Powerlifting

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Two men (Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik) and two women (Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani) secured their Paralympic berths through the Paralympic Qualification rankings after having completed the mandatory requirements of competing in certain tournaments.[43][44]

Athlete Event Score Rank
Paramjeet Kumar Men's -49 kg 150 8
Ashok Malik Men's -65 kg 199 6
Sakina Khatun Women's -45 kg 86 7
Kasthuri Rajamani Women's -67 kg 106 8

Rowing

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India qualified one boat in mixed double sculls through the 2024 Asian / Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta held in Chungju, South Korea.[45][6]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anita Anita
Narayana Konganapalle 		PR3 mixed double sculls 8:06.84 5 R 7:54.33 3 FB 8:16.96 8

Legend: R = Repechage; FB = Final B (non-medal)

Shooting

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Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in the women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event to become the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win multiple gold medals.

India entered nine para shooters after achieving quota places through various qualifying events after they attained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) for the respective events by 15 July 2024.[46][47][48] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation from the International Paralympic Committee for the Games.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rudransh Khandelwal P1 10 m air pistol SH1 561 9 colspan=2 Template:N/a
Manish Narwal 566 5 Q 234.9 Template:Silver2
Swaroop Unhalkar R1 10 m air rifle standing SH1 613.4 14 colspan=2 Template:N/a
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Avani Lekhara R2 10 m air rifle SH1 625.8 2 Q 249.7 Template:Tooltip Template:Gold1
Mona Agarwal 623.1 5 Q 228.7 Template:Bronze3
Avani Lekhara R8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 1159 7 Q 420.6 5
Mona Agarwal 1147 13 colspan=2 Template:N/a
Rubina Francis P2 10 m air pistol SH1 556 6 Q 211.1 Template:Bronze3
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Avani Lekhara R3 10 m air rifle prone SH1 632.8 11 rowspan=10 colspan=2 Template:N/a
Sidhartha Babu 628.3 28
Sriharsha Davareddi R4 10 m air rifle SH2 630.7 9
R5 10 m rifle prone SH2 630.2 26
Mona Agarwal R6 50 m rifle Prone SH1 610.5 30
Sidhartha Babu 615.8 22
Nihal Singh P3 25 m pistol SH1 569 10
Amir Bhat 568 11
Nihal Singh P4 50 m pistol SH1 522 19
Rudransh Khandelwal 517 22

Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase; PR = Paralympic Record

Swimming

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India qualified one swimmer to compete at the games after Suyash Jadhav achieved the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) in the butterfly event.[49]

Men
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Suyash Jadhav 50 m butterfly S7 33.47 10 colspan="2" Template:N/a

Table tennis

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India entered two athletes for the Paralympic Games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified through the International Table Tennis Federation World Rankings.[6][50]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / Template:Abbr
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sonalben Patel Women's individual C3 Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 1–3 		colspan="4" Template:N/a
Bhavina Patel Women's individual C4 Template:FlagIPCathlete
W 3–0 		Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 1–3 		colspan="4" rowspan="2"Template:N/a
Sonalben Patel
Bhavina Patel 		Women's doubles D10 Template:N/a Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 1–3

Legend: W = Won; L = Lost

Taekwondo

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Aruna Tanwar qualified for the event following her win in the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[51]

Tanwar took an early exit from the competition after losing to her Turkish opponent, Nurcihan Ekinci in the Round of 16.[52]

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / Template:Abbr
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Aruna Tanwar Women's –47 kg Template:FlagIPCathlete
L 0–19 		colspan=5 Template:N/a

Legend: L = Lost

See also

References

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