Indian athletes outshone the “City of Light” at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, making history with a 29-medal haul—surpassing the nation’s previous best of 19 medals at Tokyo 2020. India clinched seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals, crossing the milestone of 50 medals in Paralympic history.
Among the shining performances was Avani Lekhara, who became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic gold medals, setting a world record in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1. Sumit Antil also defended his javelin title, breaking the Games record with a throw of 68.55m in the men’s javelin F64 event, cementing India’s impressive showing.
Here is the full list of Indian winners from the Paralympics 2024:
- Nishad Kumar won silver in the Men’s high jump T47.
- Preethi Pal earned bronze in the Women’s 200 m T35.
- Yogesh Kathuniya secured silver in the Men’s discus throw F56.
- Thulasimathi Murugesan won silver in the Women’s singles SU5 badminton.
- Suhas Yathiraj claimed silver in the Men’s singles SL4 badminton.
- Kumar Nitesh triumphed with gold in the Men’s singles SL3 badminton.
- Sumit Antil earned gold in the Men’s javelin throw F64.
- Manisha Ramadass won bronze in the Women’s singles SU5 badminton.
- Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar teamed up to secure bronze in the mixed team compound archery.
- Nithya Sivan earned bronze in the Women’s singles SH6 badminton.
- Ajeet Singh Yadav claimed silver in the Men’s javelin throw F46.
- Sharad Kumar won silver in the Men’s high jump T63.
- Deepthi Jeevanji earned bronze in the Women’s 400 m T20.
- Mariyappan Thangavelu secured bronze in the Men’s high jump T63.
- Sundar Singh Gurjar earned bronze in the Men’s javelin throw F46.
- Sachin Khilari won silver in the Men’s shot put F46.
- Pranav Soorma claimed silver in the club throw F51.
- Harvinder Singh triumphed with gold in individual recurve open archery.
- Dharambir Nain secured gold in the club throw F51.
- Kapil Parmar earned bronze in the Men’s J1 60 kg judo.
- Praveen Kumar claimed gold in the Men’s high jump T64.
- Hokato Hotozhe Sema won bronze in the Men’s shot put F57.
- Navdeep Singh secured gold in the Men’s javelin throw F41.
- Simran Sharma earned bronze in the Women’s 200 m T12.
- Manish Narwal claimed silver in the Men’s P1 10 m air pistol SH1.
- Avani Lekhara won gold in the Women’s R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1.
- Mona Agarwal won bronze in the Women’s R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1.
- Preethi Pal won bronze in the Women’s 100 m T35.
- Rubina Francis won bronze in the Women’s P2 10 metre air pistol SH1.
