India achieved a historic milestone at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, securing 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze, surpassing their previous best of 19 medals at the Tokyo 2020 Games. This accomplishment also propelled India’s overall Paralympic medal tally beyond 50.
From August 28 to September 8, a record 84 Indian paralympians competed in 12 disciplines, more than the nine they participated in during Tokyo 2020. Indian athletes also made their debut in three new sports: para-cycling, para-rowing, and blind judo.
One of the standout performances came from Avani Lekhara, who became the first Indian woman to win two gold medals at the Paralympics. She not only defended her title in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 but also set a new world record.
Here is the full list of Indian medal winners at Paris 2024:
1. Avani Lekhara – Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) – Gold
2. Mona Agarwal – Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) – Bronze
3. Preethi Pal – Athletics (Women’s 100m T35) – Bronze
4. Manish Narwal – Shooting (Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) – Silver
5. Rubina Francis – Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) – Bronze
6. Preethi Pal – Athletics (Women’s 200m T35) – Bronze
7. Nishad Kumar – Athletics (Men’s High Jump T47) – Silver
8. Yogesh Kathuniya – Athletics (Men’s Discus Throw F56) – Silver
9. Nitesh Kumar – Badminton (Men’s Singles SL3) – Gold
10. Thulasimathi Murugesan – Badminton (Women’s Singles SU5) – Silver
11. Manisha Ramadass – Badminton (Women’s Singles SU5) – Bronze
12. Suhas Yathiraj – Badminton (Men’s Singles SL4) – Silver
13. Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi – Archery (Mixed Team Compound Open) – Bronze
14. Sumit Antil – Athletics (Javelin Throw F64) – Gold
15. Nithya Sre Sivan – Badminton (Women’s Singles SH6) – Bronze
16. Deepthi Jeevanji – Athletics (Women’s 400m T20) – Bronze
17. Mariyappan Thangavelu – Athletics (Men’s High Jump T63) – Bronze
18. Sharad Kumar – Athletics (Men’s High Jump T63) – Silver
19. Ajeet Singh – Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw F46) – Silver
20. Sundar Singh Gurjar – Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw F46) – Bronze
21. Sachin Khilari – Athletics (Men’s Shot Put F46) – Silver
22. Harvinder Singh – Archery (Men’s Individual Recurve Open) – Gold
23. Dharambir – Athletics (Men’s Club Throw F51) – Gold
24. Parnav Soorma – Athletics (Men’s Club Throw F51) – Silver
25. Kapil Parmar – Judo (Men’s -60kg J1) – Bronze
26. Praveen Kumar – Athletics (Men’s High Jump T64) – Gold
27. Hokato Hotozhe Sema – Athletics (Men’s Shot Put F57) – Bronze
28. Simran – Athletics (Women’s 200m T12) – Bronze
29. Navdeep Singh – Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw F41) – Gold
India’s para-archers delivered an exceptional performance, with Sheetal Devi making history as the first armless archer to win a medal at the Paralympics. She set a world record in the ranking round and went on to win a silver medal in individual competition. Alongside Rakesh Kumar, she also set a new world record in the compound mixed team event and won bronze, making her India’s youngest Paralympic medallist at just 17 years old.
In another notable achievement, Harvinder Singh became India’s first-ever Paralympic archery champion, cementing his name in the history books and contributing to India’s record-breaking success at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
