India wins 19 medals at Tokyo Paralympics in its best ever performance

Sep 6, 2021 By: Vaamanaa Sethi Credit: Pixabay

For the first time in Paralympics history,...

...India has won 19 medals — 5 gold, 8 silver, and 6 bronze and finished at the 24th position. Credit: Pixabay

From 1968 to 2016, India had won a total 12 medals — 4 gold, silver and bronze each.

Here’s a list of Indian medalists at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics —

Air Rifle Shooting SH1

Avani Lekhara won gold medal in women’s 10 metre(m) | Avani Lekhara bagged bronze medal in women’s 50m| Singhraj Adhana grabbed a bronze medal in men’s 10m Credit: BCCL

Javelin Throw

Sumit Antil won gold medal in men’s F46 category | Devendra Jhajharia won silver medal in men’s F46 category | Sundar Singh Gurjar bagged bronze medal in men’s F46 category Credit: BCCL

Mixed Pistol Shooting SH1

Manish Narwal grabbed the gold medal in men’s P4 category | Singhraj Adhana bagged silver medal in men’s P4 category Credit: BCCL

Badminton Singles

Pramod Bhagat won gold medal in men’s SL3 category | Krishna Nagar bagged gold medal in men’s SH6 category | Suhas L Yathiraj won silver medal in men’s SL4 category | Manoj Sarkar grabbed bronze medal in men’s SL3 category Credit: BCCL

High Jump

Mariyappan Thangavelu bagged silver medal in men’s T63 category | Praveen Kumar won silver medal in men’s T64 category | Sharad Kumar grabbed bronze medal in men’s T63 category Credit: BCCL

Bhavinaben Patel bagged silver medal in women's singles Table Tennis Class 4

Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medal in men’s Discus Throw F56

Harvinder Singh grabbed bronze medal in men’s individual Recurve Archery

In the previous Paralympics, which happened in Rio de Janeiro,...

... 19 athletes from India had participated and won 4 medals. Credit: Paralympics

The next Summer Paralympics is scheduled for the year 2024 and will be hosted in Paris.

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