Paris 2024 Paralympics: Indian Athletes Who Claimed Gold

The Paralympics team from India created history in Paris by winning a record-tying 29 medals, including 7 Gold Medal, 9 Silver Medal, and 13 Bronze Medal.

A record 84 Para-athletes from India competed in the Paris 2024 Paralympics held in the French capital between August 28 and September 8. India competed in twelve events, up from nine in Tokyo 2020. At Paris 2024, Indian Para-athletes competed in three new sports: blind judo, Para rowing and Para cycling.

The Paralympics Games in Paris in 2024 saw several outstanding performances from India.

Dharambir bagged the gold and Parnav Soorma the silver in the men's club throw F51 for a historic first-ever one-two finish for India in athletics. The winner also improved his Asian record to 34.92m. Later, Praveen Kumar won the T64 high jump title and recorded an Asian mark en route to earn India their sixth gold medal at the Paralympics—higher than the best so far.

Even in archery, records fell by the wayside. In the ranking round, armless archer Sheetal Devi briefly set a new world record before finishing second. But later, pairing up with Rakesh Kumar, she won the compound mixed team qualification with a world-record score. With Rakesh, Sheetal, just 17-year-old then, won bronze in the mixed team to become the youngest medallist from India ever.

India won 29 medals in total in five different sports, and with 17 medals, track and field events had the lion's share to prove the country's supremacy in athletic sports. In a competition dominated by China in almost all fronts, great performances from their athletes positioned India in the top 20 in the overall medal standing at the Paris Paralympics. A bulk of the contribution to India's stellar medal tally came from the triumph of its contingent in track and field events.

Medal Winners at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

No.	Athlete	Sport	Event	Medal
1	Avani Lekhara	Shooting	Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing	Gold
2	Mona Agarwal	Shooting	Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing	Bronze
3	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women’s 100m	Bronze
4	Manish Narwal	Shooting	Men’s 10m Air Pistol	Silver
5	Rubina Francis	Shooting	Women’s 10m Air Pistol	Bronze
6	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women’s 200m	Bronze
7	Nishad Kumar	Athletics	Men’s High Jump	Silver
8	Yogesh Kathuniya	Athletics	Men’s Discus Throw	Silver
9	Nitesh Kumar	Badminton	Men’s Singles	Gold
10	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Badminton	Women’s Singles	Silver
11	Manisha Ramadass	Badminton	Women’s Singles	Bronze
12	Suhas Yathiraj	Badminton	Men’s Singles	Silver
13	Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi	Archery	Mixed Team Compound Open	Bronze
14	Sumit Antil	Athletics	Javelin Throw	Gold
15	Nithya Sre Sivan	Badminton	Women’s Singles	Bronze
16	Deepthi Jeevanji	Athletics	Women’s 400m	Bronze
17	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Athletics	Men’s High Jump	Bronze
18	Sharad Kumar	Athletics	Men’s High Jump	Silver
19	Ajeet Singh	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw	Silver
20	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw	Bronze
21	Sachin Khilari	Athletics	Men’s Shot Put	Silver
22	Harvinder Singh	Archery	Men’s Individual Recurve Open	Gold
23	Dharambir	Athletics	Men’s Club Throw	Gold
24	Parnav Soorma	Athletics	Men’s Club Throw	Silver
25	Kapil Parmar	Judo	Men’s -60kg	Bronze
26	Praveen Kumar	Athletics	Men’s High Jump	Gold
27	Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Athletics	Men’s Shot Put	Bronze
28	Simran	Athletics	Women’s 200m	Bronze
29	Navdeep Singh	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw	Gold

Ace of the javelin Besides making history, Sumit Antil was also the first athlete from India who managed successfully to defend the title in the Paralympics. Sumit bagged gold in the men's javelin throw F64 with an astonishing throw of 70.59 meters and created a new Paralympics record. This tournament showcased his potential three times as Sumit managed to break his previous record created at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Harvinder Singh later became the first-ever Paralympics archery champion for India.

Paris 2024 Paralympics: India’s Medals Sorted by Sport

Look at the performance of the Indian contingent during the 2024 Paralympics Games in Paris, with an overall analysis of the medal results taken according to sport. The following, in quick summary, underlines the Indian Para success story in underlining the country's outstanding performance across various disciplines.

Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Shooting	1	1	2	4
Athletics	4	6	7	17
Badminton	1	2	2	5
Archery	1	0	1	2
Judo	0	0	1	1
Total	7	9	13	29

Champions of India Winners at Paris 2024 Paralympics:

Gold Medalists: India’s Champions at Paralympics 2024

No.	Athletes	Sports	Event	Category
1	Avani Lekhara	Shooting	Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing	SH1
2	Nitesh Kumar	Badminton	Men’s Singles	SL3
3	Sumit Antil	Athletics	Javelin Throw	F64
4	Harvinder Singh	Archery	Men’s Individual Recurve Open	-
5	Dharambir	Athletics	Men's Club Throw	F51
6	Praveen Kumar	Athletics	Men's High Jump	T64
7	Navdeep Singh	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	F41

Silver Medalists: India’s Champions at Paralympics 2024

No.	Athletes	Sports	Event	Category
1	Manish Narwal	Shooting	Men's 10m air pistol	SH1
2	Nishad Kumar	Athletics	Men's high jump	T47
3	Yogesh Kathuniya	Athletics	Men's discus throw	F56
4	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Badminton	Women's singles	SU5
5	Suhas Yathiraj	Badminton	Men's singles	SL4
6	Sharad Kumar	Athletics	Men's high jump	T6
7	Ajeet Singh	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	F46
8	Sachin Sarjerao Khilari	Athletics	Men's shot put	F46
9	Pranav Soorma	Athletics	Men's Club Throw	F51

Bronze Medalists: India’s Champions at Paralympics 2024

No.	Athletes	Sports	Event	Category
1	Mona Agarwal	Shooting	Women's 10m air rifle standing	SH1
2	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women's 100m	T35
3	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women's 200m	T35
4	Rubina Francis	Shooting	Women's 10m Air Pistol	SH1
5	Manisha Ramadass	Badminton	Women's singles	SUS
6	Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi	Athletics	Mixed team compound open	-
7	Nithya Sre Sivan	Badminton	Women's singles	SH6
8	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Athletics	Men's high jump	T6
9	Deepthi Jeevanji	Athletics	Women's 400m	T20
10	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	F46
11	Kapil Parmar	Men's 60 kg	Men's Judo	J1
12	Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Athletics	Men's shot put	F57
13	Simran	Athletics	Women's 200m	T12

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Medal Table and Highlights

Paris Paralympics Games 2024: Rank one was taken by the People's Republic of China followed by the United States of America in second place and Great Britain third. India ranked 18th, and had a good performance while having a large number of medals, showcasing quite a great deal of advancement and competitiveness.

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	People’s Republic of China	94	76	50	220
2	Great Britain	49	44	31	124
3	United State of America	36	42	27	105
4	Netherlands	27	17	12	56
5	Brazil	25	26	38	89
6	INDIA	7	9	13	29

Conclusion

At the Paris 2024 Paralympics, India achieved a landmark success by winning a total of 29 medals, comprising 7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze. The Indian athletes delivered exceptional performances, particularly in athletics, where they dominated with 17 medals. Notable highlights include Sumit Antil's gold in javelin throw, setting a new Paralympic record, and Harvinder Singh's historic gold in archery, marking India's first Paralympic archery title. India's impressive showing positioned them 18th overall in the medal tally, demonstrating significant progress and competitiveness on the global stage.