India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

IPC code	IND
NPC	Paralympic Committee of India
Website	www.paralympic.org.in
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	84 in 12 sports
Flag bearers	Bhagyashree Jadhav Sumit Antil
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976–1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

India is competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This was the nation's 13th appearance at the Paralympic Games.

Background

Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984, though they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

India showed its best performance in 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning total of 19 medals including 5 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze, ranking 24th out of 78 countries that won at least 1 medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Avani Lekhara	Shooting	Women's R2 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	30 August
Silver	Manish Narwal	Shooting	Men's P1 10 metre air pistol SH1	30 August
Bronze	Mona Agarwal	Shooting	Women's R2 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	30 August
Bronze	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women's 100 m T35	30 August

Medals by sport
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Shooting	1	1	1	3
Athletics	0	0	1	1

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	29 August	0	0	0	0
2	30 August	1	1	2	4

Medals by gender
Total	1	1	2	4
Gender				Total
Male	0	1	0	1
Female	1	0	2	3

Competitors

There were 84 athletes who took part in the Paralympic medal events across 12 sports.

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

India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rakesh Kumar	Individual compound	696	5	Drame (SEN) W (136–131)	Swagumilang (INA)
Shyam Sundar Swami	Individual compound	688	15	Singpirom (THA) L (138–138)*	Did not advance
Harvinder Singh	Individual recurve	637	9	Tseng (TPE)

* Result by shootout: Closer to center wins

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sheetal Devi	Individual compound	703 WR	2	—	Zuniga (CHI)
Sarita Adhana	Individual compound	682	9	Jannaton (MAS) W (138–124)	Sarti (ITA)
Pooja Jatyan	Individual recurve	585	7	—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sheetal Devi Rakesh Kumar	Team compound	1399 WR	1	—
Harvinder Singh Pooja Jatyan	Team recurve	1222	5	Kenton-Smith / Jennings (AUS)

Athletics

Indian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES). The athletics contingent has 38 members including 10 women.^[2]^[3]

Key

Note: Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) record
NR = National record
WR = World record
SB = Season's best
N/A = Round not applicable
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Preethi Pal	Women's 100 m T35	—		14.21
Preethi Pal	Women's 200 m T35
Simran Sharma	Women's 200 m T12
Deepthi Jeevanji	Women's 400 m T20
Dilip Gavit	Men's 400 m T47
Rakshitha Raju	Women's 1500 m T11

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Dharambir Nain	Club throw F51
Pranav Soorma
Amit Kumar Saroha
Yogesh Kathuniya	Discus throw F56
Sharad Kumar	High jump T63
Maryiappan Thangavelu
Shailesh Kumar
Nishad Kumar	High jump T47
Rampal Chahar	High jump T47
Praveen Kumar	High jump T64
Navdeep Singh	Javelin throw F41
Ajeet Singh	Javelin throw F46
Rinku
Sundar Singh Gurjar
Dipesh Kumar	Javelin throw F54
Praveen Kumar	Javelin throw F57
Sandip Sanjay Sargar	Javelin throw F64
Sandeep Chaudhary
Sumit Antil
Arvind Malik	Shot put F35
Manu	Shot put F37	13.86 m	6
Rongali Ravi	Shot put F40
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari	Shot put F46
Mohd. Yasser
Rohit Kumar
Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Shot put F57
Soman Rana	Shot put F57

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Kanchan Lakhani	Discus Throw F53
Sakshi Kasana	Women's discus throw F55	21.49 m	8
Karamjyoti Dalal	Women's discus throw F55	20.22 m	9
Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary	Javelin Throw F46
Bhagyashree Jadhav	Shot put F34
Amisha Rawat	Shot put F46

Badminton

India has qualified ten para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Manoj Sarkar	Singles SL3	Kumar (IND) L (13–21, 21–18, 18–21)	Bunsun (THA) L (19-21, 8-21)	Jianyuan (CHN)	E	—	Did not advance
Kumar Nitesh	Singles SL3	Sarkar (IND) W (21–13, 18–21, 21–18)	Jianyuan (CHN) W (21–5, 21–11)	Bunsun (THA)	2 Q
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	Singles SL4	Ramdani (INA) W (21–7, 21–5)	Kyung-hwan (KOR) W (26–24, 21–14)	—	1 Q	—
Sukant Kadam		Burhanuddin (MAS) W (17–21, 21–15, 22–20)	Teamarrom (INA)
Tarun Dhillon		Olivera (BRA) W (21–17, 21–19)	Mazur (FRA)
Krishna Nagar	Singles SH6	Krajewski (USA)	Michai (THA)	—
Sivarajan Solaimalai	Singles SH6	Subhan (INA) L (15–21, 17–21)	Kai (HKG) L (13–21, 21–18, 15–21)	Coombs (GBR)

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Manasi Joshi	Singles SL3	Syakuroh (INA) L (21–16, 13–21, 18–21)	Kozyna (UKR) L (21–10, 15–21, 21–23)	—	3	Did not advance
Mandeep Kaur	Singles SL3	Bolaji (NGR) L (8–21, 14–21)	Vinot (AUS)
Palak Kohli	Singles SL4	Surreau (FRA) W (21–12, 21–14)	Oktila (INA) L (21–18, 5–21, 13–21)	—
Thulasimathi Murugesan	Singles SU5	de Marco (ITA) W (21–9, 21–11)	Monteiro (POR) W (21–12, 21–8)	—	1 Q	—
Manisha Ramadass	Singles SU5	Lefort (FRA) W (8–21, 21–6, 21–19)	Yang (CHN)
Nithya Sre Sivan	Singles SH6	Simon (USA) W (21–7, 21–8)	Yi-Lin (TPE) W (21–12, 21–19)	Shuangbao (CHN)

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kumar Nitesh Thulasimathi Murugesan	Doubles SL3–SU5	Yathiraj / Kohli (IND) W (21–14, 21–17)	Ramdani / Oktila (INA) L (15–21, 8–21)	Mazur / Noël (FRA)
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj Palak Kohli	Doubles SL3–SU5	Nitesh / Murugesan (IND) L (14–21, 17–21)	Mazur / Noël (FRA) L (15–21, 9–21)	Ramdani / Oktila (INA) (11–21)
Sivarajan Solaimalai Nithya Sre Sivan	Doubles SH6	Krajewski / Simon (USA) L (21–23, 11–21)	Meechai / Saeyang (THA)	—

W: Win | L: Loss | Q: Qualified | E: Eliminated

Cycling

India entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) by virtue of the 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation as at 31 December 2022.^[5]^[6]

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arshad Shaik	Men's time trial C2
Arshad Shaik	Men's road race C1-3
Jyoti Gaderiya	Women's time trial C1-3
Jyoti Gaderiya	Women's road race C1-3

Track

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arshad Shaik	Men's 1000 m time trial C1-3
Arshad Shaik	Men's 3000 m pursuit C2	4:20.949	9
Jyoti Gaderiya	Women's 500 m time trial C1-3
Jyoti Gaderiya	Women's 3000 m pursuit C1-3	4:53.929	10

Judo

India will make its debut in Blind Judo after Kapil Parmar and Kokila secured their places following the publication of the IBSA Paralympic Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kapil Parmar	Men's J1 -60 kg
Kokila Kaushiklate	Women's J2 -48 kg

Paracanoeing

India earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yash Kumar	Men's KL1
Pooja Ojha	Women's KL1
Prachi Yadav	Women's VL2

Powerlifting

Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik secured their Paralympic berths following the publication of the final Paralympic Qualification rankings. They have completed the mandatory requirements of the Qualification Pathway 2021–2024, which includes competing in the 2021 and 2023 World Championships, the 2022 regional championships, and at least two World Para Powerlifting World Cups, and are now ranked on the preliminary Paralympic ranking list. After some lifters decided to move to other categories, the rankings of Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani were updated, and both qualified for the games.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Paramjeet Kumar	Men's -49 kg
Ashok	Men's -65 kg
Sakina Khatun	Women's -45 kg
Kasthuri Rajamani	Women's -67 kg

Rowing

India qualified one boats in mixed double sculls classes, by winning the 2024 Asian/Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anita Narayana Konganapalle	PR3 mixed double sculls	8:06.84	5

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

Shooting

India entered nine para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.^[7]^[8]^[9] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation for the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rudransh Khandelwal	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	561	9	Did not advance
Manish Narwal	P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	566	5 Q	234.9
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar	R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Avani Lekhara	R2 - 10 m air rifle SH1	625.8	2 Q	249.7 PR
Mona Agarwal	R2 - 10 m air rifle SH1	623.1	5 Q	228.7
Avani Lekhara	R8 - Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
Mona Agarwal	R8 - Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1
Rubina Francis	P2 - 10 m air pistol SH1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Avani Lekhara	R3 - Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1
Sidhartha Babu	R3 - Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1
Sriharsha Ramakrishna Davareddi	R4 - 10 m air rifle SH2	630.7	9	Did not advance
Sriharsha Ramakrishna Davareddi	R5 - 50 m rifle prone SH2
Mona Agarwal	R6 - 50 m Rifle Prone SH1
Sidhartha Babu	R6 - 50 m Rifle Prone SH1
Nihal Singh	P3 - 25 m pistol SH1
Amir Ahmed Bhat	P3 - 25 m pistol SH1
Nihal Singh	P4 - 50 m pistol SH1
Rudransh Khandelwal	P4 - 50 m pistol SH1

Swimming

India qualified one swimmer to compete at the games, through the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) allocation slot.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Suyash Narayan Jadhav	50 m butterfly S7

Table tennis

India entered two athletes for the Paralympic games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking. Both the paddles also got an opportunity to participate in the Double event.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sonalben Patel	Women's individual C3
Bhavina Patel	Women's individual C4
Sonalben Patel Bhavina Patel	Women's doubles D10	—					South Korea (KOR) L 1–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

India entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Aruna Tanwar qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of her gold medal results in her class, through the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aruna Tanwar	Women's –47 kg	Ekinci (TUR) L 0–19	Did not advance

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