India at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics

Sporting event delegation

India at the
2022 Deaflympics

IOC code| IND
NOC| All India Sports Council of the Deaf
Website| www.aiscd.org
in Caxias do Sul
Competitors| 65
Medals
Ranked 8th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer appearances

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India competed at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics which was held in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.[1] India sent a delegation consisting of 65 participants in 11 sporting disciplines such as shooting, badminton, athletics, golf, judo, karate, table tennis, tennis, taekwondo, wrestling for the event, which was the largest ever delegation sent by India in a single Summer Deaflympic event.[2][3]

This was the 14th time that India had participated at the Summer Deaflympics since making its Deaflympic debut in 1965. The delegation included Rohit Bhaker, who competed in his 7th Deaflympic event as the most experienced competitor for India at the multi-sport event. Golfer Diksha Dagar who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics also returned to Deaflympics after appearing previously at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.

India rank 9th in the event which includes Sports shooter Dhanush Srikanth won the first medal as well as first gold medal for India during the event as he clinched a gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event with a new deaf world record by registering a score of 247.5 points in the final.[4][5][6][7]

## Medalists

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Name  | Medal  | Sport  | Event

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Jerlin Anika |  Gold | Badminton | Women Singles
Abhinav Sharma
Jerlin Anika |  Gold | Badminton | Mixed Doubles
Rohit Bhaker
Mahesh  |  Gold | Badminton | Mixed Team
Diksha Dagar |  Gold | Golf | Women's Individual
Dhanush Srikanth |  Gold | Shooting | Men's 10m air rifle
Abhinav Deshwal |  Gold | Shooting | Men's 10m air pistol
Dhanush Srikanth
Priyesha Deshmukh  |  Gold | Shooting | Mixed rifle
Sumit Dahya  |  Gold | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle (97 kg)
Prithvi Sekhar
Dhananjay Dubey  |  Silver | Tennis | Men's Doubles
Abhinav Sharma  |  Bronze | Badminton | Men's Singles
Vedika Sharma |  Bronze | Shooting | Women's 10m air pistol
Shourya Saini |  Bronze | Shooting | Men's 10m air rifle
Prithvi Sekhar |  Bronze | Tennis | Men's Singles
Prithvi Sekhar
Jafreen Shaik |  Bronze | Tennis | Mixed Doubles
Virender Singh |  Bronze | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle (74 kg)
Amit Krishan  |  Bronze | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle (86 kg)

## Medal table

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Sport  |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total

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Badminton | 3  | 0  | 1  | 4
Golf | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Shooting | 3  | 0  | 2  | 5
Tennis | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3
Wrestling | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4
Total | 8 | 1 | 7 | 16

## References

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1. ^ "India at the 2022 Summer Deaflympics". Deaflympics. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
2. ^ "Sixty-five Indian athletes to participate in Deaflympics". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
3. ^ Judge, Shahid. "Explainer: India at Deaflympics – here's what you need to know about the quadrennial event". Scroll.in. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
4. ^ "Results - Shooting 10m Air Rifle (Men)". Deaflympics. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
5. ^ "Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze at Deaflympics | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
6. ^ "Srikanth earns shooting gold with world record score at Deaflympics". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
7. ^ "Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze in Deaflympics". Sportstar. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 8 May 2022.

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