India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

India at the
2024 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| IND
NPC| Paralympic Committee of India
Website| Paralympic India
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors| 84 in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)| Bhagyashree Jadhav
Sumit Antil
Flag bearers (closing)| Preethi Pal
Harvinder Singh
Medals
Ranked 18th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

India competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris from 28 August to 8 September 2024. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984. This was India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.

India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.

India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals. This marked India's highest ever medal tally in Paralympic Games surpassing the tally of 19 medals won in the 2020 Games.

## Background

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The Paralympic Committee of India was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee was established in 1989.[1][2] The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[3]

India had won 31 medals across Paralympic Games with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the 2020 Tokyo edition with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals.[4][5]

The Indian contingent for the 2024 Games consisted of 84 people across 12 sports.[6] Athletes Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers for the opening ceremony.[7] Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers of the closing ceremony.[8]

## Medal summary

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Main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table

India won 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals.[9] The Games marked India's highest ever medal tally at the Paralympics.[4] The medal haul included four instances of multiple podium finish in the same event.[9]

### Gold medalists

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Avani Lekhara won India's first gold medal in the women's 10 m air rifle event. This was Lekhara's second consecutive gold medal in the event and she became first Indian woman athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympics.[10] Kumar Nitesh won the country's second gold medal in the Games at the badminton events. He won the men's singles SL3 event, in which compatriot Pramod Bhagat had won the gold medal in the previous Games.[11] Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to win back-to-back gold medals in the same event after his victory in the men's javelin throw F64 event. He also set two Paralympic records in the process.[12] Harvinder Singh won India's first Paralympic gold medal in archery. This was his second medal after the bronze he won at the previous Games.[13] Dharambir Nain won India's fifth gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event.[14] Praveen Kumar won India's third athletics gold medal in the men's high jump T64 event.[15] Navdeep Singh, who had earlier finished second in the men's javelin throw F41 event, was awarded the gold medal after Iran's Sadegh Sayah was disqualified. Navdeep's throw of 47.32 meters also set a new Paralympic record.[16]

### Silver medalists

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Manish Narwal won India's first silver medal of the Games in the men's 10 m air pistol event, which was his second medal after his gold medal at the previous Games.[17] Nishad Kumar and Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals in the men's high jump T47 and the men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from Tokyo 2020.[18][19] Thulasimathi Murugesan won the only Indian silver medal at the women's badminton event.[20] Suhas Yathiraj won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the men's singles SL4 para-badminton event.[21] Ajeet Singh Yadav won the silver medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event.[22] Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the men's high jump T63 event.[23] Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the men's shot put F46 event.[24]

### Bronze medalists

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Mona Agarwal won India's first bronze medal at the Games in the women's 10 m air rifle event in which Lekhara won the gold medal.[9] Preethi Pal won India's first ever track medal in athletics by winning a bronze medal in the women's 100 m T35 event. Pal became the only Indian multi-medalist in the Games after she won her second bronze in the women's 200 m T35 event.[25] Rubina Francis won India's fourth shooting medal with a bronze in the women's 10 m air pistol event.[26] Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the compound archery event along with Rakesh Kumar.[27] Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events to take the Indian medal tally in the badminton events to five.[28]

Deepthi Jeevanji became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games after she won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m T20 race.[29] Sundar Singh Gurjar won a bronze medal in the men's javelin throw F46 event, which was his second medal after he finished third in the same event in the previous Games.[22] Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal for the third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the men's high jump event.[23] Kapil Parmar won a bronze medal in Judo, which was India's first Paralympic medal in the sport.[30] Hokato Hotozhe Sema won a bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 event and Simran Sharma won India's final bronze medal in the women's 200 metres T12 event.[31][32]

## Medalists

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Medalists [9] Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold  | Avani Lekhara | Shooting | Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 30 August
Gold  | Kumar Nitesh | Badminton | Men's singles SL3 | 2 September
Gold  | Sumit Antil | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F64
Gold  | Harvinder Singh | Archery | Individual recurve open | 4 September
Gold  | Dharambir Nain | Athletics | Club throw F51
Gold  | Praveen Kumar | High jump T64 | 6 September
Gold  | Navdeep Singh | Javelin throw F41 | 7 September
Silver  | Manish Narwal | Shooting | Men's P1 10 m air pistol SH1 | 30 August
Silver  | Nishad Kumar | Athletics |  Men's high jump T47 | 1 September
Silver  | Yogesh Kathuniya |  Men's discus throw F56 | 2 September
Silver  | Thulasimathi Murugesan | Badminton | Women's singles SU5
Silver  | Suhas Yathiraj | Men's singles SL4
Silver  | Ajeet Singh Yadav | Athletics | Javelin throw F46 | 3 September
Silver  | Sharad Kumar | High jump T63
Silver  | Sachin Khilari | Men's shot put F46 | 4 September
Silver  | Pranav Soorma | Club throw F51
Bronze  | Mona Agarwal | Shooting | Women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 30 August
Bronze  | Preethi Pal | Athletics | Women's 100 m T35
Bronze  | Rubina Francis | Shooting | Women's P2 10 metre air pistol SH1 | 31 August
Bronze  | Preethi Pal | Athletics | Women's 200 m T35 | 1 September
Bronze  | Manisha Ramadass | Badminton | Women's singles SU5 | 2 September
Bronze  | Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar | Archery | Mixed team compound
Bronze  | Nithya Sivan | Badminton | Women's singles SH6
Bronze  | Deepthi Jeevanji | Athletics | Women's 400 m T20 | 3 September
Bronze  | Mariyappan Thangavelu | Men's high jump T63
Bronze  | Sundar Singh Gurjar | Men's javelin throw F46
Bronze  | Kapil Parmar | Judo | Men's J1 -60 kg | 5 September
Bronze  | Hokato Hotozhe Sema | Athletics | Men's Shot put F57 | 6 September
Bronze  | Simran Sharma | Women's 200 m T12 | 7 September

### Summary

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Medals by sport  | Sport  |  |  |  | Total

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Athletics | 4  | 6  | 7  | 17
Badminton | 1  | 2  | 2  | 5
Shooting | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4
Archery | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
Judo | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total  | 7  | 9  | 13  | 29
Medals by day  | Day  | Date  |  |  |  | Total

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1  | 29 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
2  | 30 August  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4
3  | 31 August  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
4  | 1 September | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
5  | 2 September | 2  | 3  | 3  | 8
6  | 3 September | 0  | 2  | 3  | 5
7  | 4 September | 2  | 2  | 0  | 4
8  | 5 September | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
9  | 6 September | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
10  | 7 September | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
11  | 8 September | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Total  | 7  | 9  | 13  | 29
Medals by gender  | Gender  |  |  |  | Total

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Male  | 6  | 8  | 4  | 18
Female  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 10
Mixed  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total  | 7  | 9  | 13  | 29
Multiple medalists  Name  | Sport  |  |  |  | Total

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Preethi Pal | Athletics | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2

## Competitors

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The Indian contingent consisted of 84 athletes who took part in 74 medal events across 12 sports.[6]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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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

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Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India entered six athletes in compound and recurve events by their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships held in Plzeň, Czechia.[33]

Compound

The ranking round was held on 29 August 2024. In the men's ranking round, Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami finished fifth and fifteenth respectively. Sheetal Devi scored 703 points in the women's ranking round to finish second and Sarita Adhana was ranked ninth.[34] In the mixed team rankings, Kumar and Devi scored 1399 points to break the previous world record held by Kumar and Adhana.[35]

In the men's individual round, Shyam Sundar Swamy had an early exit after losing to Thailand's Comsan Singpirom in the round of 32. Rakesh Kumar won his round of 32 match easily, but his next two matches were decided on the basis of shoot-offs, with Kumar emerging victorious both times and securing his place in the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, Kumar faced Ai Xinliang of China, where Kumar suffered his first defeat by 143–145. He lost to China's He Zihao by a narrow margin of just one point in the bronze medal match and finished fourth in the category.[36]

Sheetal Devi got a bye in the round of 32. In the round of 16, she lost to 2020 Games silver medalist Mariana Zúñiga by just one point. Sarita Adhana won her first two matches by easy margins but lost the quarterfinal match against eventual gold medalist Öznur Cüre and finished sixth in the women's individual category.[37][38]

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking Round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals / BM

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Rakesh Kumar | Men's individual | 696  | 5  |  Drame (SEN)
W 136–131  |  Swagumilang (INA)
W 144–144 SO |  Tremblay (CAN)
W 144–144 SO |  Xinliang (CHN)
L 143–145  |  Zihao (CHN)
L 146–147  | 4
Shyam Sundar Swami | 688  | 15  |  Singpirom (THA)
L 138–138 SO | Did not advance  | 17
Sheetal Devi | Women's individual | 703  | 2  | Bye  |  Zúñiga (CHI)
L 137–138  | Did not advance  | 9
Sarita Adhana | 682  | 9  |  Jannaton (MAS)
W 138–124  |  Sarti (ITA)
W 141–135  |  Cüre (TUR)
L 140–145  | Did not advance  | 6
Sheetal Devi
Rakesh Kumar | Mixed team | 1399 WR | 1  | Bye  |  Ferelly /
Swagumilang (INA)
W 154–143  |  Hemmati /
Nori (IRI)
L 152–152 SO |  Bonacina /
Sarti (ITA)
W 156–155  |

Recurve
Athlete  | Event  | Ranking Round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Harvinder Singh | Men's individual | 637  | 9  |  Lung-hui (TPE)
W 7–3  |  Setiawan (INA)
W 6–2  |  Ramírez (COL)
W 6–2  |  Arab Ameri (IRI)
W 7–3  |  Ciszek (POL)
W 6–0  |
Pooja Jatyan | Women's individual | 585  | 7  | Bye  |  Şengül (TUR)
W 6–0  |  Chunyan (CHN)
L 4–6  | Did not advance
Harvinder Singh
Pooja Jatyan | Mixed team | 1222  | 5  | —  |  Kenton-Smith /
Jennings (AUS)
W 5–4  |  Ciszek /
Olszewska (POL)
W 6–0  |  Travisani /
Mijno (ITA)
L 2–6  |  Fabčič /
Lavrinc (SLO)
L 4–5  | 4

## Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Indian athletes achieved quota places based on their results at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, or through allocation quotas, provided they have met the minimum entry standard (MES) for the respective events. The athletics contingent consisted of 38 members including 10 women.[39][40]

Track events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Preethi Pal | Women's 100 m T35 | —  | 14.21 PB |
Women's 200 m T35 | 30.01 PB |
Simran Sharma | Women's 100 m T12 | 12.17  | 1 Q SB | 12.33  | 2 q | 12.31  | 4
Women's 200 m T12 | 25.41  | 1 Q | 25.03  | 1 Q | 24.75 PB |
Deepthi Jeevanji | Women's 400 m T20 | 55.45  | 1 Q | —  | 55.82  |
Rakshitha Raju | Women's 1500 m T11 | 5:29.92  | 4  | Did not advance
Dilip Gavit | Men's 400 m T47 | 49.54  | 3 Q SB | 49.99  | 8

Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only

Men's field events
Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Dharambir Nain | Club throw F51 | 34.92 AR |
Pranav Soorma | 34.59  |
Amit Kumar Saroha | 23.96  | 10
Yogesh Kathuniya | Discus throw F56 | 42.22 SB |
Sharad Kumar | High jump T63 | 1.88  |
Mariyappan Thangavelu | 1.85  |
Shailesh Kumar | 1.85  | 4
Nishad Kumar | High jump T47 | 2.04 SB |
Rampal Chahar | 1.95 PB | 7
Praveen Kumar | High jump T64 | 2.08
PB AR |
Navdeep Singh | Javelin throw F41 | 47.32
PR PB |
Ajeet Singh Yadav | Javelin throw F46 | 65.62  |
Rinku Hooda | 61.58  | 5
Sundar Singh Gurjar | 64.96  |
Dipesh Kumar | Javelin throw F54 | 26.11  | 7
Praveen Kumar | Javelin throw F57 | 42.12  | 8
Sandip Sargar | Javelin throw F64 | 58.03  | 7
Sandeep Chaudhary | 62.80  | 4
Sumit Antil | 70.59 PR |
Arvind Malik | Shot put F35 | 13.01 SB | 6
Manu Manu | Shot put F37 | 13.86  | 6
Ravi Rongali | Shot put F40 | 10.63 PB | 5
Sachin Khilari | Shot put F46 | 16.32 AR |
Mohd Yasser | 14.21  | 8
Rohit Kumar | 14.10  | 9
Hokato Hotozhe Sema | Shot put F57 | 14.65 PB |
Soman Rana | 14.07  | 5

Women's field events
Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Kanchan Lakhani | Discus throw F53 | 10.06 PB | 7
Sakshi Kasana | Discus throw F55 | 21.49  | 8
Karamjyoti Dalal  | 20.22  | 9
Bhavanaben Chaudhary | Javelin throw F46 | 39.70 PB | 5
Bhagyashree Jadhav | Shot put F34 | 7.28  | 5
Amisha Rawat | Shot put F46 | 9.25 PB | 14

Legend

* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round (next fastest)
* PR = Paralympic Record
* AR = Area (or continental) record
* NR = National record
* WR = World record
* SB = Season's best
* PB = Personal best

## Badminton

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Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India qualified ten para badminton players through the Badminton World Federation para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic rankings.[41]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Manoj Sarkar | Singles SL3 |  Nitesh (IND)
L (13–21, 21–18, 18–21)  |  Bunsun (THA)
L (19-21, 8-21)  |  Yang (CHN)
W (21–15, 21–11)  | 3  | —  | Did not advance
Kumar Nitesh |  Sarkar (IND)
W (21–13, 18–21, 21–18)  |  Yang (CHN)
W (21–5, 21–11)  |  Bunsun (THA)
W (21–13, 21–14)  | 1 Q |  Fujihara (JPN)
W (21–16, 21–12)  |  Bethell (GBR)
W (21–14, 18–21, 23–21)  |
Suhas Yathiraj | Singles SL4 |  Ramdani (INA)
W (21–7, 21–5)  |  Shin (KOR)
W (26–24, 21–14)  | —  | 1 Q | —  |  Kadam (IND)
W (21–17, 21–12)  |  Mazur (FRA)
L (9–21, 13–21)  |
Sukant Kadam |  Burhanuddin (MAS)
W (17–21, 21–15, 22–20)  |  Teamarrom (THA)
W (21–12, 21–12)  | 1 Q |  Yathiraj (IND)
L (17–21, 12–21)  |  Setiawan (INA)
L (17–21, 18–21)  | 4
Tarun Dhillon |  Oliveira (BRA)
W (21–17, 21–19)  |  Mazur (FRA)
L (7–21, 16–21)  | 2  | Did not advance
Krishna Nagar | Singles SH6 |  Krajewski (USA)
L (16–21, 18–21)  |  Meechai (THA)
L (20–22, 3–11r)  | —  | 3  | Did not advance
Sivarajan Solaimalai |  Subhan (INA)
L (15–21, 17–21)  |  Kai (HKG)
L (13–21, 21–18, 15–21)  |  Coombs (GBR)
L (12–21, 10–21)  | 4

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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 |  Bolaji (NGR)
L (8–21, 14–21)  |  Vinot (AUS)
W (21–23, 21–10, 21–17)  | 2 Q |  Bolaji (NGR)
L (8–21, 9–21)  | Did not advance
Palak Kohli | Singles SL4 |  Surreau (FRA)
W (21–12, 21–14)  |  Oktila (INA)
L (21–18, 5–21, 13–21)  | —  | 2 Q |  Sadiyah (INA)
L (19–21, 15–21)
Thulasimathi Murugesan | Singles SU5 |  de Marco (ITA)
W (21–9, 21–11)  |  Monteiro (POR)
W (21–12, 21–8)  | —  | 1 Q | Bye  |  Ramadass (IND)
W (23–21, 21–17)  |  Yang (CHN)
L (17–21, 10–21)  |
Manisha Ramadass |  Lefort (FRA)
W (8–21, 21–6, 21–19)  |  Yang (CHN)
L (15–21, 7–21)  | 2 Q |  Toyoda (JPN)
W (21–13, 21–16)  |  Murugesan (IND)
L (21–23, 17–21)  |  Rosengren (DEN)
W (21–12, 21–8)  |
Nithya Sivan | Singles SH6 |  Simon (USA)
W (21–7, 21–8)  |  Cai (TPE)
W (21–12, 21–19)  |  Lin (CHN)
L (20–22, 18–21)  | 2 Q |  Szmigiel (POL)
W (21–4, 21–7)  |  Lin (CHN)
L (13–21, 19–21)  |  Marlina (INA)
W (21–14, 21–6)  |

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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)
L (22–24, 19–21)  | 3  | Did not advance
Suhas Yathiraj
Palak Kohli |  Nitesh /
Murugesan (IND)
L (14–21, 17–21)  |  Mazur /
Noël (FRA)
L (15–21, 9–21)  |  Ramdani /
Oktila (INA)
L (11–21, 17–21)  | 4
Sivarajan Solaimalai
Nithya Sivan | Doubles SH6 |  Krajewski /
Simon (USA)
L (21–23, 11–21)  |  Meechai /
Saeyang (THA)
W (21–7, 21–17)  | —  | 1 Q |  Krajewski /
Simon (USA)
L (21–17, 14–21, 13–21)  |  Subhan /
Marlina (INA)
L (17–21, 12–21)  | 4

Legend: W = Win; L = Loss; Q = Qualified for the next phase

## Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India qualified two para-cyclists (one in each gender) based on the Union Cycliste Internationale rankings on 31 December 2022.[42][6]

Road
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Arshad Shaik | Men's road time trial C2 | 25:20.11  | 11
Men's road race C1-3 | -1 LAP  |
Jyoti Gaderiya | Women's road time trial C1–3 | 30:00.16  | 16
Women's road race C1-3 | -1 LAP  |

Track
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Arshad Shaik | Men's time trial C1-3 | 1:21.416  | 17  | Did not advance
Men's pursuit C2 | 4:20.949  | 9
Jyoti Gaderiya | Women's time trial C1-3 | 49.233  | 11
Women's pursuit C1-3 | 4:53.929  | 10

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India qualified for Judo for the first time after Kapil Parmar and Kokila Kaushiklate secured quota places based on the International Blind Sports Federation Judo Rankings.[6]

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Final / BM

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Opposition result  | Opposition result  | Opposition result  | Opposition result  | Opposition result  | Opposition result  | Rank
Kapil Parmar | Men's J1 -60 kg | Bye  |  Blanco (VEN)
W 10–0  |  Banitaba (IRI)
L 0–10  | —  |  de Oliveira (BRA)
W 10–0  |
Kokila Kaushiklate | Women's J2 -48 kg | —  |  Nauatbek (KAZ)
L 0–10  | Did not advance  |  Ivanytska (UKR)
L 0–10  | —  | Did not advance

## Paracanoeing

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Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India earned three quota places through the 2023 and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships conducted by the International Canoe Federation.[6]

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Yash Kumar | Men's KL1 | 1:03.28  | 6  | 1:02.03  | 5  | Did not advance
Pooja Ojha | Women's KL1 | 1:16.09  | 5  | 1:17.23  | 4
Prachi Yadav | Women's VL2 | 1:06.83  | 4  | 1:05.66  | 3 FA | 1:08:55  | 8

FB = Final B (non-medal) FA = Final A (medal)

## Powerlifting

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Main articles: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Two men (Paramjeet Kumar and Ashok Malik) and two women (Sakina Khatun and Kasthuri Rajamani) secured their Paralympic berths through the Paralympic Qualification rankings after having completed the mandatory requirements of competing in certain tournaments.[43][44]

Athlete  | Event  | Score  | Rank

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Paramjeet Kumar | Men's -49 kg | 150  | 8
Ashok Malik | Men's -65 kg | 199  | 6
Sakina Khatun | Women's -45 kg | 86  | 7
Kasthuri Rajamani | Women's -67 kg | 106  | 8

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

India qualified one boat in mixed double sculls through the 2024 Asian / Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta held in Chungju, South Korea.[45][6]

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Anita Anita
Narayana Konganapalle | PR3 mixed double sculls | 8:06.84  | 5 R | 7:54.33  | 3 FB | 8:16.96  | 8

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

## Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in the women's R2 10 m air rifle standing SH1 event to become the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win multiple gold medals.

India entered nine para shooters after achieving quota places through various qualifying events after they attained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) for the respective events by 15 July 2024.[46][47][48] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation from the International Paralympic Committee for the Games.[6]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Rudransh Khandelwal | P1 10 m air pistol SH1 | 561  | 9  | Did not advance
Manish Narwal | 566  | 5 Q | 234.9  |
Swaroop Unhalkar | R1 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 613.4  | 14  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Avani Lekhara | R2 10 m air rifle SH1 | 625.8  | 2 Q | 249.7 PR |
Mona Agarwal | 623.1  | 5 Q | 228.7  |
Avani Lekhara | R8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1159  | 7 Q | 420.6  | 5
Mona Agarwal | 1147  | 13  | Did not advance
Rubina Francis | P2 10 m air pistol SH1 | 556  | 6 Q | 211.1  |

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Avani Lekhara | R3 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 632.8  | 11  | Did not advance
Sidhartha Babu | 628.3  | 28
Sriharsha Davareddi | R4 10 m air rifle SH2 | 630.7  | 9
R5 10 m rifle prone SH2 | 630.2  | 26
Mona Agarwal | R6 50 m rifle Prone SH1 | 610.5  | 30
Sidhartha Babu | 615.8  | 22
Nihal Singh | P3 25 m pistol SH1 | 569  | 10
Amir Bhat | 568  | 11
Nihal Singh | P4 50 m pistol SH1 | 522  | 19
Rudransh Khandelwal | 517  | 22

Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase; PR = Paralympic Record

## Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India qualified one swimmer to compete at the games after Suyash Jadhav achieved the Minimum Qualification Standard (MQS) in the butterfly event.[49]

Men
Athlete  | Events  | Heats  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Suyash Jadhav | 50 m butterfly S7 | 33.47  | 10  | Did not advance

## Table tennis

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Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

India entered two athletes for the Paralympic Games. Sonalben Patel and Bhavina Patel qualified through the International Table Tennis Federation World Rankings.[6][50]

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Sonalben Patel | Women's individual C3 |  Mužinić (CRO)
L 1–3  | Did not advance
Bhavina Patel | Women's individual C4 |  Verdín (MEX)
W 3–0  |  Zhou (CHN)
L 1–3  | Did not advance
Sonalben Patel
Bhavina Patel | Women's doubles D10 | —  |  Jung /
Moon (KOR)
L 1–3

Legend: W = Won; L = Lost

## Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Aruna Tanwar qualified for the event following her win in the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[51]

Tanwar took an early exit from the competition after losing to her Turkish opponent, Nurcihan Ekinci in the Round of 16.[52]

Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final / BM

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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

Legend: L = Lost

## See also

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* India at the Paralympics
* India at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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* Algeria
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Americas|

* Argentina
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Asia|

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Europe|

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Oceania|

* Australia
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* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Other|

* Neutral Paralympic Athletes
* Refugee Paralympic Team

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