India achieved its highest medal count in the history of the competition with a total of 29 medals, consisting of seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals.
Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra extended his congratulations to the team for their performance at the Paris Paralympics.
The Indian team finished their remarkable Paris Paralympics journey with 29 medals in total, consisting of seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze medals, setting a new record for the country in the competition.
The latest campaign at the Paralympics in Tokyo 2020 has exceeded their previous best performance, earning a total of 19 medals with five gold, eight silver, and six bronze medals.
Neeraj, using his official X handle, expressed that the entire country is filled with pride for the Indian team that competed in the Paris Paralympics.
“What an incredible showing by #TeamIndia at the 2024 Paralympics.” Kudos to all competitors and the whole support team for their outstanding efforts, resulting in 29 medals won on the way back home! Neeraj expressed pride.
This record-breaking achievement also enabled India to surpass the milestone of 50 medals in the competition’s history. A total of 84 para-athletes, across 12 disciplines, represented the tricolor from August 28 to Sunday, a significant increase from the nine athletes in Tokyo 2020. The team joined in new sports at Paris: including para cycling, para rowing, and blind judo.
The country achieved multiple new milestones and achieved some unprecedented achievements at the Paralympic Games. Paralympic shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympic gold medals by successfully defending her women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 shooting title with a world record score of 249.7 points.
For the first time, the country achieved first and second place at a para-athletics competition, as Dharambir and Parnav Soorma won gold and silver in the men’s club throw F51 event. This marked one of India’s initial achievements in this particular sport. Dharambir also established an Asian record with a throw of 34.92 meters.
The first archery champion in both the Olympics and Paralympics was Harvinder Singh, who won gold in the individual recurve para-archery final against Lukasz Ciszek from Poland.
Moreover, javelin thrower Sumit Antil successfully retained his Paralympics title by claiming gold in the F64 event with a remarkable Paralympic record-breaking throw of 70.59 m, becoming the first Indian male to do so. He surpassed his Tokyo 2020 record three times, exceeding his own previous achievement.