India secures record 19 medals at Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020
- India finished their campaign at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 with an all-time high 19 medals which includes five gold, eight silver, and six bronze. This is the best medal tally for India at single edition of the Paralympic Games.
- India is placed at 24th position in the overall medal tally out of a total of 162 nations.
Flag Bearers
- Javelin thrower Tek Chand was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics.
- Shooter Avani Lekhara was India’s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony
Other key Takeaways from Tokyo Paralympics
- Tokyo Paralympics was the 16th Summer Paralympic Games, held in Tokyo, Japan from August 24, to September 05, 2021
- Badminton and Taekwondo were inducted for the first time in Tokyo Paralympics.
- Team China topped the final medal tally at Tokyo Paralympic Games. The country won a total of 207 medals (96 golds, 60 silvers and 51 bronzes).
- This is the fifth consecutive time China dominated Paralympic Games in both gold medal tally and overall medal tally.
India at Paralympics 2020
- India sent its biggest ever contingent of 54 para-athletes at Tokyo Paralympics to compete across as many as 9 sporting disciplines at the Games.
- Prior to this, India had won a total of 12 Paralympics medals, since making its first appearance at the Paralympics in 1968, till the 2016 Rio. This included:
- 1972 Heidelberg – 1
- 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York – 4
- 2004 Athens – 2
- 2012 London – 1
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro – 4
List of Medal Winners of Tokyo Paralympics 2020
| Name | Sport | Event | Medal | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumit Antil | Athletics | Men’s Javelin Throw – F64 | GOLD | Sport Class: F64 |
| Pramod Bhagat | Badminton | Men’s Singles SL3 | GOLD | Sport Class: SL3 |
| Krishna Nagar | Badminton | Men’s Singles SH6 | GOLD | Sports Class: SH6 |
| Manish Narwal | Shooting | P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 | GOLD | Sport Class: SH1 |
| Avani Lekhara | Shooting | R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 | GOLD | Sport Class: SH1 |
| Yogesh Kathuniya | Athletics | Men’s Discus Throw – F56 | SILVER | Sport Class: F56 |
| Nishad Kumar | Athletics | Men’s High Jump – T47 | SILVER | Sport Class: T47 |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | Athletics | Men’s High Jump – T63 | SILVER | Sport Class: T42 |
| Praveen Kumar | Athletics | Men’s High Jump – T64 | SILVER | Sport Class: T44 |
| Devendra Jhajharia | Athletics | Men’s Javelin Throw – F46 | SILVER | Sport Class: F46 |
| Suhas Yathiraj | Badminton | Men’s Singles SL4 | SILVER | Sport Class: SL4 |
| Singhraj Adhana | Shooting | P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 | SILVER | Sport Class: SH1 |
| Bhavina Patel | Table Tennis | Women’s Singles – Class 4 | SILVER | Sport Class: 4 |
| Harvinder Singh | Archery | Men’s Individual Recurve – Open | BRONZE | Sport Class: ST |
| Sharad Kumar | Athletics | Men’s High Jump – T63 | BRONZE | Sport Class: T42 |
| Sundar Singh Gurjar | Athletics | Men’s Javelin Throw – F46 | BRONZE | Sport Class: F46 |
| Manoj Sarkar | Badminton | Men’s Singles SL3 | BRONZE | Sport Class: SL3 |
| Singhraj Adhana | Shooting | P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 | BRONZE | Sport Class: SH1 |
| Avani Lekhara | Shooting | R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 | BRONZE | Sport Class: SH1 |