17th Paris Paralympics 2024

Event Details

Dates: 28 August - 8 September 2024

Organiser: International Paralympics Committee

Next Edition: 18th Paralympics in Los Angeles, USA, in 2028.

India's Performance

Total Medals: 29 (7 Gold, 9 Silver, 13 Bronze)

Record: Surpassed the previous record of 19 medals from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

India's Rank: 18th in the medal tally

Top Country:

China with 220 medals.

Indian Flag Bearers

Opening Ceremony: Sumit Antil & Bhagyashri Jadhav

Closing Ceremony: Harvinder Singh & Preethi Pal

Significant Achievements

• Navdeep Singh: Gold in Javelin F41 after Iranian disqualification.
• Harvinder Singh: First Indian archer to win gold at Paralympics.
• Preethi Pal: First Indian woman para-athlete to win two track & field medals (Bronze in 100m and 200m T35).
• Sumit Antil: Defended his gold in Javelin F64.
• Avani Lakhera: First Indian to defend her gold in SH1 Shooting (Tokyo & Paris).
• Mariyappan Thangavelu: First Indian para-athlete to win medals at 3 consecutive Paralympics (Gold in Rio 2016, Silver in Tokyo 2020, Bronze in Paris 2024).

Notable Medal Winners

Gold:

• Avani Lakhera (Shooting)
• Nitesh Kumar (Badminton)
• Sumit Antil (Athletics)
• Harvinder Singh (Archery)
• Dharambir (Athletics)
• Praveen Kumar (Athletics)
• Navdeep Singh (Athletics)

Silver:

• Manish Narwal (Shooting)
• Nishad Kumar (Athletics)
• Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics)
• Suhas Yathiraj (Badminton)
• Sharad Kumar (Athletics)
• Pranav Soorma (Athletics)

Bronze:

• Preethi Pal (Athletics)
• Rubina Francis (Shooting)
• Manisha Ramadass (Badminton)
• Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics)

Medal Distribution by Sport

• Athletics: 17 Medals (7 Gold, 6 Silver, 7 Bronze)
• Badminton: 5 Medals
• Shooting: 4 Medals
• Archery: 2 Medals
• Judo: 1 Medal

Global Medal Tally

Top 3 Countries:

• China: 220 Medals (94 Gold)
• Great Britain: 124 Medals (49 Gold)
• USA: 105 Medals (36 Gold)

Athletes from Rajasthan

• Avani Lakhera (Shooting)
• Krishna Nagar (Badminton player)
• Sandeep Chaudhary (Javelin thrower)
• Sundar Gurjar (Javelin thrower)
• Shyam Sundar Swami (Para archer)