India’s Performance at Para Olympics,Tokyo 2020
Indian para-athletes produced some stunning performances in Tokyo to give the country its best ever medal haul at the Paralympics.
India finished with a total of 19 medals with five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. This was the best-ever showing for India at the Paralympic Games, bettering its previous best of four medals at the 2016 Rio Games. India had won a total of 12 medals before the start of the Tokyo Paralympics but the tally swelled to 31 thanks to brilliance of the para-athletes in the Japanese capital.
Shooters Avani Lekhara, who won a gold and bronze, and Singhraj Adhana, who won a silver and bronze, were the top performers for India with two medals each.Sumit Antil, Manish Narwal, Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar finished at the top of the podium.
Gold Medal Winners:
Avani Lekhara, Women’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting Standing SHlSumit Antil, Men’s Javelin Throw F64Manish Narwal, P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1Pramod Bhagat, Badminton Men’s Singles SL3Krishna Nagar, Badminton Men’s Singles SH6
Silver Medal Winners:
Bhavinaben Patel, Women’s Singles Table Tennis – Class 4Nishad Kumar, Men’s High Jump T47Devendra Jhajharia, Men’s Javelin Throw F46Yogesh Kathuniya, Men’s Discus Throw F56Singhraj Adhana, P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1Mariyappan Thangavelu, Men’s High Jump T63Praveen Kumar, Men’s High Jump T64Suhas L. Yathiraj, Badminton Men’s Singles SL4