List of medal winners for India at Paris Paralympics 2024: The sixth day of the Paris Paralympics was great for India. Indian athletes won a total of 5 medals in high jump, javelin throw and 400-meter race. India has so far won a total of 21 medals (4 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze) in the Paris Paralympics 2024 and has surpassed the number of 19 medals in the Tokyo Paralympics. This is the first time in the history of the Paralympic Games that India has won 21 medals. In the final of the men's javelin throw F46 event, Ajit Singh won the silver medal with a personal best throw of 65.62 meters. Sundar Singh Gurjar won the bronze medal with a season's best throw of 64.96.
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Cuba's Varona Gonzalez won the gold of this event with a throw of 66.14 meters. With this, India achieved a double podium finish for the first time in athletics at the Paris Paralympics. However, soon after this, Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu gave India another chance to achieve a double podium finish in the high jump T63 event. Sharad Kumar won the silver medal with a jump of 1.88 meters and Mariyappan won the bronze medal with a jump of 1.85 meters. American French Ezra won the gold medal in this event with a jump of 1.94 meters.
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India's medal winners list at the Paris Paralympics 2024
- Avani Lekhara (Shooting)- Gold Medal, Women's 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
- Mona Agarwal (Shooting)- Bronze Medal, Women's 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
- Preeti Pal (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women's 100m Race (T35)
- Manish Narwal (Shooting)- Silver Medal, Men's 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
- Rubina Francis (Shooting)- Bronze Medal, Women's 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
- Preeti Pal (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women's 200m Race (T35)
- Nishad Kumar (Athletics)- Silver Medal, Men's High Jump (T47)
- Yogesh Kathuniya (Athletics)- Silver Medal, Men's Discus Throw (F56)
- Nitesh Kumar (Badminton)- Gold Medal, Men's Singles (SL3)
- Manisha Ramdas (Badminton)- Bronze Medal, Women's Singles (SU5)
- Thulasimathi Murugesan (Badminton)- Silver Medal, Women's Singles (SU5)
- Suhas L Yathiraj (Badminton)- Silver Medal, Men's Singles (SL4)
- Sheetal Devi-Rakesh Kumar (Archery)- Bronze Medal, Mixed Compound Open
- Sumit Antil (Athletics)- Gold Medal, Men's Javelin Throw (F 64 Category)
- Nitya Sri Sivan (Badminton)- Bronze Medal, Women's Singles (SH6)
- Deepthi Jeevanji (Athletics)- Bronze Medal, Women's (T20)
- Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics Men High jump)- Bronze medal, (T63)
- Sharad Kumar (Athletics Men's High Jump)- Silver medal, (T63)
- Ajeet Singh (Athletics Men's Javelin Throw)- Silver medal, (F46)
- Sundar Singh Gurjar (Athletics Men's Javelin Throw)- Bronze medal, (F46)
- Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (Athletics) – Silver Medal, Men's Shot Put (F46)
Also Read: India's performance in Paralympic history
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