Paris 2024 Paralympics: List of India’s individual Paralympic medallists

India’s first-ever medal in the history of the Games came in 1972 - in Heidelberg, West Germany - through Murlikant Petkar, who clinched the gold medal in the men’s 50-meter freestyle 3 category.

India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu will be looking to add a third medal to his cabinet when he takes part in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, | Photo Credit: REUTERS

The Paris 2024 Paralympics Games is set to begin on August 28 and run till September 8. This will be the first Paralympic Summer Games hosted by the French capital.

Improving on its 54 athletes at the Tokyo Paralympics, India will send its largest contingent for the Games with 84 athletes, with women making up 32 participants.

India’s first-ever medal in the history of the Paralympic Games came in 1972 - in Heidelberg, West Germany - through Murlikant Petkar, who clinched the gold medal in the men’s 50-meter freestyle 3 category.

Since then, India has gone on to win 30 more medals, including 19 medals at the Tokyo Paralympics which comprised—five gold, eight silver, and six bronze.

Take a look at the list of India’s individual Paralympic medallists over the years:

Heidelberg 1972

Murlikant Petkar - Gold - Men’s 50-meter freestyle 3

Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984

Bhimrao Kesarkar - Silver - Men’s javelin throw L6

Joginder Singh Bedi - Silver - Men’s javelin throw L6

Joginder Singh Bedi - Bronze - Men’s shot put L6

Joginder Singh Bedi - Bronze - Men’s discus throw L6

Athens 2004

Devendra Jhajharia - Gold - Men’s javelin throw F44/46

Rajinder Singh Rahelu - Bronze - Men’s 56kg powerlifting

London 2012

Girisha Nagarajegowda - Silver - Men’s high jump F42

Rio de Janeiro 2016

Mariyappan Thangavelu - Gold - Men’s high jump F42

Devendra Jhajharia - Gold - Men’s javelin throw F46

Deepa Malik - Silver - Women’s shot put F53

Varun Singh Bhati - Bronze - Men’s high jump F42

Tokyo 2020

Sumit Antil - Gold - Men’s javelin throw F64

Avani Lekhara - Gold - Women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1

Manish Narwal - Gold - Men’s 50m pistol SH1

Parmod Bhagat - Gold - Men’s singles badminton SL3

Krishna Nagar - Gold - Men’s singles badminton SH6

Bhavina Patel - Silver - Women’s singles table tennis Class 4 category

Nishad Kumar - Silver - Men’s high jump T47

Devendra Jhajharia - Silver - Men’s javelin throw F46

Yogesh Kathuniya - Silver - Men’s discus throw F56

Mariyappan Thangavelu - Silver - Men’s high jump T42

Praveen Kumar - Silver - Men’s high jump T64

Singhraj Adhana - Silver - Men’s 50m pistol SH1

Suhas Yathiraj - Silver - Men’s singles badminton SL4

Sundar Singh Gurjar - Bronze - Men’s javelin throw F46

Singhraj Adhana - Bronze - Men’s 10m air pistol shooting SH1

Sharad Kumar - Bronze - Men’s high jump T42

Avani Lekhara - Bronze - Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting SH1

Harvinder Singh - Bronze - Men’s individual recurve - open archery

Manoj Sarkar - Bronze - Men’s singles badminton SL3