Paris Paralympics 2024: Indian Paralympic medallists who will participate in the Games

Tokyo Paralympics 2020 was India’s best performance in the tournament’s history as it finished with 19 medals—five gold, eight silver, and six bronze - finishing 24th on the medal table.

India’s Avani Lekhara smiles after winning the Shooting Women’s 10m AR Standing SH1 Final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. | Photo Credit: AP

The Paris 2024 Paralympics is scheduled to take place in the French capital from August 28 to September 8.

India will be sending its biggest contingent ever in the history of the Games, with 84 athletes (52 men and 32 women), a vast improvement from the 54 that took part in the previous edition.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020 was India’s best performance in the tournament’s history as it finished with 19 medals—five gold, eight silver, and six bronze - finishing 24th on the medal table.

Here are the 14 para medallists from previous editions who will take part at the Paris Games.

Indian medallists who will participate at Paris Paralympics 2024

Gold medallist

Mariyappan Thangavelu (also won silver in Tokyo)

Avani Lekhara (also bronze medallist in Tokyo)

Sumit Antil

Manish Narwal

Krishna Nagar

Silver medallist

Bhavina Patel

Nishad Kumar

Yogesh Kathuniya

Suhas Yathiraj

Praveen Kumar

Bronze medallist

Sundar Singh Gurjar

Sharad Kumar

Harvinder Singh

Manoj Sarkar