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India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

India competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. India made its official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics and has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984.

India at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIND
NPCParalympic Committee of India
Websitewww.paralympic.org.in
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors54 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Tek Chand
Flag bearer (closing)Avani Lekhara
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
6
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

India sent a contingent consisting of 54 athletes competing across nine sports in the Games. Athlete Tek Chand was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony and shooter Avani Lekhara carried the flag during the closing ceremony.

This was India's most successful Paralympic campaign at the time with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals. Before this edition, India had won a combined total of 12 medals across all previous Paralympics combined.

Background

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The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was established in 1989.[1] The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960. The International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the Paralympic Games till 1984. The 1988 Seoul Paralympics was the first to use the Paralympics name and the event has been held in the same host city as the corresponding Summer Olympic Games since then.[2] The nation made its Paralympics debut in 1968 and have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since 1984. This edition of the Games marked the nation's 12th appearance at the Summer Paralympics.[3]

The Indian contingent for the games consisted of 54 people across nine sports.[4] Athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu was the designated flag bearer during the opening ceremony but was later replaced by Tek Chand due to Covid-19 quarantine regulations.[5] Shooter Avani Lekhara carried the flag during the closing ceremony.[6]

Medalists

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Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

This was India's most successful Paralympic campaign with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals.[7] Before this edition, India had won a combined total of 12 medals across all previous Paralympics combined[8]

Bhavina Patel won India's first medal, a silver in Table Tennis.[9] Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win a gold medal. She won another bronze medal to become the first Indian woman multiple medalist in Paralympic shooting.[10] Shooter Manish Narwal won another gold medal in 50 m pistol SH1 event and Singhraj Adhana also won two shooting medals, a silver and a bronze.[11] Harvinder Singh became the first Indian to win a medal in Paralympic archery after he won a bronze medal in the men's recurve event.[12] In badminton, Indian shuttlers won four medals including two gold medals by Pramod Bhagat and Krishna Nagar, a silver medal by Suhas Yathiraj and a bronze medal by Manoj Sarkar.[7]

In athletics, India won eight medals including one gold, five silver and two bronze medals. Sumit Antil won a gold medal in Javelin throw F64 with a new world record. Mariyappan Thangavelu (high jump T63) and Devendra Jhajharia (Javelin throw F46) won silver medals to go along with the gold medals they won in the 2016 Games.[7][8] This was Jhajharia third medal, which is the most by an Indian Para athlete in the Paralympic Games along with Joginder Singh Bedi.[13] Nishad Kumar and Praveen Kumar won silver medals in high jump T47 and high jump T64 respectively. Sharad Kumar (high jump T63) and Sundar Singh Gurjar (Javelin throw F46) won bronze medals.[7][8] Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar who won a bronze in the F52 category discus throw event, was later disqualified after being found ineligible in the disability classification assessment.[14]

Summary

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Competitors

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The Indian contingent for the games consisted of 54 athletes competing across nine sports.[4]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 1 5
Athletics 20 4 24
Badminton 5 2 7
Paracanoeing 0 1 1
Powerlifting 1 1 2
Shooting 8 2 10
Swimming 2 0 2
Table Tennis 0 2 2
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Total 40 14 54

Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Qualification

India archers achieved four quota places in the 2019 World Para Archery Championships.[15] Jyoti Baliyan got the bipartite commission invitation to participate in the tournament.[4]

Recurve
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Harvinder Singh Men's individual 600 21 —   Travisani (ITA)
W 6–5 		  Tsydendorzhiev (RPC)
W 6–5 		  Szarszewski (GER)
W 6–2 		  Mather (USA)
L 4–6 		  Kim M-s (KOR)
W 6–5 		 
Vivek Chikara 609 10   Megahamulea (SRI)
W 6–2 		  Phillips (GBR)
L 3–7 		Did not advance 9
Compound
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Rakesh Kumar Men's individual 699 3 Bye   Ngai KC (HKG)
W 144–131 		  Marecak (SVK)
W 140–137 		  Ai Xl (CHN)
L 143–145 		Did not advance 5
Shyam Sundar Swami 682 21   Stutzman (USA)
L 139–142 		Did not advance 17
Jyoti Baliyan Women's individual 671 15 —   Leonard (IRL)
L 137–141 		17
Jyoti Baliyan
Rakesh Kumar 		Mixed team 1370 6 —   Thailand (THA)
W 147–141 		  Turkey (TUR)
L 151–153 		Did not advance 5

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

The following Indian athletes achieved the quota places by through eligible events and via the Athletics World Rankings. The Paralympic Committee of India announced the final list of the athletes after the selection trials held in New Delhi.[16]

Track
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Simran Sharma Women's 100m T13 12.69 SB 5 Did not advance
Field
Athlete Event Result Rank
Amit Kumar Saroha Men's club throw F51 27.77 SB 5
Dharambir Nain 25.59 SB 8
Vinod Kumar Men's discus throw F52 CNC
Yogesh Kathuniya Men's discus throw F56 44.38 SB  
Nishad Kumar Men's high jump T47 2.06 AR  
Ram Pal 1.94 5
Mariyappan Thangavelu Men's high jump T63 1.86 SB  
Sharad Kumar 1.83 SB  
Varun Singh Bhati 1.77 SB 7
Praveen Kumar Men's high jump T64 2.07 AR  
Navdeep Singh Men's javelin throw F41 40.80 4
Sundar Singh Gurjar Men's javelin throw F46 64.01 SB  
Ajeet Singh 56.15 8
Devendra Jhajharia 64.35 PB  
Ranjeet Bhati Men's javelin throw F57 NM
Sandeep Chaudhary Men's javelin throw F64 62.20 SB 4
Sumit Antil 68.55 WR  
Arvind Malik Men's shot put F35 13.48 7
Soman Rana Men's shot put F57 13.81 4
Tek Chand Men's shot put F55 9.04 8
Kashish Lakra Women's club throw F51 12.66 SB 6
Ekta Bhyan 8.38 SB 8
Bhagyashree Jadhav Women's shot put F34 7.00 PB 7
Key
  • NM = No Mark
  • WR = World record
  • AR = Area (Asian) Record
  • SB = Season best
  • PB = Personal best
  • CNC = Classification not completed

Badminton

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Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Badminton made its debut at the Paralympic Games and seven Indian shuttlers qualified for the games based on qualification rankings or bipartite invitation.[17][18][19]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Pramod Bhagat Singles SL3   Sarkar (IND)
W (21–10, 21–23, 21–9) 		  Chyrkov (UKR)
W (21–12, 21–9) 		— 1 Q   Fujihara (JPN)
W (21–11, 21–16) 		  Bethell (GBR)
W (21–14, 21–17) 		 
Manoj Sarkar   Bhagat (IND)
L (10–21, 23–21, 9–21) 		  Chyrkov (UKR)
W (21–16, 21–9) 		2 Q   Bethell (GBR)
L (8–21, 10–21) 		  Fujihara (JPN)
W (22–20, 21–13) 		 
Tarun Dhillon Singles SL4   Teamarrom (THA)
W (21–7, 21–13) 		  Shin K-h (KOR)
W (21–18, 15–21, 21–17) 		  Setiawan (INA)
L (19–21, 9–21) 		2 Q   Mazur (FRA)
L (16–21, 21–16, 18–21) 		  Setiawan (INA)
L (17–21, 11–21) 		4
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj   Pott (GER)
W (21–9, 21–3) 		  Susanto (INA)
W (21–6, 21–12) 		  Mazur (FRA)
L (15–21, 17–21) 		2 Q   Setiawan (INA)
W (21–9, 21–15) 		  Mazur (FRA)
L (21–15, 17–21, 15–21) 		 
Krishna Nagar Singles SH6   Taresoh (MAS)
W (22–20, 21–10) 		  Tavares (BRA)
W (21–17, 21–14) 		— 1 Q   Coombs (GBR)
W (21–10, 21–11) 		  Chu MK (HKG)
W (21–17, 16–21, 21–17) 		 
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Palak Kohli Singles SU5   Suzuki (JPN)
L (4–21, 7–21) 		  Bağlar (TUR)
W (21–12, 21–18) 		2 Q   Kameyama (JPN)
L (11–21, 15–21) 		Did not advance
Parul Parmar Singles SL4   Cheng Hf (CHN)
L (8–21, 2–21) 		  Seibert (GER)
L (21–23, 21–19, 15–21) 		3 —
Parul Parmar
Palak Kohli 		Doubles SL3–SU5   Cheng Hf /
Ma Hh (CHN)
L (7–21, 5–21) 		  Morin /
Noël (FRA)
L (12–21, 20–22) 		3
Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Pramod Bhagat
Palak Kohli 		Doubles SL3–SU5   Mazur /
Noël (FRA)
L (9–21, 21–15, 19–21) 		  Teamarrom /
Saensupa (THA)
W (21–15, 21–19) 		2 Q   Susanto /
Oktila (INA)
  L (3–21, 15–21) 		  Fujihara /
Sugino (JPN)
L (21–23, 19–21) 		4

Paracanoeing

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Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Prachi Yadav was the only Indian para canoe athlete at the Tokyo Paralympics and she achieved the quota after finishing 8th in International Canoe World Championship 2019.[20]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Prachi Yadav VL2 1:11.098 4 Q 1:07.397 3 Q 1:07.329 8

Powerlifting

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Main articles: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Sakina Khatun and Jaideep Deswal received the bipartite invitation to participate in the games.[4] Sakina became the first-ever female powerlifter from the country to participate in the games. While this was Jaideep's second Paralympics.

Athlete Event Score Rank
Jaideep Deswal Men's 65 kg — —
Sakina Khatun Women's 50 kg 93 5

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Indian shooters achieved quota places for through various qualifying events. Manish Narwal and Deepender Singh became the first shooters to qualify after winning the gold and silver medal respectively at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup at Châteauroux and Singhraj Adhana joined them by securing a berth in the mixed pistol event.[21] Avani Lekhara became the first female shooter to secure a Paralympic berth.[22] Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar and Sidhartha Babu secured quotas in the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships at Sydney. Other shooters secured the remaining quota places at the 2021 Para Sport World Cup held in Lima.[23] Paralympic Committee of India announced the 10-member Indian Team for the Games on 8 July 2021.[24]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Manish Narwal P1 10 m air pistol SH1 575 1 Q 135.8 7
Deepender Singh 560 10 Did not advance
Singhraj Adhana 569 6 Q 216.8  
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar R1 10 m air rifle standing SH1 615.2 7 Q 203.9 4
Deepak Saini 592.6 20 Did not advance
R7 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 1114 18
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rubina Francis P2 10 m air pistol SH1 560 7 Q 128.5 7
Avani Lekhara R2 10 m air rifle SH1 621.7 7 Q 249.6 EWR PR  
R8 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 1176 2 Q 445.9  
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rahul Jakhar P3 25 m pistol SH1 576 2 Q 12 5
Akash 551 20 Did not advance
Manish Narwal P4 50 m pistol SH1 533 7 Q 218.2 PR  
Singhraj Adhana 536 4 Q 216.7  
Akash 507 27 Did not advance
Deepak Saini R3 10 m air rifle prone SH1 624.9 43
Sidhartha Babu 625.5 40
Avani Lekhara 629.7 27
Avani Lekhara R6 50 m rifle prone SH1 612 28
Deepak Saini 602.2 46
Sidhartha Babu 617.2 9

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Suyash Jadhav achieved the Minimum qualifying Standard to qualify for the Games. Later, Niranjan Mukundan received bi-partite invitation to participate in the 50 m Butterfly S7 event.[25][26]

Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Niranjan Mukundan Men's 50m butterfly S7 33.82 6 Did not advance
Suyash Jadhav 32.36 5
Men's 100 m breaststroke SB7 — DSQ
Men's 200m individual medley SM7 DNS Did not advance

DNS - Did not start; DSQ- Disqualified

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

India entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Bhavina Patel and Sonal Patel qualified via the overall Rankings.[27][28]

Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sonal Patel Women's individual C3   Li Q (CHN)
L 2–3 		  Lee M-g (KOR)
L 1–3 		3 Did not advance
Bhavina Patel Women's individual C4   Zhou Y (CHN)
L 0–3 		  Shackleton (GBR)
W 3–1 		2 Q   de Oliveira (BRA)
W 3–0 		  Perić-Ranković (SRB)
W 3–0 		  Zhang M (CHN)
W 3–2 		  Zhou Y (CHN)
L 0–3 		 
Sonal Patel
Bhavina Patel 		Women's team C4-5 —   China (CHN)
L 0–2 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Aruna Tanwar received the bipartite commission invitation for the Games.[29] She withdrew during the competition due to injury.

Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Aruna Tanwar K44 −49 kg   Jovanovic (SRB)
W 29–9 		  Espinoza (PER)
L 21–84 		Did not advance   Fataliyeva (AZE)
L W/O 		Did not advance

See also

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