Tokyo Paralympics: This is the golden year for India, as first in Tokyo Olympic India won it’s first Gold medal in Athletics with 6 more medals.
Similarly at the Paralympics as they produced as many as 8 medals for the country, including two golds.
Here’s the list of medals won by Indian contender at Paralympics so far.
Avani Lekhara
Shooter Avani Lekhara made history by being the first Indian woman to earn a gold medal at the Paralympics, taking first place in the R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.
The 19-year-old Jaipur native, who was paralysed in a vehicle accident in 2012, ended with a world-record-tying total of 249.6, which is also a new Paralympic record.
Yogesh Kathuniya
Discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya finished second, giving India its best-ever medal tally at the Games.
In his sixth and final effort to win silver, the 24-year-old, sent the disc to a best distance of 44.38m.
Kathuniya, the son of an Army soldier, suffered a paralytic attack when he was eight years old, leaving him with limb coordination issues.
Sumit Antil
Sumit Antil, a javelin thrower, won India’s second gold medal at the Paralympics on Monday, shattering the men’s F64 category world record three times in a remarkable Games debut performance.
The 23-year-old from Sonepat, Haryana, lost his left leg below the knee in a motorbike accident in 2015.
In his fifth effort, he sent the spear to 68.55m, which was the best of the day by a long shot and a new world record.
66.95, 68.08, 65.27, 66.71, 68.55, and foul were the numbers in his series.
Bhavnaben Patel
Following a 0-3 loss to world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the women’s singles table tennis class 4 final in Tokyo on Sunday, Bhavinaben Patel became only the second Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games.
Devendra Jhanjharia
Devendra Jhajharia, a two-time gold medalist in the javelin throw, won his third Paralympic medal, this time a silver.
The 40-year-old Jhajahria, who has already won gold medals in the 2004 and 2016 Paralympic Games, set a new personal best throw of 64.35 metres to take silver.
Jhajahria, who lost his left hand when he was eight years old after inadvertently touching an electric wire while climbing a tree, broke his own previous world record (63.97m)
Nishad Kumar
On Sunday, high jumper Nishad Kumar won silver with an Asian record.
Nishad, a 21-year-old farmer’s son from Amb, Himachal Pradesh, won silver in the T47 class after clearing 2.06m.
Nishad, whose right hand was severed by a grass-cutting machine when he was eight years old on his family’s farm; cleared the same height of 2.06m as American Dallas Wise, who was also awarded a silver medal.
Sundar Singh Gurjar
Sundar Singh Gurjar took bronze in the men’s javelin throw F46 final, placing second behind Jhajharia at Tokyo Paralympics.
Gurjar, 25, was third with a best attempt of 64.01m. He loses his left hand in 2015 after a metal sheet fell on him at a friend’s house.
Gurjar, who is from Jaipur, won gold in the World Para Athletics Championships in 2017 and 2019.
He also took silver at the 2018 Para Asian Games in Jakarta.
Singhraj Adhana
In the final of the Tokyo Paralympics on Tuesday, India’s Singhraj Adhana won bronze in the men’s 10m Air Pistol (SH1) event. He won medal with with 216.8 points.
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