India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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India at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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IPC codeIND
NPCParalympic Committee of India
Websitewww.paralympic.org.in
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors54 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)
Flag bearer (closing)Avani Lekhara[1]
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
6
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

India competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984, though they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. This is India's most successful Paralympic season with 5 golds 8 silvers and 6 bronzes (total 19). Before this edition, India had won 12 medals (4 medals of each color) of all previous Paralympics appearances combined.

Table tennis player Bhavina Patel won India's first olympics (Paralympic) medal in Table Tennis.[2] Shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history as she became the first Indian to win a medal in Shooting in the Paralympics. She also became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal and become multiple medalist in Paralympics.[3] Another shooter Singhraj Adhana won two medals - Silver in Mixed SH1 category and Bronze in Men's 10m air rifle SH1 category.[4]

Archer Harvinder Singh became the first Indian to win a medal in Archery at the olympics (Paralympic). He won a bronze medal in Men's Recurve Individual.[5] In badminton Indian shuttler won a record number of medals including two golds (Pramod Bhagat - Men's singles SL3, Krishna Nagar - Men's singles SH6) one silver (Suhas Yathiraj - Men's Singles Badminton SL4) and one bronze (Manoj Sarkar - Men's Singles Badminton SL3). Mariyappan Thangavelu and Devendra Jhajharia won consecutive medals in their respective category (they both won gold in Rio 2016). They both won silver medals. Devendra's silver at the Tokyo Games took his overall individual tally to three medals and he's now level with legendary Paralympian Joginder Singh Bedi who also has three medals to his name at the Paralympic Games.[6] In Javelin throw F64 another Indian Sumit Antil won agold medal (68.55 m) with new world record.

Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar lost his F52 category bronze medal after being found ineligible in the disability classification assessment.[7] Mariyappan Thangavelu was originally the flag bearer but because of quarantine, the flag bearer was changed to .[8]

Medalists[]

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medals by Sport, Gender and Day[]

Competitors[]

This year India sent its largest contingent of all time.

Sport Men Women Total Events
Men Women Mixed Total
Archery 4 1 5 2 1 1 4
Athletics 20 4 24 13 3 0 16
Badminton 5 2 7 3 3 1 7
Paracanoeing 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Powerlifting 1 1 2 1 1 0 2
Shooting 8 2 10 3 3 4 10
Swimming 2 0 2 3 0 0 3
Table Tennis 0 2 2 0 3 0 3
Taekwondo 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
Total 40 14 54 25 16 6 47

Archery[]

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

India archers achieved quota places for the following events from the 2019 World Para Archery Championships.

Harvinder Singh and Vivek Chikara became the first male archers from the country to qualify for the games. They achieved this feat by finishing in the Top 16 in the World Championship. Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami also qualified from the World Championship.[9] Jyoti Baliyan got the Bipartite Commission invitation to participate in the tournament.

Men[]

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 Individual Recurve Open 600 21 N/A  Travisani (ITA)
W 6–5 		  (RPC)
W 6–5 		 Szarszewski (GER)
W 6–2 		 Mather (USA)
L 4–6 		  (KOR)
W 6–5 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vivek Chikara 609 10 N/A   (SRI)
W 6–2 		  (GBR)
L 3–7 		Did not advance 9
Individual Compound Open 699 3 Bye   (HKG)
W 144–131 		  (SVK)
W 140–137 		 Ai Xl (CHN)
L 143–145 		Did not advance 5
682 21 Bye  Stutzman (USA)
L 139–142 		Did not advance 17

Women[]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Individual Compound Open 671 15   (IRL)
L 137–141 		Did not advance 17

Mixed[]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank

Compound Mixed Team Open 1370 6  Thailand (THA)
W 147–141 		 Turkey (TUR)
L 151–153 		Did not advance 5

Athletics[]

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 finishing in the top 4 at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championship in Dubai, Qualification Ranking Allocation, Qualification Ranking Allocation, and High-Performance Allocation.

India secured qualification through World Championship and via World Rankings.

The Paralympic Committee of India announced the final list of the athletes after completing the selection trials in New Delhi.[10]

Key
  • NM = No Mark
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • WR = World Record
  • AR = Area (Asian) Record
  • SB = Season Best
  • PB = Personal Best
  • CNC = Classification not completed
  • DNF = Did Not Finish

Men[]

Field
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Amit Kumar Saroha Club Throw F51 27.77 SB 5
25.59 SB 8
Vinod Kumar Discus Throw F52 CNC —
Yogesh Kathuniya Discus Throw F56 44.38 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nishad Kumar High Jump T47 2.06 AR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1.94 5
Mariyappan Thangavelu High Jump T63 1.86 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sharad Kumar 1.83 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Varun Singh Bhati 1.77 SB 7
Praveen Kumar High Jump T64 2.07 AR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Javelin Throw F41 40.80 4
Sundar Singh Gurjar Javelin Throw F46 64.01 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ajeet Singh 56.15 8
Devendra Jhajharia 64.35 PB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Javelin Throw F57 NM —
Sandeep Chaudhary Javelin Throw F64 62.20 SB 4
Sumit Antil 68.55 WR SB 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shot Put F35 13.48 7
Shot Put F57 13.81 4
Shot Put F55 9.04 8

Women[]

Track
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
100m T13 12.69 SB 5 Did not advance
Field
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Club Throw F51 12.66 SB 6
Ekta Bhyan 8.38 SB 8
Shot Put F34 7.00 PB 7

Badminton[]

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

Badminton is making its debut at the Paralympic Games. Following Indian shuttlers have qualified for the games based of qualification rankings or bipartite invitation.[11][12][13]

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) 		  (UKR)
W (21–12, 21–9) 		N/A 1 Q   (JPN)
W (21–11, 21–16) 		 Bethell (GBR)
W (21–14, 21–17) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Manoj Sarkar  Bhagat (IND)
L (10–21, 23–21, 9–21) 		  (UKR)
W (21–16, 21–9) 		N/A 2 Q  Bethell (GBR)
L (8–21, 10–21) 		  (JPN)
W (22–20, 21–13) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tarun Dhillon Singles SL4   (THA)
W (21–7, 21–13) 		  (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   (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) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Krishna Nagar Singles SH6  Taresoh (MAS)
W (22–20, 21–10) 		  (BRA)
W (21–17, 21–14) 		N/A 1 Q  Coombs (GBR)
W (21–10, 21–11) 		 Chu MK (HKG)
W (21–17, 16–21, 21–17) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Parul Parmar Singles SL4  Cheng Hf (CHN)
L (8–21, 2–21) 		 Seibert (GER)
L (21–23, 21–19, 15–21) 		3 N/A Did not advance
Palak Kohli Singles SU5   (JPN)
L (4–21, 7–21) 		  (TUR)
W (21–12, 21–18) 		2 Q   (JPN)
L (11–21, 15–21) 		Did not advance
Parul Parmar
Palak Kohli 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Cheng Hf /
Ma Hh (CHN)
L (7–21, 5–21) 		  /
Noël (FRA)
L (12–21, 20–22) 		3 N/A Did not advance
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) 		  /
 (THA)
W (21–15, 21–19) 		2 Q  Susanto /
Oktila (INA)
  L (3–21, 15–21) 		  /
Sugino (JPN)
L (21–23, 19–21) 		4

Paracanoeing[]

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Women

Prachi Yadav is set to become India's first Paracanoe athlete at the Tokyo Paralympics. She got quota after finishing 8th in ICF Championship 2019.[14]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Women's VL2 1:11.098 4 SF 1:07.397 3 Q 1:07.329 8

Powerlifting[]

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. Sakina became the first-ever female powerlifter from the country to participate in the games. While this is Jaideep's second Paralympics, he has represented the country at the 2012 Games in Athletics.

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

Shooting[]

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

Indian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by their best finishes at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Châteauroux, 2019 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Al Ain, and 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, Sydney. Each athlete from each NPC must at least aim to score targets in each medalling event in the qualifying tournaments.

Manish Narwal and Deepender Singh became the first Indian Para Pistol shooter to qualify for the Paralympic Games after winning gold and silver medal at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Châteauroux.[15] Later Singhraj also joined them by securing a berth in the mixed pistol event. Avani Lekhera becomes the first female shooter to secure a Paralympic berth for India.[16] Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar secured another quota in the rifle from the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, Sydney. Later Siddhartha Babu also secured qualified from the same tournament. Deepak Saini, Rahul Jakahar, Akash, and Rubina Francis secured the quota places from the 2021 Para Sport World Cup, Lima.[17]

Paralympic Committee of India, on 8th July 2021 announced the 10-member Indian Team for the Tokyo 2021 games.[18]

Men[]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Manish Narwal 575 1 Q 135.8 7
Deepender Singh 560 10 Did not advance
Singhraj Adhana 569 6 Q 216.8 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar 615.2 7 Q 203.9 4
592.6 20 Did not advance
1114 18 Did not advance

Women[]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rubina Francis 560 7 Q 128.5 7
Avani Lekhara 621.7 7 Q 249.6 EWR/PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1176 2 Q 445.9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

EWR- Equalled World Record; PR- Paralympic Record

Mixed[]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rahul Jakhar 576-14x 2 Q 12 5
551-11x 20 Did not Advance
Manish Narwal 533-7x 7 Q 218.2 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Singhraj Adhana 536-4x 4 Q 216.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
507-3x 27 Did not Advance
624.9 43 Did not advance
Sidhartha Babu 625.5 40 Did not advance
Avani Lekhara 629.7 27 Did not advance
Avani Lekhara 612 28 Did not advance
602.2 46 Did not advance
Sidhartha Babu 617.2 9 Did not advance

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

One Indian swimmer has successfully entered the Paralympic slot after Suyash Jadhav achieved the MQS. Later, Niranjan Mukundan received bi-partite invitation.[19][20]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Niranjan Mukundan 50m Butterfly S7 33.82 6 Did not advance
Suyash Jadhav 32.36 5 Did not advance
100m Breaststroke SB7 N/A DSQ —
200m Individual Medley SM7 DNS Did not advance

DNS - Did not start; DSQ- Disqualified

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

India entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel and Sonalben Manubhai Patel qualified via overall Rankings allocation.[21][22]

Women
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 Individual C3  Li Q (CHN)
L 2–3 		 Lee M-g (KOR)
L 1–3 		3 Did not advance
Bhavina Patel Individual C4  Zhou Y (CHN)
L 0–3 		 Shackleton (GBR)
W 3–1 		2 Q   (BRA)
W 3–0 		 Perić-Ranković (SRB)
W 3–0 		 Zhang M (CHN)
W 3–2 		 Zhou Y (CHN)
L 0–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sonal Patel
Bhavina Patel 		N/A  China (CHN)
L 0–2 		Did not advance

Taekwondo[]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

India qualified one athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition. Aruna Tanwar received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas for women's – 49 kg events.[23] Aruna withdrew before her repechage round match due to a hairline fracture.

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 Women's K44 −49 kg   (SRB)
W 29–9 		 Espinoza (PER)
L 21–84 		Did not advance   (AZE)
L w/o 		Did not advance

See also[]

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