India At Paralympics: Medals Won By India At Every Paralympics

India has participated in the Paralympics since 1968 but won their first Paralympics medal in 1972. Since 1984 India has been sending its athletes consistently to the Paralympics. India has won 31 medals at the Paralympics ( 9 gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze).

India recorded their best-ever Paralympic performance 19 medals in Tokyo in 2020.

After a terrific performance at the Tokyo Paralympics, the expectations are high from the Indian contingent this time around, India has sent a total of 84 athletes this time to Paris as compared to Tokyo (54 Athletes).

Now, Let's find out the medals won by India at every Paralympics

Total Medals won by India at Paralympics

1972- Heidelberg Paralympics

India recorded their first-ever medal in the Paralympics in 1972, when Murlikant Petkar won a gold medal in swimming, it was a massive thing for Indian sports. Petkar won the medal in Men's 50m freestyle.

1984- Stock Mandeville/ New York Paralympics

India had a great 1984 Paralympics, Joginder Singh Bedi managed to win 3 medals for India, he participated in 3 events Shot Put, Javelin Throw & Discus Throw. Bhimrao Bhaskar also won a medal, ensuring India had four medals.

Joginder Bedi won a silver medal in the Men's Shot put and a bronze medal each in the Men's Javelin throw & Discus Throw. Bhimrao Kesarekar won a silver medal in Men's Javelin.

Joginder Singh Bedi - Silver, Athletics Men's Shot Put event L6

Joginder Singh Bedi- Bronze, Men's Javelin Throw L6

Joginder Singh Bedi- Bronze, Men's Discus Throw L6

Bhimrao Kesarekar- Silver, Men's Javelin Throw L6

2004- Athens Paralympics

After 20 years the next Paralympics was held in Athens, and India won two medals Athens, Devendra Jhajharia who is hailed as a para legend bagged the second gold medal for India, becoming the second gold medalist, he won a gold medal in the Javelin throw. Rajinder Singh Rahelu won the other medal for India in the Athens Paralympics, he won a bronze in powerlifting.

Devendra Jhajharia - Gold Medal, Men's Javelin Throw F44/F46

Rajinder Singh Rahelu- Bronze, Men's Powerlifting event (56kg)

2012- London Paralympics

India could only muster a solitary medal at the London Paralympics via Girish Nagarajegowda who won a silver medal in Men's high jump.

Girish Nagarajegowda- Silver, Men's High Jump F42

2016- Rio De Janeiro Paralympics

India won a total of four medals in the 2016 Paralympics, where Jhajharia again won a gold medal becoming the first Para Indian to win two gold medals, Mariyappan Thangavelu also won a gold medal, Deepa Malik became the first para woman to win a medal in Paralympics, Varun Bhati also secured a bronze for himself in athletics

Devendra Jhajharia - Gold, Men's Javelin F46

Mariyappan Thangavelu- Gold, Men's high jump F42

Deepa Malik- Silver, Women's Shot Put F53

Varun Bhati- Bronze, Men's high jump F42

2020- Tokyo Paralympics

India had a terrific Paralympics in 2020 at Tokyo as they displayed their best-ever performance winning 19 medals in total, ( 5 gold, 8 silver & 6 bronze) India was ranked at the 24th spot out of 78.

Tokyo Paralympics Medal Tally ( Table)