4 golds, 7 silver, and 6 bronze: List of Indian medallists at Tokyo Paralympics

4 gold medals, 7 silver, and 6 bronze. This is how well the Indian contingent has performed at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics, winning 17 medals to register their best-ever haul the mega event. 

It was paddler Bhavinaben Patel who got India off the mark on the third day of the Paralympics by winning a silver in the women’s singles table tennis Class 4 category. India clinched its first gold of the event through shooter Avani Lekhara in women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1 event. A few days later, she went on to win another medal, bagging bronze in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting SH1.

Moreover, Sumit Antil, while smashing multiple world records, Manish Narwal, and Pramod Bhagat also clinched the top honours. 

So far, 15 athletes have stepped on the podium. Let’s take a lot at all the medallists from India at the Games:

Bhavinaben Patel – Silver medal – women’s singles table tennis Class 4 category

Nishad Kumar – Silver medal – men’s high jump T47

Avani Lekhara – Gold Medal – women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1

Devendra Jhajharia – Silver Medal – men’s javelin throw F46

Sundar Singh Gurjar – Bronze Medal – men’s javelin throw F46

Yogesh Kathuniya – Silver Medal – men’s discus throw F56

Sumit Antil – Gold Medal – men’s javelin throw F64

Singhraj Adhana – Bronze Medal – men’s 10m air pistol shooting SH1

Mariyappan Thangavelu – Silver Medal – men’s high jump T42

Sharad Kumar – Bronze Medal – men’s high jump T42

Praveen Kumar – Silver Medal – men’s high jump T64

Avani Lekhara – Bronze Medal – women’s 50m rifle 3 positions shooting SH1

Harvinder Singh – Bronze Medal – men’s individual recurve – open archery

Manish Narwal – Gold Medal – men’s P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 

Singhraj Adhana – Silver Medal – men’s P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 

Pramod Bhagat – Gold Medal -badminton men’s singles SL3

Manoj Sarkar – Bronze Medal -badminton men’s singles SL3