India finish with a total of 19 medals including 5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze.
- Indian discus thrower F52 category initially clinched a bronze medal but later he was disqualified due to which he lost his medal.
Flag Bearer:-
- Opening Ceremony:-Tek Chand
- Closing Ceremony:- Avani Lekhara
India Ranking:- 24th
Total Medals Won:- 19
- Gold:- 05
- Silver:- 08
- Bronze:- 06
Maximum Medals in:- Athletics(09)
Avani Lekhara
Sport:- Shooting
City:- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- She won a gold medal in 10m air rifle and a bronze medal in 50m air rifle.
- She is the first Indian Woman to win a Paralympic gold medal.
- After won back to back two medals in Paralympics she became the first Indian woman Paralympian to do so.
Sunil Antil
Sport:- Javelin throw
City:- Sonipat, Haryana
- He won a Gold Medal with a World Record of 68.55m in Javelin throe F64 at 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Manish Narwal
Sport:- Shooting
City:- Faridabad, Haryana
- He Won a gold medal in Mixed P4-50m Pistol SH1.
Pramod Bhagat
Sport:- Badminton
City:- Vaishali, Bihar
- He won a gold medal in Men's singles SL3.
Krishna Nagar
Sport:- Badminton
City:- Jaipur, Rajasthan
- He won a gold medal in men's singles SH6.
Singhraj Adhana
Sport:- Shooting
City:- Faridabad, Haryana
- He won a silver medal in the Mixed 50m pistol SH1 and a Bronze medal in the men's P1 10 meter pistol SH1.
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Sport:- Badminton
City:- Hassan, Karnataka
- He became the first IAS who won a paralympic medal, by winning Silver in Badminton SL-4 category.
Other Medals
Silver:-
- Bhavina Patel(Table Tennis)
- Nishad Kumar(High Jump)
- Yogesh Kathuniya(discus throw)
- Devendra Jhajharia(Javelin Throw)
- Mariyappan Thangavelu(High Jump)
- Praveen Kumar(High Jump)
Bronze:-
- Sundar Singh Gujar(Javelin Throw)
- Sharad Kumar(High Jump)
- Harvinder Singh(Archery)
- Manoj Sarkar(Badminton)
Overall Performance of India at the Paralympics
Debut:- 1968
Medals:- 31
- Gold:- 09
- Silver:- 12
- Bronze:- 10
Record
- Murlikant Petkar winning a first gold medal for India in swimming.
- Joginder Singh Bedi was the first multi- medalist Paralympians from India who won silver and two bronze medal in the same event.
- Deepa Malik is the first Indian woman to win a medal(Silver) in Paralympic games.
- Recently, Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win an individual gold medal and first multi medalist woman.
- Recently, Suhas Lalinakere Yahiraj became the first IAS who won a paralympic medal.
