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India entered nine para shooters after achieving quota places through various qualifying events after they attained the minimum qualifying score (MQS) for the respective events by 15 July 2024. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] Rubina Francis and Swaroop Unhalkar received a bi-partite invitation from the International Paralympic Committee for the Games.
India's first medal in the Paralympics came in the 1972 Games, with Murlikant Petkar winning a gold medal in swimming. Up to the recent 2024 Games, India have won 60 medals across all Paralympic Games, with the most successful Paralympic campaign being the Paris 2024 Games with 29 medals including seven gold, nine silver and thirteen bronze.
First presented in the year 2004, a total of seven retired sportspersons have been honoured with the Dhyan Chand Award, the lifetime achievement sporting honour of India, in parasports for their "good performance at the international level and their continued contributions to the promotion of sports even after their career as a sportsperson is ...
Ashok Kumar Malik (born 27 April 1989) [1] is an Indian para powerlifter from Haryana who qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris and finished sixth. [2] He won silver medals in the Para Powerlifting World Cup, in Egypt in March 2024 to clinch an Olympic berth for India. [3] [4]
Preethi Pal (born 22 September 2000) [2] is an Indian para athlete. [3] She won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the women's 100m and 200m T35 race events and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win two medals in track and field events at Paralympic Games.
He represented India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, held in Tokyo, Japan. [4] [5] He won a gold medal in the men's compound open section of the 7th Fazza Para Archery World Ranking Tournament, which was held in Dubai in February 2021. [6] [7] Kumar is the highest-ranked compound archer in India with a world rankings of No. 1 [8]
In 2017, Singh won the gold medal for India in the men's javelin F41 event at Asian Youth Para Games, Dubai. [5] He proceeded to win the gold medal at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2021 in Dubai. [6] [7] Singh finished fourth in javelin throw F41 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [8]
Rubina Francis (born 1999) is an Indian para pistol shooter.She won the bronze medal at the P2 10 m air pistol SH1 event at the 2024 Paralympics Games. [1] She made history by becoming the first Indian woman to clinch a Paralympics medal in pistol shooting by winning a bronze.