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India at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships; WA code: IND: Website: indianathletics.in: in Nairobi; Competitors: 28 in 19 events: Medals Ranked 21st: Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3: World Athletics U20 Championships appearances; auto
This was also India's second ever individual gold medal after Abhinav Bindra won gold in shooting in 2008. This was also India's first athletics medal since its first appearance as an independent nation in 1948, and its third overall after Norman Pritchard's silver medals in 1900. [16] With her silver medal in the women's 49 kg event, Saikhom ...
[108] [109] India won six medals in total including one silver and five bronze, three of which came from the shooting events. [110] Chopra won the only silver medal for India in the men's javelin throw event and became the first Indian individual medalist to have won a gold and silver at the Olympics. [111]
India at the 2021 Asian Youth Para Games; IPC code: IND: NPC: Paralympic Committee of India: in Manama 2–6 December 2021; Flag bearers: Palak Kohli Praveen Kumar: Medals Ranked 4th: Gold 12 Silver 16 Bronze 13 Total 41: Asian Youth Para Games appearances; Not Participated 2009. 2013; Participated 2017; 2021
The only Indian medal across the next two editions came from Girisha Nagarajegowda, who won a silver medal in the Men's high jump F42 event at the 2012 Games. [7] India sent a delegation of 19 athletes for the 2016 Summer Paralympics. [8] India won four medals in the event and the Games also marked the first instance of India winning two gold ...
India at the 2021 World University Games; IOC code: IND: NOC: Association of Indian Universities (AIU) Website: www.aiu.ac.in: in Chengdu, China 28 July 2023 () – 8 August 2023 () Competitors: 256 [1] in 12 sports: Medals Ranked 7th: Gold 11 Silver 5 Bronze 10 Total 26
Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) by throwing his best of 87.58 meters in the javelin throw final. Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal. [11] [42]
India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Games. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table. [18] Three gold medals were won by India in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman, earning the country sixth place in the medal table. [19]