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This is India's 13th appearance at the Summer Paralympics. India sent a contingent consisting of 84 athletes competing across 12 sports in the Paralympic Games. Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil were the flag bearers during the opening ceremony. Later, Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh served as the flag bearers during the closing ceremony.
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.
The 2024 Paralympics was the seventeenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024. There were 549 medal events. Mauritius, Nepal and the Refugee Paralympic Team won their first Paralympic medals.
Sakshi Kasana (born 21 August 1996) [1] is an Indian para athlete from Uttar Pradesh. She competes in the women's discus throw F55 category. She competes in the women's discus throw F55 category. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris .
Amisha Rawat (20 May 2003) is an Indian para athlete from Uttarakhand. [1] She competes in the shot put F46 category. She qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris. [2] [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.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics, the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event for the disabled governed by the International Paralympic Committee, taking place in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September. [1]
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing in goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – women's tournament in Paris. Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics