India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris

India sent 84 athletes to compete in 12 sports from August 28 to September 8, 2024. The team finished 18th on the medal table with 29 medals: 7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze. This was India’s best Paralympic performance ever, surpassing the 19 medals won at Tokyo 2020. The Paralympic Committee of India was formed in 1994, five years after the International Paralympic Committee’s founding.

Opening and closing flag bearers
- Opening ceremony flag bearers: Bhagyashree Jadhav and Sumit Antil
- Closing ceremony flag bearers: Preethi Pal and Harvinder Singh

Gold medals and top performances
- Avani Lekhara – gold in women’s 10 m air rifle (her second consecutive Paralympic gold; the first Indian woman to win multiple Paralympic medals)
- Kumar Nitesh – gold in men's singles SL3 badminton
- Sumit Antil – gold in men's javelin throw F64 (back-to-back gold in the same event; set Paralympic records)
- Harvinder Singh – gold in archery (India’s first Paralympic archery gold)
- Dharambir Nain – gold in men’s club throw F51
- Praveen Kumar – gold in men’s high jump T64
- Navdeep Singh – gold in men’s javelin F41 after Iran’s disqualification; set a Paralympic record of 47.32 meters

Other notable medals
- Manish Narwal – silver in men’s 10 m air pistol (his second Paralympic medal, after 2020 gold)
- Nishad Kumar – silver in men’s high jump T47
- Yogesh Kathuniya – silver in men’s discus throw F56
- Thulasimathi Murugesan – silver in women’s badminton
- Suhas Yathiraj – silver in men’s singles SL4 para-badminton
- Ajeet Singh Yadav – silver in men’s javelin throw F46
- Sharad Kumar – silver in men’s high jump T63
- Sachin Khilari – silver in men’s shot put F46
- Mona Agarwal – bronze in women’s 10 m air rifle
- Preethi Pal – bronze in women’s 100 m T35 (also bronze in women’s 200 m T35)
- Rubina Francis – bronze in women’s 10 m air pistol
- Sheetal Devi – bronze in compound archery (youngest Indian Paralympic medallist)
- Rakesh Kumar – bronze in compound archery
- Manisha Ramadass and Nithya Sivan – bronze in women’s para-badminton events
- Deepthi Jeevanji – bronze in women’s 400 m T20 (youngest Indian track medalist)
- Sundar Singh Gurjar – bronze in men’s javelin throw F46
- Mariyappan Thangavelu – bronze in men’s high jump
- Kapil Parmar – bronze in judo (India’s first Paralympic judo medal)
- Hokato Hotozhe Sema – bronze in men’s shot put F57
- Simran Sharma – bronze in women’s 200 m T12

Archery and qualification notes
- India entered archery with a squad of archers who competed in ranking rounds and knockout rounds. Indian archers achieved strong results in ranking stages, with several athletes advancing to later rounds.

Overall
- India competed in 74 medal events across 12 sports.
- The 2024 Paralympics marked India’s 13th Summer Paralympics appearance, continuing a history of growth and success for Indian para-athletes on the world stage.