India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

India at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
India at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IND
NPC	Paralympic Committee of India
Website	www.paralympic.org.in
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	54 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Tek Chand
Medals; Ranked 30th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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India will be participating at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 August to 6 September 2021.

Indian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since 1984 made though they made their official debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Shooter Avani Lekhara scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.

Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar lost his F52 category bronze medal after being found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Avani Lekhara	Shooting	Women's R2 10 metre air rifle standing SH1	30 August
Gold	Sumit Antil	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F64	30 August
Silver	Bhavina Patel	Table Tennis	Women's individual class 4	29 August
Silver	Nishad Kumar	Athletics	Men's high jump T47	29 August
Silver	Yogesh Kathuniya	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56	30 August
Silver	Devendra Jhajharia	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46	30 August
Silver	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Athletics	Men's high jump T63	31 August
Bronze	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46	30 August
Bronze	Singhraj Adhana	Shooting	Men's P1 10 metre air pistol SH1	31 August
Bronze	Sharad Kumar	Athletics	Men's high jump T63	31 August

Medals by Sport

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	4	2	7
Shooting	1	0	1	2
Table Tennis	0	1	0	1
Total	2	5	3	10

Medals by Gender

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	4	3	8
Female	1	1	0	2
Total	2	5	3	10

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total	Events
Sport	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Mixed	Total
Archery	4	1	5	2	1	1	4
Athletics	20	4	24	13	3	0	16
Badminton	5	2	7	3	3	1	7
Paracanoeing	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
Powerlifting	1	1	2	1	1	0	2
Shooting	8	2	10	3	3	4	10
Swimming	2	0	2	3	0	0	3
Table Tennis	0	2	2	0	3	0	3
Taekwondo	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
Total	40	14	54	25	16	6	47

Archery

India archers have achieved quota places for the following events from 2019 World Archery Para Championships 2019.

Harvinder Singh and Vivek Chikara becomes first male archers from the country to qualify for the games. They have this feat by finishing in Top 16 in the World Championship. Rakesh Kumar and Shyam Sundar Swami also qualified from the World Championship.^[2] Jyoti Baliyan got the Bipartite Commission Invitation to participate in the tournament.

Men


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Harvinder Singh	Individual Recurve Open	600	21	—	Travisani (ITA) 03 Sep 6:30 am IST
Vivek Chikara	Individual Recurve Open	609	10	—	Megahamulea (SRI) 03 Sep 8:45 am IST
Rakesh Kumar	Individual Compound Open	699	3	Bye	Ngai KC (HKG) W 144–131	Marecak (SVK) W 140-137	Ai (CHN) L 143-145	Did not advance		5
Shyam Sundar Swami	Individual Compound Open	682	21	Bye	Stutzman (USA) L 139–142	Did not advance				17

Women


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Jyoti Baliyan	Individual Compound Open	671	15	Leonard (IRL) L 137–141	Did not advance				17

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Jyoti Baliyan Rakesh Kumar	Compound Mixed Team Open	1370	6	Thailand (THA) W 147–141	Turkey (TUR) L 151–153	Did not advance		6

Athletics

The following Indian athletes have achieved the quota places by virtue of finishing in top 4 at 2019 World Para Athletics Championship in Dubai, Qualification Ranking Allocation, Qualification Ranking Allocation and High Performance Allocation.

India secured qualification through World Championship and via world Rankings.

The Paralympic Committee of India announced the final list of the athletes after completing the selection trials in New Delhi.^[3]

Key

NM– No Mark
Q = Qualified for the next round
WR = World Record
AR = Area Record
SB = Season Best
PB = Personal Best
CNC = Classification not completed
DNF = Did Not Finish

Men

Field

Athletics	Event	Final
Athletics	Event	Distance	Position
Amit Kumar Saroha	Club Throw F51	01 Sep 3:55 pm IST
Dharambir Nain	Club Throw F51	01 Sep 3:55 pm IST
Vinod Kumar	Discus Throw F52	CNC	—
Yogesh Kathuniya	Discus Throw F56	44.38 SB
Nishad Kumar	High Jump T47	2.06 AR
Ram Pal	High Jump T47	1.94	5
Mariyappan Thangavelu	High Jump T63	1.86 SB
Sharad Kumar		1.83 SB
Varun Singh Bhati		1.77 SB	7
Praveen Kumar	High Jump T64	03 Sep
Navdeep Singh	Javelin Throw F41	04 Sep
Sundar Singh Gurjar	Javelin Throw F46	64.01 SB
Ajeet Singh		56.15	8
Devendra Jhajharia		64.35 PB
Tek Chand	Javelin Throw F54	03 Sep
Ranjeet Bhati	Javelin Throw F57	NM	—
Sandeep Chaudhary	Javelin Throw F64	62.20 SB	4
Sumit Antil	Javelin Throw F64	68.55 WR
Arvind Malik	Shot Put F35	02 Sep
Soman Rana	Shot Put F57	03 Sep
Tek Chand	Shot Put F55	9.04	8

Women

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simran Sharma	100m T13	12.69 SB	5	Did not advance

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kashish Lakra	Club Throw F51	03 Sep
Ekta Bhyan	Club Throw F51	03 Sep
Bhagyashri Madavrai Jadhav	Shot Put F34	—		7.00 PB	7

Badminton

Badminton is making its debut at the Paralympic Games. Following Indian shuttlers have qualified for the games on the basis of qualification rankings or bipartite invitation.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pramod Bhagat	Singles SL3	Sarkar (IND) ' ( , ) 01 Sept	Chyrkov (UKR) ( , ) 02 Sept	—
Manoj Sarkar	Singles SL3	Bhagat (IND) ( , ) 01 Sept	Chyrkov (UKR) ( , ) 02 Sept	—
Tarun Dhillon	Singles SL4	Teamarrom (THA) ( , ) 02 Sept	Setiawan (INA) ( , ) 03 Sept	Shin (KOR) ( , ) 03 Sept
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	Singles SL4	Pott (GER) ( , ) 02 Sept	Mazur (FRA) ( , ) 03 Sept	Susanto (INA) ( , ) 03 Sept
Krishna Nagar	Singles SS6	Taresoh (MAS) ( , ) 02 Sept	Tavares (BRA) ( , ) 03 Sept	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Parul Parmar	Singles SL4	Cheng (CHN) ( , ) 02 Sept	Seibert (GER) ( , ) 02 Sept
Palak Kohli	Singles SU5	Suzuki (JPN) ( , ) 01 Sept	Bağlar (TUR) ( , ) 02 Sept
Parul Parmar Palak Kohli	Doubles SL3–SU5	Cheng / Ma (CHN) ( , ) 02 Sept	Morin / Noël (FRA) ( , ) 03 Sept		—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pramod Bhagat Palak Kohli	Doubles SL3–SU5	Mazur / Noël (FRA) ( , ) 01 Sept	Teamarrom / Saensupa (THA) ( , ) 02 Sept

Para Canoeing

Women

Prachi Yadav is set to become India's first Paracanoe athlete at the Tokyo Paralympics. She got quota after finishing 8th in ICF Championship 2019.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Prachi Yadav	Women's VL2	02 Sep 6:10 am IST

Powerlifting

Sakina Khatun and Jaideep Deswal received the bipartite invitation to participate in the games. Sakina became first ever female powerlifter from the country to participate in the games. While this is Jaideep's second Paralympics. He has represented the country at 2012 Games in Athletics.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Jaideep Deswal	Men's 65 kg	—	—
Sakina Khatun	Women's 50 kg	93	5

Shooting

Indian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Châteauroux, 2019 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Al Ain and 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, Sydney. Each athlete from each NPC must at least aim to score targets in each medalling event in the qualifying tournaments.

Manish Narwal and Deepender Singh becomes the first Indian Para Pistol shooter to qualify for the Paralympic games after winning gold and silver medal at 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup, Châteauroux.^[8] Later Singhraj also joined them by securing berth in the mixed pistol event. Avani Lekhera becomes the first female shooter to secure Paralympic berth for India.^[9] Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar secured another quota in rifle from 2019 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, Sydney. Later Siddhartha Babu also secured qualified from the same tournament. Deepak Saini, Rahul Jakahar, Akash and Rubina Francis secured the quota places from the 2021 Para Sport World Cup, Lima.^[10]

Paralympic Committee of India, on 8th July 2021 announced the 10 members Indian Team for the Tokyo 2021 games.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Manish Narwal	Men's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH1	575 - 21x	1 Q	135.8	7
Deepender Singh		560 - 9x	10	Did not advance
Singhraj Adhana		569 - 18x	6 Q	216.8
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar	Men's R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	615.2	7 Q	203.9	4
Deepak Saini	Men's R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1	592.6	20	Did not advance
Deepak Saini	Men's R7 - 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	03 Sep 6:00 am IST

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rubina Francis	Women's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH1	560 - 12x	7 Q	128.5	7
Avani Lekhara	Women's R2 – 10 m air rifle SH1	621.7	7 Q	249.6 EWR/PR
Avani Lekhara	Women's R8 – 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	03 Sep 6:00 am IST

EWR- Equalled World Record; PR- Paralympic Record

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rahul Jakhar	Mixed P3 - 25 m pistol SH1	02 Sep 5:15 am IST
Akash	Mixed P3 - 25 m pistol SH1	02 Sep 5:15 am IST
Manish Narwal	Mixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH1	04 Sep 6:00 am IST
Singhraj		04 Sep 6:00 am IST
Akash		04 Sep 6:00 am IST
Deepak Saini	Mixed R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1	01 Sep 6:00 am IST
Sidhartha Babu		01 Sep 6:00 am IST
Avani Lekhara		01 Sep 6:00 am IST
Avani Lekhara	Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1	05 Sep 6:00 am IST
Deepak Saini		05 Sep 6:00 am IST
Sidhartha Babu		05 Sep 6:00 am IST

Swimming

One India swimmer has successfully entered the Paralympic slot after Suyash Jadhav achieved the MQS. Later Niranjan Mukundan received bi-partite invitation.^[12]^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Niranjan Mukundan	50m Butterfly S7	03 Sep
Suyash Jadhav	50m Butterfly S7	03 Sep
	200 Individual Medley SM7	DNS		Did not advance
	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB7	01 Sep

DNS - Did not start

Table tennis

India entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel and Sonalben Manubhai Patel qualified via overall Rankings allocation.^[14]^[15]

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sonal Patel	Individual C3	Li Q (CHN) L 2–3	Lee M-g (KOR) L 1–3	3	Did not advance
Bhavina Patel	Individual C4	Zhou Y (CHN) L 0–3	Shackleton (GBR) W 3–1	2 Q	de Oliveira (BRA) W 3–0	Perić-Ranković (SRB) W 3–0	Zhang M (CHN) W 3–2	Zhou Y (CHN) L 0–3
Sonal Patel Bhavina Patel	Team C4-5	—				China (CHN) L 0–2	Did not advance

Taekwondo

India qualified one athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition. Aruna Tanwar received the bipartite commision invitation allocation quotas for women's –49 kg events.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aruna Tanwar	Women's K44 −49 kg	Jovanovic D (SRB) 02 Sep 7:15 am IST

References

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^ "Pramod Bhagat, Nagar Krishna, Tarun qualify for Paralympics badminton event". The Indian Express. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
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^ "Qualification done, Prachi Yadav eyes Target Olympic Podium Scheme & exposure trip". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
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[1] "Discus thrower Vinod Kumar loses Paralympics bronze, declared ineligible in classification reassessment". The Times of India. PTI. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[2] "Indian archers bag four berths for Tokyo Paralympics - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-10-24.

[3] "Tokyo 2020: PCI announces 24-member Para Athletics team". 2021-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] May 21, PTI /; 2021; Ist, 21:26. "Indian women's pair of Palak Kohli-Parul Parmar qualify for Paralympics | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-07-05. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] "Pramod Bhagat, Nagar Krishna, Tarun qualify for Paralympics badminton event". The Indian Express. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[6] Jul 16, Gaurav Gupta / TNN /; 2021; Ist, 21:17. "Tokyo Paralympics: Shuttlers Suhas Yathiraj, Manoj Sarkar get bipartite quotas; India to send seven-member badminton team | Badminton News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-07-17. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] "Qualification done, Prachi Yadav eyes Target Olympic Podium Scheme & exposure trip". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[8] "Tokyo 2020 Qutoa Allocation after the Châteauroux 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Quota Allocation after the Châteauroux 2018 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup. 25 February 2019.

[9] "Quota Allocation after the Al Ain 2019 World Cup" (PDF). Quota Allocation After the al Ain 2019 World Cup. 25 February 2019.

[10] "World records wrap up the Lima 2021 World Cup". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[11] "List of Para Shooters to participate at Paralympics Tokyo 2020".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[12] "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[13] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[14] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

[15] Shastri, Parth; Jul 3, Sabu Cherian / TNN / Updated; 2021; Ist, 06:46. "Girl power from Gujarat in Tokyo-bound India contingent | Ahmedabad News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-07-05. {{cite web}}: |last3= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[16] Jun 9, PTI / Updated; 2021; Ist, 22:43. "Aruna Tanwar set to be India's first ever taekwondo entry at Tokyo Paralympics | Tokyo Olympics News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-07-05. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Other	Refugee Paralympic Team RPC athletes
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Suspended	Comoros Djibouti Seychelles Sudan

Medalists

Medals by Sport

Medals by Gender

Competitors

Archery

Men

Women

Mixed

Athletics

Men

Women

Badminton

Para Canoeing

Women

Powerlifting

Shooting

Men

Women

Mixed

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

See also

References