Having competed in 11 editions of the paralympic games since its introduction in 1960, india have won 31 medals, including nine gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze.
Paralympics 2016 medal count india. Becoming the first woman to win at the paralympics, deepa malik won a silver medal in the shot put f53 at the 2016 rio games with a throw of 4.61 meters. Rio olympics 2016 live updates, 17th aug, day 12: India finished with a total of 19 medals with five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals at the tokyo paralympics.
At the top of the table is china with 119 medals including 54. India won its first medal at the paralympics in the 1972 games when murlikant petkar won a gold medal in swimming. The nation's most successful outing was at the 2016 rio games when it.
India at the rio 2016 paralympics ·india has claimed eight medals at the paralympic summer games: After a glorious day at the games, india find themselves at the 26th place with 2 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze medal. Badminton star srikanth kidambi and golf ace aditi ashok will.
India has won 12 medals in the paralympics with four gold and as many silver and bronze medals so far. Before the tokyo paralympics began, india had won 12 medals overall between 1960 and 2016. This means in the span of a.
Among them are four gold, four silver and four bronze. On nationalsportsday take a look at india s performance at the global sporting stage upsc ias ips dream national sports day paralympic games sports day. Wrestler sakshi malik wins bronze medal, india open their account at rio.
2 who won gold medal in paralympics 2016. Ever since the 2016 rio games, india has managed to bag. India have won 12 medals at the paralympics thus far.