Stoke Mandeville Games (1960–1984) The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first
Paralympics in
1960 and the
International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the Paralympic Games till
1984. India made its
Paralympics debut in
1968. India's first medal came in the
1972 Games when
Murlikant Petkar won the gold medal in the men's 50 meter
freestyle event. India missed the subsequent two Summer Paralympic Games and returned in the
1984 edition. The nation has appeared in every edition of the Summer Paralympic Games since then while it has never participated in the
Winter Paralympic Games.
Early Paralympic Games (1988–2000) is the most decorated Indian para athlete with two gold and one silver medals. The
1988 Seoul Paralympics was the first to use the Paralympics name and the event has been held in the same host city as the corresponding
Summer Olympic Games since then. The
Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) was formed in 1994, five years after the
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was established in 1989. India continued to participate in each Paralympic Games thereafter, but failed to win a medal until the
2004 Games. India sent a
delegation of 19 athletes for the
2016 Summer Paralympics. India won four medals in the event and the Games also marked the first instance of India winning two gold medals.
Mariyappan Thangavelu won the first gold medal in the
Men's high jump T42 event. Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to win multiple gold medals after his win in the
Men's javelin throw F46 event.
Deepa Malik and
Varun Bhati were the other medalists with a silver and bronze medal respectively.
Tokyo Games (2020) The Indian
contingent for the
2020 Games consisted of 54 people across nine sports. This was the nation's most successful Games ever with 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals before the
Paris 2024 Games.
Bhavina Patel won India's first medal, a silver in
Table Tennis.
Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win a gold medal and she won another bronze medal to become the first Indian woman multiple medalist in
Paralympic shooting. Shooter
Manish Narwal won another gold medal in 50 m pistol SH1 event and
Singhraj Adhana won two shooting medals, a silver and a bronze.
Harvinder Singh became the first Indian to win a medal in
Paralympic archery after he won a bronze medal in the men's recurve event. In
badminton, Indian shuttlers won four medals including two gold medals by
Pramod Bhagat and
Krishna Nagar, a silver medal by
Suhas Yathiraj and a bronze medal by
Manoj Sarkar.
Nishad Kumar and
Praveen Kumar won silver medals and
Sharad Kumar and
Sundar Singh Gurjar were the other bronze medalists. India has won 29 medals with seven gold, nine silver, and thirteen bronze medals making them the most successful Games ever. Avani Lekhara won a gold medal in
shooting for the second consecutive Games and became the first Indian woman paralympic athlete to win back-to-back gold and multiple medals.
Kumar Nitesh won a gold medal in
badminton at the
men's singles SL3 event.
Sumit Antil became the first Indian male athlete to defend a title at the Paralympics after he won the gold medal in the
men's javelin throw F64 event, while setting two Paralympic records in the process. Shooter
Manish Narwal won a silver medal, his second medal after his gold medal in the 2020 Games.
Nishad Kumar and
Yogesh Kathuniya won silver medals at the
men's high jump T47 and the
men's discus throw F56 events respectively, in a repeat of their performance from
Tokyo 2020.
Suhas Yathiraj also won a silver medal for the second consecutive Games in the
men's singles SL4 para-badminton event.
Thulasimathi Murugesan won the first para-badminton silver medal at the
women's singles SU5 event.
Ajeet Singh Yadav and
Sundar Singh Gurjar won the silver and bronze medals respectively in the
men's javelin throw F46 event. This was Gurjar's second medal after he finished third in the
same event in the previous Games.
Sharad Kumar won his second Paralympic medal, a silver in the
men's high jump T63 event.
Mariyappan Thangavelu won a medal at his third successive Paralympic Games with a bronze in the same event.
Sachin Khilari won India's fifth athletics silver medal, finishing second in the
men's shot put F46 event.
Preethi Pal won India's first track medals at
athletics by clinching two bronze medals in the
women's 100m and
200m T35 events.
Mona Agarwal and
Rubina Francis also won bronze medals in shooting.
Sheetal Devi became the youngest Indian Paralympic medalist after she won a bronze medal in the
compound archery event along with
Rakesh Kumar.
Manisha Ramadass and
Nithya Sivan won bronze medals in women's para-badminton events.
Deepthi Jeevanji won the bronze medal at the
women's 400 m T20 race and became the youngest Indian track medalist at the Paralympic Games. == Medal table ==