A 54-member contingent from India was expected to have a successful Paralympic Games and they delivered in sensational style. In India’s ...
A 54-member contingent from India was expected to have a successful Paralympic Games and they delivered in sensational style.
In India’s entire history of Paralympic Games, the total medal tally stood at 12 before the campaign at Tokyo 2020 began. There was a feeling Indian athletes would get close to that tally at the very least, but they ended up winning more medals in one edition than in the country’s entire history. From a total of 19 athletes at Rio Paralympics, India returned with a total of 19 medals at Toyko Paralympics.
And given the number of fourth-place finishes (six in all) and one medal that was taken away, the number could well have been even higher but for some fine margins.
Still, it was a campaign that tore up the history books and set new milestones for India in para sports.
India at Paralympics
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1984 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 12 | 10 | 31 |
Before Tokyo, India’s medals had come from just three sports....
