Desde Murlikant Petkar hasta Devendra Jhajharia, una lista de los ganadores de oro de los Juegos Paralímpicos de la India.

Mientras India se prepara para los Juegos Paralímpicos de París 2024, echemos un vistazo al medallista de oro paralímpico Murlikant Petkar.

With just two days left for the Paris Paralympics 2024 begin, India have sent 84 athletes to compete for major medals. In the last edition, India won 19 medals at the Tokyo Paralympics—five gold, eight silver, and six bronze.

That year marked India’s most successful Paralympic campaign, with five gold medals won by Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil, Manish Narwal, Pramod Bhagat, and Krishna Nagar.

List of India’s Paralympics gold medalists

India has won 31 medals total in 12 editions, consisting of 9 gold, 12 silver, and 10 bronze. When Murlikant Petkar won gold at the 1972 Games in Heidelberg, he became the first Indian to win a medal at the Paralympics. The only Indian to win two gold medals in Paralympics is Devendra Jhajharia.

Athlete	Medal	Event	Games
Murlikant Petkar	Gold	Swimming, Men’s 50m freestyle 3	Heidelberg 1972
Devendra Jhajharia	Gold	Men’s javelin throw F44/ 46	Athens 2004
Mariyappan Thangavelu	Gold	Men’s high jump F42	Rio 2016
Devendra Jhajharia	Gold	Men’s javelin throw F46	Rio 2016
Avani Lekhara	Gold	Women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1	Tokyo 2020
Sumit Antil	Gold	Men’s javelin throw F64	Tokyo 2020
Manish Narwal	Gold	Men’s 50m pistol SH1	Tokyo 2020
Pramod Bhagat	Gold	Men’s singles badminton SL3	Tokyo 2020
Krishna Nagar	Gold	Men’s singles badminton SH6	Tokyo 2020