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Indian athletes achieved quota places based on their results at the 2023 and 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, or through allocation quotas, provided they have met the minimum entry standard (MES) for the respective events. The athletics contingent consisted of 38 members including 10 women.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics, the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more generally known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, was a major international multi-sport event for the disabled governed by the International Paralympic Committee, taking place in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September. [1]
Devendra Jhajharia 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.
Praveen Kumar (born 15 May 2003) [1] is an Indian para-athlete from Uttar Pradesh. He won the gold at the 2024 Paris Paralympics [2] and the silver at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He's also an Asian Para Games 2022 gold medalist.
The medal table of the 2024 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that were won by their athletes during the competition. The 2024 Paralympics was the seventeenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Dharambir Nain (born 18 January 1989) is an Indian para-athlete from Haryana. [1] He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris and won the gold medal in the men's club throw F51 event. He set an Asian record with his throw of 34.92 m. [2]
Preethi Pal (born 22 September 2000) [2] is an Indian para athlete. [3] She won two bronze medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics in the women's 100m and 200m T35 race events and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win two medals in track and field events at Paralympic Games.
Deepthi Jeevanji (born 27 September 2003) is an Indian para-athlete. [1] She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympics in the 400 meters T20 race. At the 2024 World Championships, she set a world record of 55.06s. [2] She previously set the Asian Para Games record in 2023. [3] She broke the 55.12s record of Breanna Clark. [3]