PM Narendra Modi Hails India's Tokyo Paralympics Performance

"Every Member A Champion": PM Narendra Modi Hails India's Tokyo Paralympics Performance. 

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Paralympics after the country recorded its best ever performance at the Games.

• PM Narendra Modi praised the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Paralympics
• India recorded its best ever medal haul in a single edition of the Games
• India won 19 medals, including five gold, eight silver and six bronze
• The Tokyo Paralympics come to an end on Sunday( 5 Sept,2021) with glittering ceremony.

List of the Indian medallists at the Tokyo Paralympic Games:

Gold Medal Winners:

Avani Lekhara, Women's 10m Air Rifle Shooting Standing SHl

Sumit Antil, Men's Javelin Throw F64

Manish Narwal, P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1

Pramod Bhagat, Badminton Men's Singles SL3

Krishna Nagar, Badminton Men's Singles SH6

Silver Medal Winners:

Bhavinaben Patel, Women's Singles Table Tennis - Class 4

Nishad Kumar, Men's High Jump T47

Devendra Jhajharia, Men's Javelin Throw F46

Yogesh Kathuniya, Men's Discus Throw F56

Singhraj Adhana, P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1

Mariyappan Thangavelu, Men's High Jump T63

Praveen Kumar, Men's High Jump T64

Suhas L. Yathiraj, Badminton Men's Singles SL4

Bronze Medal Winners:

Sundar Singh Gurjar, Men's Javelin Throw F46

Singhraj Adhana, Men's 10m Air Pistol Shooting SH1

Sharad Kumar, Men's High Jump T63

Avani Lekhara, Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Shooting SH1

In 1952, Dutch ex-servicemen joined the Movement and the International Stoke Mandeville Games were founded. The Stoke Mandeville Games later became the Paralympic Games which first took place in Rome, Italy, in 1960 featuring 400 athletes from 23 countries. Since then they have taken place every four years.