Paris Paralympics 2024: India Hopes for 55 Medals With 84 Athletes Participating

With participation in at least 12 sports, including para-shooting, para-badminton, and taekwondo, India is scheduled to begin their Paralympic campaign on August 29. India finished their Olympic campaign in Paris on August 11th, with a fairly disappointing haul of only six medals—five bronze and one silver—from the games.

With a record 19 medals won in Tokyo, the aspirations for the Paralympic contingent are high. With 84 para athletes fighting for medals in Paris, there is a chance of India winning as many as 55 medals this time around.

Paralympics 2024: Number of Countries Participating

A total of 167 nations are scheduled to take part in the Paris Paralympics 2024. This includes athletes from Russia and Belarus, competing under the banner Neutral Paralympic Athletes, and the Refugee Paralympic Team.

Paralympics 2024: How Many Indian Athletes Are Participating?

India is sending its largest-ever team to the Paralympics this time, with 84 athletes, compared to 54 who went to the Tokyo Games.

Indian Paralympics The Para-Athletics team will compete in around 12 medal events, while the shooting team will take part in 11 events.

India is also making its debut in para-cycling, para-judo, and para-rowing at the Paralympics, showing the country's expanding participation in new sports.

Indian athletes will also compete in para archery, para canoe, para powerlifting, para-swimming, para table tennis, and para taekwondo, highlighting the nation's growing strength in a variety of sports.

India’s Best Performance in Tokyo Paralympics

At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, India had its best performance ever, winning 19 medals—five gold, eight silver, and six bronze—and finishing 24th in the medal standings.

The Paris Paralympics games are officially scheduled to start from August 29. It is yet to be seen how many medals will Indian athletes participating in the event will be able to win this time. India's best performance was in Tokyo Paralympics winning a total of 19 medals in its history. India has altogether won a total 31 medals altogether in the history of 11 editions of the games.