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After organizing a successful Summer Olympics 2020, Tokyo are now set to host Paralympics 2020 from August 24 to September 05. The fans will have an opportunity to witness some incredible sporting action over the course of two weeks in the capital of Japan. After India clinched 7 medals in the recently-concluded Olympics, all eyes will now be on the para-athletes. The country had won 4 medals in the last edition of the Paralympics at Rio 2016. The medalists were as follows:
Gold Medal - Mariyappan Thangavelu (Men's High Jump T42)
Gold Medal - Devendra Jhajharia (Men's Javelin Throw F46)
Silver Medal - Deepa Malik (Women's Shot Put F53)
Bronze Medal - Varun Singh Bhati (Men's High Jump T42)
Indian contingent for Paralympics 2020
India have sent a strong contingent of 54 competitors, who will participate in the Games across 9 different sports which are as follows - Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Paracanoeing, Powerlifting, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis and Taekwondo. Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won the gold medal in Rio Paralympics 2016 in the men's high jump T-42 category, will be the flag bearer for India in Tokyo.
Here is everything you need to know about the Indian athletes who will be representing the country in Paralympics 2020:
No. of Indian competitors = 54
No. of male competitors = 40
No. of female competitors = 14
No. of sports participating = 9
No. of events participating = 46
Archery
No. of Indian competitors = 5
Recurve Individual Open (Men)
Competitors: Harvinder Singh, Vivek Chikara
Date: August 27
Compound Individual Open (Men)
Competitors: Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sundar Swami
Date: August 27
Compound Individual Open (Women)
Competitor: Jyoti Baliyan
Date: August 27
Compound Mixed Team Open (Mixed)
Competitors: Jyoti Balian and Rakesh Kumar/Shyam Sundar Swami
Date: August 27
Athletics
No. of Indian competitors = 24
Club Throw F51 (Men)
Competitors: Amit Kumar Saroha, Dharambir Nain
Date: September 01
Discus Throw F52 (Men)
Competitor: Vinod Kumar
Date: August 29
Discus Throw F56 (Men)
Competitor: Yogesh Kathuniya
Date: August 30
High Jump T47 (Men)
Competitors: Nishad Kumar, Ram Pal
Date: August 29
High Jump T63 (Men)
Competitors: Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sharad Kumar, Varun Singh Bhati
Date: August 31
High Jump T64 (Men)
Competitor: Praveen Kumar
Date: September 03
Javelin Throw F41 (Men)
Competitor: Navdeep Singh
Date: September 04
Javelin Throw F46 (Men)
Competitors: Sudar Singh Gurjar, Ajeet Singh, Devendra Jhajhariya
Date: August 30
Javelin Throw F54 (Men)
Competitor: Tek Chandak
Date: September 03
Javelin Throw F57 (Men)
Competitor: Ranjeet Bhati
Date: August 28
Javelin Throw F64 (Men)
Competitors: Sandeep Choudhary, Sumit Antil
Date: August 30
Shot Put F35 (Men)
Competitor: Arvind Malik
Date: September 02
Shot Put F57 (Men)
Competitor: Soman Rana
Date: September 03
Club Throw F51 (Women)
Competitors: Kashish Lakra, Ekta Bhyan
Date: September 03
Shot Put F34 (Women)
Competitor: Bhagyashri Madhavrai Jadhav
Date: August 31
100m T13 (Women)
Competitor: Simran
Date: August 31
Badminton
No. of Indian competitors = 7
Singles SL3 (Men)
Competitors: Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar
Date: September 01
Singles SL4 (Men)
Competitors: Tarun Dhillon, Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj
Date: September 02
Singles SL6 (Men)
Competitor: Krishna Nagar
Date: September 02
Singles SL4 (Women)
Competitor: Paul Parmar
Date: September 02
Singles SU5 (Women)
Competitor: Palak Kohli
Date: September 01
Doubles SL3-SU5 (Women)
Competitors: Paul Parmar and Palak Kohli
Date: September 01
Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 (Mixed)
Competitors: Pramod Bhagat and Palak Kohli
Date: September 01
Para Canoeing
No. of Indian competitors = 1
VL2 (Women)
Competitor: Prachi Yadav
Date: September 02
Powerlifting
No. of Indian competitors = 2
65kg (Men)
Competitor: Jaideep Deswal
Date: August 27
50kg (Women)
Competitor: Sakina Khatun
Date: August 27
Shooting
No. of Indian competitors = 10
P1 - 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Men)
Competitors: Manish Narwal, Deepender Singh, Singhraj
Date: August 31
R1 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Men)
Competitors: Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Deepak Saini
Date: August 30
R7 - 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 (Men)
Competitor: Deepak Saini
Date: September 03
P2 - 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Women)
Competitor: Rubina Francis
Date: August 31
R2 - 10m Air Rifle SH1 (Women)
Competitor: Avani Lekhara
Date: August 30
R8 - 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 (Women)
Competitor: Avani Lekhara
Date: September 03
P3 - 25m Pistol SH1 (Mixed)
Competitors: Rahul Jakhar and Akash
Date: September 02
P4 - 25m Pistol SH1 (Mixed)
Competitors: Manish Narwal, Singhraj and Akash
Date: September 04
R3 - 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 (Mixed)
Competitors: Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu and Avani Lekhara
Date: September 01
R6 - 50m Rifle Prone SH1 (Mixed)
Competitors: Deepak Saini, Sidhartha Babu and Avani Lekhara
Date: September 05
Swimming
No. of Indian competitors = 2
50m Butterfly S7 (Men)
Competitors: Niranjan Mukundan, Suyash Jadhav
Date: September 03
200 Individual Medley SM7 (Men)
Competitor: Suyash Jadhav
Date: August 27
Table Tennis
No. of Indian competitors = 2
Individual C3 (Women)
Competitor: Sonalben Madhubhai Patel
Date: August 25
Individual C4 (Women)
Competitor: Bhavana Hasmukhbhai Patel
Date: August 25
Taekwondo
No. of Indian competitors = 1
K44-49kg (Women)
Competitor: Aruna Tanwar
Date: September 02