At Tokyo Paralympics, in its best ever performance India bagged 19 medals with five Gold, eight Silver and six bronze. Indian finished 24th in the medals tally.
- On the concluding day on September 5, Indian Shuttler Krishna Nagar won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Singles SH6 Category.
- Noida District Magistrate and para-badminton player Suhas L Yathiraj bagged the silver medal.
- Shooter Avani Lekhara was India’s flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics on September 5, 2021.
- Lekhara has become the first Indian woman to win two medals in the same Paralympics in addition to being the first Indian woman to win gold at the Games.
- While Lekhara won a gold in R-2 women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event and a bronze in 50metre Rifle 3 Position SH1, Javelin thrower Sumit Antil, shuttlers Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar and shooter Manish Narwal bagged a yellow metal each.
- China topped the medal tally winning 207 medals, followed by Great Britain winning 124 medals.
