India’s para-athletics program reached a landmark milestone at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, delivering its best-ever medal haul in the history of the event.
Competing on home
soil, Indian athletes produced a record-breaking performance, signaling a new era for the country in global para-sport.
With passionate home support and improved infrastructure, the Indian contingent produced an unprecedented collective performance — the best in its history.
India surpassed all previous medal hauls at the end of tonight’s competition, with a total of 18 medals (6 Gold, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze) surpassing previous edition’s medal tally of 17 medals (6 Gold, 5 Silver, 6 Bronze), making it the best-ever performance in the championship’s history.
Tomorrow, India has 6 medal events more to play for.
Indian Medal Winners at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships So Far
- Shailesh Kumar — Men’s High Jump T63 — Gold
- Rinku Hooda — Men’s Javelin Throw F46 — Gold
- Sumit Antil — Men’s Javelin Throw F64 — Gold
- Nishad Kumar — Men’s High Jump T47 — Gold
- Sandip Sanjay Sargar — Men’s Javelin Throw F44 — Gold
- Simran Sharma — Women’s 100m T12 — Silver
- Deepthi Jeevanji — Women’s 400m T20 — Silver
- Sundar Singh Gurjar — Men’s Javelin Throw F46 — Silver
- Yogesh Kathuniya — Men’s Discus Throw F56 — Silver
- Sandeep Chaudhary — Men’s Javelin Throw F44 — Silver
- Dharambir — Men’s Club Throw F51 — Silver
- Ekta Bhyan — Women’s Club Throw F51 — Silver
- Varun Singh Bhati — Men’s High Jump T63 — Bronze
- Atul Kaushik — Men’s Discus Throw F57 — Bronze
- Preethi Pal — Women’s 200m T35 — Bronze
- Pardeep Kumar — Men’s Discus Throw F64 — Bronze
- Praveen Kumar — Men’s High Jump T64 — Bronze
- Soman Rana — Men’s Shot Put F57 — Bronze
