Paralympics 2024: India shines with 29 medals in Paris

Preeti Pal made history by becoming the first-ever Indian woman to win two medals at the Paralympics- bronze medals in T35 100m and 200m.

Born in Uttar Pradesh, is a T35 athlete who suffers from coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia, and athetosis.

Harvinder Singh, 33, scripted history by becoming the first Indian archer to clinch gold at the Paralympics.

Harvinder's legs stopped functioning properly due to adverse effect from an injection during his childhood.

The 23-year-old Navdeep Singh from Haryana won India's first-ever gold medal in the men's javelin F41 category.

Simran Sharma won the bronze medal in the women's 200m T12 final. The T12 classification in the Paralympics is for athletes with visual impairments.

The 24-year-old Simran was born prematurely and spent the next 10 weeks in an incubator where it was discovered that she is visually impaired.

Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar won bronze in archery.

Born without arms, Sheetal's early life was marked by challenges but she has overcome all odds to create history.

Rakesh Kumar met with an accident in the year 2010 and both his legs got paralyzed, since then he has been in a wheelchair.

Kapil Parmar won historic Judo bronze medal.

Kapil was only 15 when he got electrocuted while switching on a water pump. His retinas got partially (40 per cent) damaged but as he aged Kapil lost 80 per cent vision.

Praveen Kumar won gold in the men's high jump (T44).

The 21-year-old athlete from Noida, who was born with a short leg, won the competition with a season-best jump of 2.08 meters.

Indian javelin thrower Sumit Antil won Gold in Men's F64 Javelin throw.

The F64 category, in which he competes, is designated for athletes with lower limb impairments, including those using prosthetics or dealing with leg length discrepancies.

Deepthi Jeevanji won bronze in women's 400m T20 category.

Deepthi, born to daily-wage labourer parents in Warangal district of Telangana, became the second Indian to win a medal in a track event at the Paralympics after Preethi Pal.

Athletes in the F34 class have to deal with co-ordination impairments including hypertonia (stiff muscles), ataxia (poor muscle control) and athetosis

40-year-old Hokato Hotozhe Sema won bronze medal in men's shot put F57 category.

At 18, a Havildar with 9 Assam Regiment, Sema lost his leg due to a landmine explosion during an operation at the Line of Control in 2002.