1) From 24th August 2021 to 5th September 2021
Motto - United by Emotions
2) Official Mascot - Someity (Created by Japanese Artist Ryo Taniguchi)
3) Japan hosted this paralympics for the third time (1964 and 2020- Summer ; 1998- Winter )
4) China has topped with 207 Medals ( 96 Gold, 60 Silver and 51 Bronze Medals)
Great Britain at 2nd Position with 124 Medals (41 Gold, 38 Silver and 45 Bronze Medals)
5) India at 24th Position with 19 Medals (5- Gold, 8- Silver and 6- Bronze Medals)
6) Flag Bearers in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of Tokyo Paralympics-
Opening Ceremony- Haryana's Javelin Thrower Tek Chand
(Tamil Nadu's High Jumper Mariappan Thangavelu missed the opportunity. He was quarantined following close contact with COVID-19 Positive Person on their flight to Tokyo)
Closing Ceremony - Rajasthan's Shooter Avani Lekhara
(Avani Lekhara- First Indian Woman to win two medals in the same paralympics- Gold in 10 m air rifle standing and Bronze in 50 m air rifle Standing)
7) Cauldron lit by
Yuvi Kamiji, Karin morisaki and Shunsuka Uchida
8) 54 para sports persons From India participated across 9 sports discipline (India's Largest Ever Contingent to the Paralympics)
163 countries Participated
9) Paralympics Theme Song of India-
"Kar De Kamaal Tu"- Composed and sung by Divyang Cricket Player Sanjeev Singh
launched by Anurag Thakur (Sports Minister at that time)
10) Paralympic Committee of India (IOA/IOC)
Formed in 1992
Registered in 1994 (Bangalore, Karnataka)
Founding President - Rathan Singh
Current president- Deepa Malik (The First Indian Woman to win a medal in paralympics Games- She won a silver medal at 2016 Rio paralympics in Shot Put)
11) Host Countries
Summer Paralympics
2016 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2020 - Tokyo, Japan
2024 - Paris, France
2028 - los Angeles, USA
2032 - Brisbane
12) Significance
*First Medalist in Table Tennis Paralympics 2020:
Bhavina Patel won Silver Medal in Women's singles table tennis class 4 category against China's Zhou Ying
*First Gold Medalist
Avani Lekhara- First Indian Woman to win two medals in the same paralympics- Gold in 10 m air rifle standing and Bronze in 50 m air rifle Standing
First Indian Woman to win a gold medal at Paralympics
Final Score - 249.6 points (Worls Record)
* World Record
1) Avani Lekhara
2) Haryana's Sumit Antil won Gold in Men's Javaelin Throw Event having thrown 68.55 m
*First Gold Medalist in Badminton at Paralympics :
Bihar's Pramod Bhagat won Gold in Men's Singles SL3 badminton Event
13) Atheletics- 8: Shooting- 5; Badminton- 4; Table Tennis-1; Archery-1 ; Total=19
GOLD-
1) Avani Lekhara- Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1
2) Sumit Antil- Men's Javelin Throw - F64
3) Pramod Bhagat- Men's Singles badminton SL3
4) Manish Narwal- P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
5) Krishna Nagar-Men's Singles badminton SH6
SILVER-
1) Bhavina Patel- Women's singles table tennis class 4
2) Singhraj Adhana- P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
3) Yogesh Kathuniya-Men's Discus Throw - F56
4)Nishad Kumar- Men's High Jump - T47
5) Mariyappan Thangavelu- Men's High Jump - T63
6) Praveen Kumar- Men's High Jump - T64
7) Devendra Jhajharia- Men's Javelin Throw - F46
8) Suhas Yathiraj- Men's Singles badminton SL4
BRONZE-
1) Avani Lekhara-Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1
2) Harvinder Singh-Men's Individual Recurve - Open
3) Sharad Kumar- Men's High Jump - T63
4) Sundar Singh Gurjar- Men's Javelin Throw - F46
5) Manoj Sarkar- Men's Singles SL3
6)Singhraj Adhana-P1 - Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1
14) OTHERS:
* Discus Thrower Vinod Kumar- Bronze medal was cancelled
* Australia's Cyclist Paige Greco- First Gold Medal in Tokyo Paralympics
* Indian Bank- Signed MOU with PCI as one of the banking partners of paralympics games
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