World Para Athletics Championships 2025: Indian medal winners, medal tally, results

India won a total of 22 medals at World Para Athletics Championships 2025.

The World Para Athletics Championships 2025 concluded on October 5, Sunday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. Athletes from 104 countries took part in what was India’s first time hosting the tournament.

With a 73-member contingent, the largest ever sent by the country, India’s para-athletes scripted a fairy tale on home soil, finishing with a record-breaking medal haul of 22 medals: 6 gold, 9 silver, and 7 bronze. India finished 10th in the medal standings.

This spectacular performance surpassed the nation’s previous best of 17 medals at Kobe 2024 where they finished sixth.

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The opening day of the championships brought immediate success for India, with three medals. Shailesh Kumar opened the country’s medal tally by winning gold in men’s high jump T63, setting an Asian record.

Varun Singh Bhati added bronze in the same event, while Deepthi Jeevanji opened account in women’s category with silver in the women’s 400m T20 class.

Rinku Hooda and Sundra Singh Gurjar then helped India achieve a 1-2 podium finish in men’s javelin throw F46 event. They were joined by Sandip Sanjay and Sandeep Chaudhary, who became the second Indian duo to win gold and silver in the same event and accomplish a 1-2 finish.

Meanwhile, fellow javelin thrower Sumit Antil continued the dominance in his category and clinched gold for the third consecutive edition while Yogesh Kathuniya bagged silver in men’s F56 discus throw.

India failed to win any medal on Day 6 before Dharambir Nain won silver in F51 Club Throw while Atul Kaushik took bronze in men’s F57 discus throw. Their medals helped India cross the double-digit mark in the tally.

On the seventh day of the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, India delivered an impressive performance, securing four medals, two golds and two bronzes. Nishad Kumar won the men’s high jump T47 title, clearing 2.14m and setting a new Asian record to claim gold.

Simran Sharma continued her sensational run by winning gold in the women’s 100m T12, finishing first with a personal best of 11.95 seconds. She later went on to claim silver in the women’s 200m T12.

Preethi Pal, who had previously won double medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, secured a bronze in the women’s 200m T35 with a season-best time of 30.03 seconds, and then followed it up with a silver in the 100m T35 final.

With this, Simran and Preethi became the only two Indian athletes at the championships to win multiple medals.

On the penultimate day, India surpassed its previous best medal haul at the championships, with 18 medals. And finally on the last day, four more medals took the total to 22, creating a record-breaking campaign on home soil.

World Para Athletics Championships 2025 Medal Tally

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	15	20	9	44
2	China	13	22	17	52
3	Iran	9	2	5	16
4	Netherlands	8	3	1	12
5	Poland	8	2	6	16
6	Colombia	7	10	4	21
7	Great Britain	7	5	13	25
8	Italy	7	1	3	11
9	United States	6	9	12	27
10	India	6	9	7	22
11	Germany	6	2	3	11
12	Thailand	6	2	2	10
13	Switzerland	6	1	2	9
14	Uzbekistan	5	6	2	13
15	Ukraine	4	2	2	8
16	Japan	4	8	2	14
17	Belgium	4	2	0	6
18	Turkiye	3	7	1	11
19	Algeria	3	3	3	9
20	Spain	3	2	5	10
21	New Zealand	3	2	2	7
22	Mexico	3	1	6	10
23	Canada	3	1	5	9
24	Ecuador	3	1	1	5
25	Latvia	3	0	0	3
25	Ireland	3	0	0	3
27	Australia	2	6	5	13
28	Tunisia	2	4	3	9
29	Argentina	2	1	0	3
30	Croatia	2	0	2	4
30	South Africa	2	0	2	4
32	Saudi Arabia	1	3	1	5
33	Greece	1	1	4	6
34	Portugal	1	1	2	4
35	Cuba	1	0	2	3
35	Hungary	1	1	1	3
35	Serbia	1	1	1	3
38	Mauritius	1	1	1	3
39	Malaysia	1	0	2	3
40	Morocco	1	0	1	2
40	Norway	1	0	1	2
40	Peru	1	0	1	2
40	United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	2
44	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
44	Libya	1	0	0	0
44	Refugee Para Team	1	0	0	1
47	France	0	5	1	6
48	Indonesia	0	3	1	4
49	Kenya	0	2	0	2
50	Denmark	0	1	3	4
50	Iraq	0	1	3	4
52	Costa Rica	0	1	1	2
52	Czechia	0	1	1	2
52	Lithuania	0	1	1	2
56	Angola	0	1	0	1
56	Jordan	0	1	0	1
56	Kuwait	0	1	0	1
56	Namibia	0	1	0	2
56	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1
62	Sri Lanka	0	0	2	2
63	Botswana	0	0	1	1
63	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
63	Venezuela	0	0	1	1

India’s medal winners at World Para Athletics Championships 2025

Sr No.	Athlete	Event	Medal
1	Shailesh Kumar	Men’s High Jump T63	Gold
2	Deepthi Jeevanji	Women’s 400m T20	Silver
3	Varun Singh Bhati	Men’s High Jump T63	Bronze
4	Rinku Hooda	Men’s Javelin Throw F46	Gold
5	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Men’s Javelin Throw F46	Silver
6	Yogesh Kathuniya	Men’s Discus Throw F56	Silver
7	Sandip Sanjay Sargar	Men’s Javelin Throw F44	Gold
8	Sandeep Chaudhary	Men’s Javelin Throw F44	Silver
9	Sumit Antil	Men’s Javelin Throw F64	Gold
10	Dharambir	Men’s Club Throw F51	Silver
11	Atul Kaushik	Men’s Discus Throw F57	Bronze
12	Nishad Kumar	Men’s High Jump T47	Gold
13	Simran Sharma	Women’s 100m T12	Gold
14	Preethi Pal	Women’s 200m T35	Bronze
15	Pardeep Kumar	Men’s Discus Throw F64	Bronze
16	Ekta Bhyan	Women’s Club Throw F51	Silver
17	Soman Rana	Men’s Shot Put F57	Bronze
18	Parveen Kumar	Men’s High Jump T64	Bronze
19	Simran Sharma	Women’s 200m T12	Silver
20	Preethi Pal	Women’s 100m T35	Silver
21	Navdeep Singh	Men’s Javelin Throw F41	Silver
22	Sandeep	Men’s 200m T44	Bronze

India’s results at World Para Athletics Championships 2025

Day 1 — September 27 (Saturday)

Men’s High Jump T63

1. Sailesh Kumar – Gold medal, finished first with 1.91m – Report
2. Varun Singh Bhati – Bronze medal, finished third with 1.85m
3. Rahul – finished fourth with 1.78m

Women’s 400m T20

1. Deepthi Jeevanji – Silver medal, finished second in 55.16s

Men’s Shot Put F37

1. Manu – Finished ninth (13.43m)

Men’s 100m T37 Heats

1. Rakeshbhai Bhatt – Qualified for final, finished third in the heat 1 (11.62s)
2. Shreyansh Trivedi – Qualified for final, finished second in the heat 3 (11.94s)

Women’s Javelin F46

1. Bhavanaben Ajabaji – Finished eighth (35.34m)

Women’s Discus Throw F53

• Kanchan Lakhani – Finished fifth (9.68m)

Day 2 — September 28 (Sunday)

Men’s Javelin Throw F57

• Praveen Kumar – Finished 8th with season best throw of 41.92m.
• Hem Chandra – Finished 10th with his personal best throw of 41.17m 

Men’s Long Jump T45/46/47

• Vikas – Finished 6th with 6.96m
• Ajay Singh – Finished 10th with personal best 6.31m

Men’s 100m T37

• Rakeshbhai Bhatt – Finished 7th in 11.88s
• Shreyansh Triverdi – Finished 8th in 12.18s

Day 3 — September 29 (Monday)

Men’s Shot Put F53 – Final

•  Ayush Verma – Finished fifth in final with best effort of 7.23m

Women’s Club Throw F32

• Anandhi Kulanthaisamy – Not qualified for final

Men’s Shot Put F40

• Ravi Rongali – Finished sixth with a season’s best throw of 10.10m

Women’s Discus Throw F64 – Final

• Dayawanti – finished fourth with 27.94m (New Asian record)

Men’s Long Jump – T63 – Final

• Mahendra Gurjar – Did not advance

Men’s Javelin Throw F46 – Final

• Rinku – Gold medal with 66.37m of throw – Report
• Sundar Singh Gurjar – Silver medal with 64.76m of throw
• Ajeet Singh – Finished fourth with 61.77m of throw.

Day 4 — September 30 (Tuesday)

Men’s Javelin Throw F64 – Final

• Sumit Antil – Gold Medal, finished first with 71.37m throw setting new championship record – Report
• Pardeep Kumar – Finished fifth with 42.2m of throw

Men’s Javelin Throw F44

• Sandip Sanjay Sargar – Gold medal, finished first with personal best throw of 62.82m – Report
• Sandeep Chaudhary – Silver medal, finished second with season best throw of 62.67m

Men’s Discus Throw F56

• Yogesh Kathuniya – Silver medal, finished second with 42.49m – Report

Men’s 400m T38 Round 1 Heat 1

• Akira Nandan Banothu – qualified for final, finishing third with 3rd (50.55s)

Men’s Long Jump T12

• Vishu – Finished 6th (6.24m)

Women’s Shot Put F54

• Keerthika Jayachandran – finished 6th (6.25m)

Men’s Javelin Throw F44

• Pushpendra Singh – Finished fourth with season best throw of 61.94m
• Mahendra Gurjar – Finished 7th with 57.84m of throw

Women’s Shot Put F34

• Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav – Finished sixth with season best throw of 7.67m.

Men’s Shot Put F11

• Sagar – Finished seventh with 11.74m
• Monu Ghangas – Finished 10th with 10.87m

Day 5 — October 1 (Wednesday)

Women’s Javelin Throw F56 Final

• Suchitra Parida – finished 6th with best throw of 18.29m (PB)

Women’s 400m T47 Round 1

• Anjanaben Rohitbhai Bumbadiya – Finished 4th in Heat 1 with timing 1:00.04 (Failed to qualify for final)

Men’s Discus Throw F57 Qualifying

• Priyansh Kumar – finishes 4th with best throw of 39.12m (Qualified for final)
• Birbhadra Singh – Finished 5th with best throw of 38.79m (Failed to qualify)

Men’s 400m T47 Round 1

• Dilip Gavit – Finished 2nd in Heat 2 with timing of 48.20s (Qualified for final)

Men’s 400m T38 Final

• Akira Nandan Banothu finished 7th with timing of 51.16s

Day 6 — October 2 (Thursday)

Women’s Shot Put F57 Final

• Sharmila finished 5th with best throw of 10:03

Men’s Discus Throw F37 Final

• Haney finished 4th with best throw of 51.22

Women’s Shot Put F46 Final

• Amisha Rawat finished 9th with best throw 10.11 (PB)

Men’s Club Throw F51 Final

• Dharambir Nain – Finished 2nd with best throw of 29.71 (Silver Medal)
• Pranav Soorma – Finished 5th with best throw of 28.19

Men’s Long Jump T44 Final

• Mit Bharatbhai Patel – Finished 5th with best jump of 6.28 (PB)
• Unni Renu – Finished 6th with best jump of 5.96 (PB)
• Pardeep – Finished 8th with best jump of 5:30

Women’s 100m T12 Round 1

• Simran (Guide: Umar Saifi) – Finished 1st in Heat 1 with timing 12.13 (Qualified for final)

Men’s 400m T47 Final

• Dilip Gavit – Finished 4th with timing of 48.61

Men’s Discus Throw F57 Final

• Atul Kaushik – Finished 3rd with best throw of 45.61 (Won Bronze)
• Priyansh Kumar – Finished 8th with best throw of 42.52 (PB)

Day 7 — October 3 (Friday)

 Men’s High Jump T47

• Nishad Kumar – Gold Medal, finished first by clearing 2.14m, setting new Asian record – Report
• Ram Pal: Finished fifth with 1.94m

Women’s 100m T12

• Simran Sharma – Gold Medal, finished first with personal best record of 11.95 seconds – Report

Women’s 200m T35

• Preethi Pal – Bronze medal, finished third by clocking the season’s best timing of 30.03 seconds

Men’s Discus Throw F64 Final

• Pardeep Kumar – Bronze Medal, finished third with a season-best effort of 46.23m
• Sharvan Kumar – Finished fifth with, 44.11m

Men’s discus throw F44

• Sagar Thayat – Finished fouth place with throw of 51.93m.
• Devender Kumar – Finished sixth with 50.12m.
• Pardeep – Finished eighth with 46.14m.

Men’s discus throw F11

• Monu Ghangas – Finished ninth with 32.65m.

Men’s long jump T64

• Solairaj Dharmaraj – Finished seventh 7.08m (new Asian record)

Women’s shot put F64

• Dayawanti – Finished sixth with 7.90m. 

Men’s shot put F46

• Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Finished at fourth place with 15.03m.
• Mohd. Yasser – Finished at sixth place with 14.73m.
• Parveen: Finished eigth with 14.24m

Men’s shot put F57

• Shubham Juyal – Qualified for final, finished 1st in qualification with a throw of 13.34m.

Day 8 — October 4 (Saturday)

Women’s Club Throw F51 Final

• Ekta Bhyan – Silver medal, finished second with season’s best throw of 19.80m
• Kashish Lakra – Finishes sixth with 11.64m of throw

Men’s Shot Put F57 Final

• Soman Rana – Bronze medal, finished third with season best throw of 14.69m
• Hokato Hotozhe Sema – Finished sixth with 14.35m
• Shubham Juyal – Finished seventh with 13.72m

Men’s High Jump T64 Final

• Praveen Kumar – Bronze medal, with season best of 2.00m
• Banti – Finished sixth with personal best of 1.87m

Women’s Long Jump T47 Final

• Nimisha Suresh Chakkungalparambil – Finished fourth with Asian record of 5.74m

Men’s Javelin Throw F54 Final

• Pradeep Kumar – Finished seventh with 26.11m

Men’s Javelin Throw F13 Final

• Manjeet – Finished fifth with 57.80m

Women’s 200m T12 Round 1 – Heat 4

• Simran Sharma – Qualified for final, 1st in the heats with 25.03s

Day 9 — October 4 (Saturday)

Women’s 200m T12

• Simran Sharma – Silver medal, setting new Asian record with a time of 24.46s

Women’s 100m T35

• Preethi Pal – Silver medal with a season-best time of 14.33s

Men’s Javelin Throw F41

• Navdeep Singh – Silver medal with a season-best throw of 45.46m

Men’s 200m T44

• Sandeep – Bronze medal, clocking a personal best time of 23.60s.

Women’s Discus Throw F55

• Sakshi Kasana – Finished 6th with a throw of 22.47m
• Karamjyoti – Finished 7th with a throw of 21.12m
• Pooja – Finished 8th with a throw of 19.45m

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