India at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships
| India at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships | |
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| IPC code | IND |
| NPC | Paralympic Committee of India |
| Website | www |
| in New Delhi, India September 27, 2025 – October 5, 2025 | |
| Competitors | 73 |
| Flag bearers | Dharambir Nain Preethi Pal |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Summer appearances | |
India is participating in the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships, being held in New Delhi, India from 27 September to 5 October 2025.[1] The Indian contingent consists of 73 athletes.[2]
Medalists
Summary
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| Preethi Pal |
Medal summary
Gold Medalists
Shailesh Kumar, the reigning Asian Games champion, won India's first gold medal in the high jump T63 event, in which his compatriot and triple paralympic medalist Mariyappan Thangavelu had won the gold medal in the previous edition. He clinched his second championship medal after a silver in the 2023 edition.[3]
Silver Medalists
Deepthi Jeevanji, the 2024 Paralympics bronze medalist, won India's first silver medal (and the first medal in track events) in the women's 400 metres T20 event, which was her second medal after clinching a gold medal at the previous edition.[4]
Bronze Medalists
Varun Singh Bhati won India's first bronze medal (and the first medal in field events) in the men's high jump T63 event. He won his second championship medal after a bronze in 2017 edition.[5]
Track events
- Legend:
- Note – Ranks given for track events are only within the athlete's heat.
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as the fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target.
- DQ = Disqualified
- PR = Paralympic Record
- AR = Area (or Continental) Record
- NR = National Record
- PB = Personal Best
- SB = Season's Best
Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semi-final | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Rakeshbhai Bhatt | 100m T37 | 11.62 PB | 3q | N/a | 11.88 | 7 | |
| Shreyansh Trivedi | 11.94 PB | 2q | N/a | 12.18 | 8 | ||
| Sandeep | 200m T44 | 23.99 PB | 4q | N/a | 23.60 PB | ||
| Akira Nandan Banothu | 400m T38 | 50.55 PB | 3Q | N/a | 51.16 | 7 | |
| Dilip Mahadu Gavit | 400m T47 | 48.20 AS PB |
2Q | N/a | 48.61 | 4 | |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semi-final | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Simran Sharma | 100m T12 | 12.13 |
1Q | 12.08 |
1Q | 11.95 PB | |
| Preeti Pal | 100m T35 | 14.50 SB | 1Q | N/a | 14.33 SB | ||
| Simran Sharma | 200m T12 | 25.03 |
1Q | 24.92 |
1Q | 24.46 PB AR | |
| Preeti Pal | 200m T35 | N/a | 30.03 SB | ||||
| Deepthi Jeevanji | 400m T20 | 58.35 |
1Q | N/a | 55.16 SB | ||
| Anjanaben Bumbadiya | 400m T47 | 1:00.04 PB | 4 | Did not advance to next round | |||
Field events
- Legend:
- Note – Ranks given for track events are only within the athlete's heat.
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as the fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target.
- DSQ = Disqualified
- WR = World Record
- CR = Championship Record
- PB = Personal Best
- SB = Season Best
- NM = No Mark
Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Dharambir Nain | Club Throw F51 | N/a | 29.71 | ||
| Pranav Soorma | N/a | 28.19 SB | 5 | ||
| Monu Ghanghas | Discus Throw F11 | N/a | 32.65 | 9 | |
| Haney | Discus Throw F37 | N/a | 51.22 | 4 | |
| Devender Kumar | Discus Throw F44 | N/a | 50.12 | 6 | |
| Pardeep | N/a | 46.14 | 8 | ||
| Sagar Thayat | N/a | 51.93 PB | 4 | ||
| Yogesh Kathuniya | Discus Throw F56 | N/a | 42.49 | ||
| Atul Kaushik | Discus Throw F57 | N/a | 45.61 | ||
| Birbhadra Singh | 38.79 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Priyans Kumar | 39.12 | 4q | 42.52 PB | 8 | |
| Pardeep Kumar | Discus Throw F64 | N/a | 46.23 SB | ||
| Sharvan Kumar | N/a | 44.11 SB | 5 | ||
| Nishad Kumar | High Jump T47 | N/a | 2.14 AS PB |
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| Rampal Chahar | N/a | 1.94 SB | 5 | ||
| Rahul | High Jump T63 | N/a | 1.78 PB | 4 | |
| Shailesh Kumar | N/a | 1.91 CR PB |
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| Varun Singh Bhati | N/a | 1.85 | |||
| Banti | High Jump T64 | N/a | 1.87 PB | 6 | |
| Praveen Kumar | N/a | 2.00 SB | |||
| Manjeet Vyas | Javelin Throw F13 | N/a | 57.80 PB | 5 | |
| Navdeep Singh | Javelin Throw F41 | N/a | 45.46 SB | ||
| Mahendra Gurjar | Javelin Throw F44 | N/a | 57.84 | 7 | |
| Pushpendra Singh | N/a | 61.94 SB | 4 | ||
| Sandeep Chaudhary | N/a | 62.67 SB | |||
| Sandip Sanjay Sargar | N/a | 62.82 =PB | |||
| Ajeet Singh Yadav | Javelin Throw F46 | N/a | 61.77 SB | 4 | |
| Rinku Hooda | N/a | 66.37 CR SB |
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| Sundar Singh Gurjar | N/a | 64.76 SB | |||
| Pradeep Kumar | Javelin Throw F54 | N/a | 26.11 PB | 7 | |
| Hem Chandra | Javelin Throw F57 | N/a | 41.17 PB | 10 | |
| Parveen Kumar | N/a | 41.92 SB | 8 | ||
| Pardeep Kumar | Javelin Throw F64 | N/a | 42.72 | 5 | |
| Sumit Antil | N/a | 71.37 CR | |||
| Vishu | Long Jump T12 | N/a | 6.24 PB | 6 | |
| Mit Bharatbhai Patel | Long Jump T44 | N/a | 6.28 PB | 5 | |
| Pardeep | N/a | 5.30 | 8 | ||
| Unni Renu | N/a | 5.96 PB | 6 | ||
| Ajay Singh | Long Jump T47 | N/a | 6.31 SB | 10 | |
| Vikas | N/a | 6.96 | 6 | ||
| Mahendra Gurjar | Long Jump T63 | N/a | NM | ||
| Solairaj Dharmaraj | Long Jump T64 | N/a | 7.08 AS | 7 | |
| Monu Ghangas | Shot Put F11 | N/a | 10.87 | 10 | |
| Sagar | N/a | 11.74 | 7 | ||
| Manu | Shot Put F37 | N/a | 13.43 | 9 | |
| Ravi Rongali | Shot Put F40 | N/a | 10.10 SB | 6 | |
| Ayush Verma | Shot Put F53 | N/a | 7.23 PB | 5 | |
| Mohd Yasser | Shot Put F46 | N/a | 14.73 | 6 | |
| Parveen | N/a | 14.24 | 8 | ||
| Sachin Sarjerao Khilari | N/a | 15.03 | 4 | ||
| Hokato Hotozhe Sema | Shot Put F57 | N/a | 14.35 SB | 6 | |
| Shubham Juyal | 13.34 |
1q | 13.72 PB | 7 | |
| Soman Rana | N/a | 14.69 SB | |||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Anandhi Kulanthaisamy | Club Throw F32 | 13.03 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Ekta Bhyan | Club Throw F51 | N/a | 19.80 SB | ||
| Kashish Lakra | N/a | 11.64 SB | 6 | ||
| Kanchan Lakhani | Discus Throw F53 | N/a | 9.68 PB | 5 | |
| Dayawanti | Discus Throw F64 | N/a | 27.94 SB | 4 | |
| Bhavanaben Chaudhary | Javelin Throw F46 | N/a | 35.34 | 8 | |
| Suchitra Parida | Javelin Throw F56 | N/a | 18.29 PB | 6 | |
| Nimisha Chakkungalparambil | Long Jump T47 | N/a | 5.74 AR PB |
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| Bhagyashri Jadhav | Shot Put F34 | N/a | 7.67 SB | 6 | |
| Amisha Rawat | Shot Put F46 | N/a | 10.11 PB | 9 | |
| Keerthika Jayachandran | Shot Put F54 | N/a | 6.25 PB | 6 | |
| Sharmila Dhankhar | Shot Put F57 | N/a | 10.03 PB | 5 | |
| Dayawanti | Shot Put F64 | N/a | 7.90 PB | 6 | |
References
- ^ "India gears up to host historic Para Athletics Worlds with record entries". Business Standard. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "India names 73-member team for World Para Athletics Championships in Delhi". Sportstar. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "World Para Athletics Championships: Shailesh Kumar wins India's first gold". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ^ "Para Sprinter Deepthi Jeevanji Sprints To Silver In Women's 400m T20 Final At Para Athletics Worlds". News18. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Shailesh strikes gold, Bhati wins bronze as India opens Para Athletics World meet with twin medals". Daijiworld. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
