India at the
2022 Deaflympics
IOC codeIND
NOCAll India Sports Council of the Deaf
Websitewww.aiscd.org
in Caxias do Sul
Competitors46
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
8
Silver
1
Bronze
8
Total
17
Summer appearances
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1931
  • 1935
  • 1939
  • 1949
  • 1953
  • 1957
  • 1961
  • 1965
  • 1969
  • 1973
  • 1977
  • 1981
  • 1985
  • 1989
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2021

India is currently competing in the 2021 Summer Deaflympics which is held in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.[1] India sent a delegation consisting of 65 participants in 11 sporting disciplines such as shooting, badminton, athletics, golf, judo, karate, table tennis, tennis, taekwondo, wrestling for the event, which is also the largest ever delegation sent by India in a single Summer Deaflympic event.[2][3]

This was the 14th time that India had participated at the Summer Deaflympics since making its Deaflympic debut in 1965. The delegation included Rohit Bhaker, who competed in his 7th Deaflympic event as the most experienced competitor for India at the multi-sport event. Golfer Diksha Dagar who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics also returned to Deaflympics after appearing previously at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.

India rank 9th in the event which includes Sports shooter Dhanush Srikanth won the first medal as well as first gold medal for India during the event as he clinched a gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle shooting event with a new deaf world record by registering a score of 247.5 points in the final.[4][5][6][7]

Medalists

Name Medal Sport Event
Jerlin Anika  Gold Badminton Women Singles
Abhinav Sharma

Jerlin Anika

 Gold Badminton Mixed Doubles
Rohit Bhaker

Mahesh

 Gold Badminton Mixed Team
Diksha Dagar  Gold Golf Women's Individual
Dhanush Srikanth  Gold Shooting Men's 10m air rifle
Abhinav Deshwal  Gold Shooting Men's 10m air pistol
Dhanush Srikanth
Priyesha Deshmukh
 Gold Shooting Mixed rifle
Sumit Dahya  Gold Wrestling Men's Freestyle (97 kg)
Prithvi Sekhar
Dhananjay Dubey
 Silver Tennis Men's Doubles
Abhinav Sharma  Bronze Badminton Men's Singles
Vedika Sharma  Bronze Shooting Women's 10m air pistol
Shourya Saini  Bronze Shooting Men's 10m air rifle
Prithvi Sekhar  Bronze Tennis Men's Singles
Prithvi Sekhar
Jafreen Shaik
 Bronze Tennis Mixed Doubles
Virender Singh  Bronze Wrestling Men's Freestyle (74 kg)
Amit Krishan  Bronze Wrestling Men's Freestyle (86 kg)

Medal table

Sport  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Badminton 3 0 1 4
Golf 1 0 0 1
Shooting 3 0 2 5
Tennis 0 1 2 3
Wrestling 1 0 2 4
Total 8 1 7 16

References

  1. "India at the 2022 Summer Deaflympics". Deaflympics. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  2. "Sixty-five Indian athletes to participate in Deaflympics". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. Judge, Shahid. "Explainer: India at Deaflympics – here's what you need to know about the quadrennial event". Scroll.in. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  4. "Results - Shooting 10m Air Rifle (Men)". Deaflympics. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  5. "Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze at Deaflympics | More sports News - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  6. "Srikanth earns shooting gold with world record score at Deaflympics". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. "Dhanush Srikanth wins gold, Shourya Saini bags bronze in Deaflympics". Sportstar. Press Trus of India. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
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