India won historic 111 medals in the Para Asian Games 2023.
India finished the Para Asian Games 2023 in fifth position with a record haul of 111 medals.
India won 29 Gold, 31 Silver and 51 bronze medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Seven medals came from chess, four from athletics and one from rowing.
China with 521 medals including 214 Gold, 167 silver and 140 bronze topped the medal tally.
Iran and Japan won 131 medals and 150 medals respectively. Korea ended the tournament in fourth spot with 103 medals.
This year, India sent its largest contingent, consisting of 303 athletes (191 male & 112 female).
India competed in 17 out of 22 events and competed for the first time in rowing, canoeing, lawn bowl, taekwondo and blind football.
This is the highest number of medals won by India in any major multisport event. Para Athletes surpassed the 107 medals record won at the Asian Games 2023.
India had won 14 medals in the 2010 edition, 33 in 2014 and 72 in 2018.
Earlier, India surpassed the 100-medals mark at a major multisport meet was the 101 medals won at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.
