Asian Para Games 2026: Indian athletes with multiple medals in Aichi-Nagoya

India wrapped up its best-ever campaign at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, finishing a thrilling seven-day programme in Japan with 114 medals.

The country finished fourth in the overall medal table with 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze. This marked an improvement of three medals over its haul at the 2023 Hangzhou Games, achieved despite fielding a contingent nearly half the previous size.

A strong surge in the Para athletics programme proved decisive. Indian athletes claimed 65 medals in the discipline, including 22 gold, which pushed the nation from sixth to fourth place in the medal standings over the final two days.

The contingent delivered several outstanding performances, with four athletes securing three medals each. Among them was reigning world champion Sheetal Devi.

Here is the list of Indian athletes who won the most medals at the 2026 Asian Games.

Sheetal Devi (2 Gold, 1 Silver)

Elite para-archer Sheetal Devi secured medals in all three events she contested, claiming gold in the compound individual and the compound mixed team alongside Toman Kumar.

Together with Kumar, she set a new qualification world record of 1420/1440 points in the mixed team event. Earlier, she had equalled the individual world record with a score of 704/720.

Although she missed out on gold in the women’s doubles, losing to China in the final and settling for silver, she emerged as India’s standout performer at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.

Thulasimathi Murugesan (1 Gold, 2 Silver)

Thulasimathi, one of India’s most consistent female para-badminton players, also secured medals in all three events she contested, including a gold in the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 category alongside Manasi Joshi.

She had a hectic finals day, featuring in the gold-medal matches of all three events, and in the process confirmed three Asian Para Games medals for the second consecutive edition.

Although she suffered defeats in the women’s singles SU5 final and the mixed doubles SL3-SU5 final with Nitesh Kumar, she ended the day with at least one gold after triumphing in the women’s doubles.

Ravi Karthik Budigina (2 Silver, 1 Bronze)

The 19-year-old para-swimmer enjoyed an impressive debut outing in Japan, claiming three medals from the six events he contested.

Ravi secured silver medals in the men's 100m backstroke S13 and men's 100m freestyle S13, before adding a bronze in the men’s 50m freestyle S13.

The S13 classification is for athletes with visual impairment who have the least severe level of vision loss eligible for competition.

Himanshu Nandal (3 Bronze)

Another visually impaired para-swimmer, Himanshu Nandal, also secured three medals from the six events he contested in the swimming programme.

He claimed medals in the men’s 100m breaststroke S11, 100m freestyle S11 and 400m freestyle S11.In addition, he recorded two fourth-place finishes in the 100m backstroke S11 and 200m individual medley SM11.

S11 Classification is for swimmers with the most severe visual impairments, including those who have very low visual acuity or no light perception.

List of Indian athletes with two medals:

• 2 Gold - Mona Agarwal - Shooting: 10m Air Rifle SH1, 50m Rifle 3P SH1
• 2 Gold - Dilip Gavit - Athletics: 100m T47, 400m T47
• 2 Gold - Pranav Soorma - Athletics: Discus Throw F51-53, Club Throw F51
• 2 Gold - Nishad Kumar - Athletics: Long Jump T47, High Jump T47
• 2 Gold - Simran Sharma - Athletics: 100m T12, 200m T12
• 1 Gold, 1 Silver - Nitesh Kumar - Badminton: Men's Singles SL3, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
• 1 Gold, 1 Bronze - Sandeep - Athletics: Men's 400m T44/64, Men's 100m T44
• 1 Gold, 1 Bronze - Naveen Sivakumar - Badminton: Men's Singles SL4, Men's Doubles SL3-SU5
• 1 Gold, 1 Bronze - Ayush Verma - Athletics: Shot Put F53, Javelin Throw F53/54
• 1 Gold, 1 Bronze - Haney - Athletics: Javelin Throw F37/38, Discus Throw F37
• 1 Gold, 1 Bronze - Shailesh Kumar - Athletics: High Jump T63, Long Jump T42/61/63
• 2 Silver - Preeti Pal - Athletics: 100m T35, 200m T35
• 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - Nithya Sre Sivan - Badminton: Women's Singles SH6, Mixed Doubles SH6
• 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - Pramod Bhagat - Badminton: Men's Singles SL3, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
• 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - Tejalben Damor - Athletics: Women's 400m T12, Women's 200m T12
• 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - Krishna Nagar - Badminton: Mixed Doubles SH6, Men's Doubles SH6
• 2 Bronze - Ravanni Valasanaini - Athletics: 400m T11, 1500m T11
• 2 Bronze - Rakeshbhai Bhatt - Athletics: 100m T37, 200m T37
• 2 Bronze - Bhavina Patel - Table Tennis: Women's Singles Class 4-5, Mixed Doubles Class XD7
• 2 Bronze - Manisha Ramadass - Badminton: Women's Singles SU5, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
• 2 Bronze - Shubham Wadhwa - Table Tennis: Mixed Doubles Class XD7, Men's Doubles Class MD4
• 2 Bronze - Jehan Madan - Table Tennis: Men's Singles Class 1, Men's Doubles Class MD4