Para archer Harvinder Singh gained India one other medal — a pathbreaking gold medal — on Day 7 of the Paris Paralympics after defeating Poland’s Lukasz Ciszek 6-0 within the remaining.
India’s medals tally thus rose to 22, with eight silvers and 10 bronze medals. That is India’s best-ever medal haul at a Paralympics, leapfrogging the haul of 19 medals the Indian contingent had gained at Tokyo 2020 three years in the past.
Harvinder Singh made it to the ultimate after defeating Colombia’s Hector Julio Ramirez 6-2 within the quarters and Iran’s Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri 7-3 within the semis. However within the Paris Paralympics remaining, he was in a distinct zone, fully blanking his opponent in three units.
Harvinder Singh profile
Harvinder Singh is initially from Ajit Nagar village in Haryana’s Kaithal district. Harvinder Singh belongs to a farming household.
He confronted adversity at a younger age: he was only one and a half years outdated, when he contracted dengue and required injections for therapy. Sadly, the unintended effects of these injections led to the lack of operate in his legs.
Regardless of this setback, he found a ardour for archery whereas watching the London Paralympics in 2012. Recognising his expertise, his coach guided him to make his debut on the Para Archery World Championship in 2017, the place he completed seventh.
In 2018, he achieved additional success by profitable a gold medal on the Jakarta Asian Para Video games.
Through the lockdown enforced by the coronavirus pandemic, Harvinder Singh’s father had supported his ambition to be a world-class archer by changing their farm into an archery vary.
Alongside his sporting achievements, Harvinder can be pursuing a PhD in Economics from Punjabi College, Patiala.
Harvinder made historical past by profitable bronze on the Tokyo Paralympics which is India’s first-ever archery medal on the Paralympics.
Harvinder Singh’s achievements
Tokyo Paralympics (2020) – Bronze medal
Asian Para Video games 2022 (2023) – Bronze medal in Males’s Workforce
Asian Para Video games (2018) – Gold medal
Asian Para Championship (2023) – Silver Medal in Males’s Workforce