International Wheelchair and Amuptee Sports (IWAS) 2022 World Games: Find out the results of the Indian Contingent

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medalists Yogesh Kathuniya, Nishad Kumar, Praveen Kumar, and experienced Neeraj Yadav were among the medalists.

Yogesh Kathuniya with the gold medal at IWAS World Games 2022. (Image Credits: Instagram)
By Abhiruchi Rout | Dec 1, 2022 | 2 Min Read follow icon Follow Us

Team India clinched a total of 34 medals to end a successful campaign at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) 2022 World Games conducted in Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal. Out of the 34 medals, India collected 13 Gold, 12 Silver, and 9 Bronze medals. Tokyo 2020 Paralympic medalists Yogesh Kathuniya, Nishad Kumar, Praveen Kumar, and experienced Neeraj Yadav were among the medalists. Paralympic silver medalist Yogesh won two gold medals in Discus and Shot Put F56 disciplines. Another silver medalist Praveen claimed two golds in High Jump and 100m T44 events. While Nishad had to settle with silver in the men’s high jump T47 category.

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) World Games are a multi-sport event for disabled athletes that served as the forerunner to the Paralympic Games. The competition was previously known as the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games, the World Wheelchair Games, the International Stoke Mandeville Games, the Stoke Mandeville Games (SMG), and the Wheelchair Olympics in the 1960s and 1970s. The Games were founded in 1948 by neurologist Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who organized an athletic competition for World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries. The event, however, coincided with the first postwar Summer Olympics in London.

The World Wheelchair Games took place in 1999 in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Games were staged in Christchurch again in 2003, this time alongside a competition for amputee athletes organized by the International Sports Organization for the Disabled. In 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosted the inaugural IWAS World Wheelchair and Amputee Games. The second IWAS Games were held in Chinese Taipei in 2007, while the third IWAS Games were held in November 2009 in Bangalore, India.

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International Wheelchair and Amuptee Sports (IWAS) 2022 World Games: Indian Contingent Results

Gold

  • Neeraj Yadav – Javelin F55
  • Neeraj Yadav – Discus F55
  • Navdeep – Javelin F41
  • Navdeep – Javelin F41
  • Praveen Kumar – High Jump T44
  • Praveen Kumar – 100m T44
  • Shreyansh Trivedi – 100m T37
  • Gopal Singh – Javelin F54
  • Jayanti Behera – 200m T47
  • Jayanti Behera – 400m T47
  • Yogesh Kathuniya – Discus F56
  • Yogesh Kathuniya – Shot Put F56
  • Ajeet Singh – Javelin F46
  • Shweta Sharma – Shotput F55

Silver

  • Nishad Kumar – High Jump T47
  • Arvind – Shotput F35
  • Jayanti Behera – 100m T47
  • Vinay Kumar Lal – 100m T44
  • Ravi Rongali – Shotput F40
  • Shreyansh Trivedi – 200m T37
  • Vinay Kumar Lal – 200m T44
  • Ravi Rongali – Javelin F40
  • Bhagyashri Madha Jadhav – Shotput F34
  • Praveen Kumar – Long Jump T44
  • Rahul Sharma – 400m T35
  • Vinay Kumar Lal – 400m T44

Bronze

  • Keerthi Chauhan – 100m T47
  • Shweta Sharma – Javelin F55
  • Boby – Javelin F37
  • Boby – Discus F37
  • Venu Vinukoti- Discus F56
  • Lokeshwari Kudumula – Discus F37
  • Abhijit Appasahe Patil – Shot Put F56
  • Jitender – Discus F37, 400m T36
  • Nimisha C.S. – Long Jump T46