The Medal Winners Who Made India Proud in Rio 2016

The 21-year-old Sindhu became the first Indian athlete to win a silver in badminton at the Olympics, after being knocked out by top seed Carolina Marin of Spain in the finals. It was a close-knit affair but Sindhu ended as the second best.

Sakshi opened India's medal account with a bronze with an incredible fight back in the last few seconds, which was the nation's 1st in women’s wrestling. She had lost 2-9 in the quarter-finals before getting a second chance in repechage as her conqueror reached the final.

India's sole gold medalist at the Paralympics prior to 2016, Jhajhariya went on to break his own world record and made the javelin gold medal his own. He is also the first paralympian to vw awarded the Arjuna award in 2004 and the Padma Shri in 2012.

In the shotput-throw F53 event, the 46-year-old athlete won second place in the women'scategory at the Rio Paralympics on Monday, with a personal best throw of 4.61m. She was also the only female athlete in the contingent.

Thangavelu created history by winning a gold medal in the men's high jump T-42 event, with a leap of 1.89 metres. It was later reported that he donated his Rs. 30 lakh prize money to his school.

Varun jumped a personal best of 1.86 metres to clinch bronze in the men's high jump T-42 event. He also recorded a jump of 1.82m at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship where he won a gold as well as set a new Asian record.