India have successfully concluded their 2023 campaign of the Special Olympics World Summer Games by winning 202 medals, check out all of the details below and the country wise medal tally table
The 202 medals that India won, consists of 76 gold medals, 75 silver medals, and 51 bronze medals.
Special Olympics World Games 2023 country wise medal tally table and medals winners full list
INDIA CREATES HISTORY IN BERLIN’S SPECIAL OLYMPICS 2023 WITH 202 MEDALS.
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— MY Bhubaneswar (@MYBBSR) June 27, 2023
A moment of immense pride!
The Indian contingent shined at the Special Olympics World Games 2023 by winning 202 medals (76 gold, 75 silver, and 51 bronze) till the last day of the games organized in Berlin, Germany. #MakingIndiaProud #SpecialOlympics2023 #Berlin pic.twitter.com/DqqrR5Qa9T
— The Better India (@thebetterindia) June 27, 2023
The Indian special athletes at the event secured six medals from the track events which includes 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze medal.
2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games
The 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games is officially known as the XVI Special Olympic World Games or Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023. It is the 16th Special Olympics and it took place in Berlin, Germany starting from 17 to 25 June 2023. The event featured over 6,500 athletes from across 190 nations. 22-year-old German special tennis player Sophie Rensmann served as the torch lighter at the start of the international event.
To underline what everyone has achieved together, here are a few facts. The full list of the medal winners and results can be found here.
6,500 athletes
18,000 volunteers from 126 countries
9,000 family members
3,000 coaches and support staff
100,000 tickets sold for the competitions
15,000 Healthy Athletes® screenings
4002 medals (1st-3rd place), 6,670 ribbons (4th-8th place)
71 translators for Plain Language
1,100 referees
Indian athletes at 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games
While India has secured quite a huge medal haul, the headlines would go to the gold medallists Aanchal Goyal (400m, Level B Female) and Ravimathi Arumugam (400m, Level C Female). Aside from winning their events, these two athletes simply blew away their competition by huge margins. Saket Kundu is another athlete who impressed. He won a silver medal in the mini javelin Level B and a bronze in the Level B 400m. His achievement is a rare double act in the track and field.
While speaking about the Indian contingent’s performance at the Berlin Games, Chairperson Special Olympics Bharat, Dr. Mallika Nada stated:
A huge number of our athletes have faced social discrimination of various forms, and are regarded as non functioning members of society in various quarters. It is an obsolete thought, and an inaccurate one too. Their performance in the sporting arena prove that they are capable of great feats, or strength, speed, concentration and discipline. And I hope this opens the eyes of those on the outside and proves that we need to expand this movement further and make it more inclusive.”
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