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India won 15 medals — 4 gold, 3 silver, 8 bronze — at the World Archery Para Series Stage III in Ahmedabad (5–9 September 2026), the most medals of any nation.
India finished second on the table behind the Czech Republic (5 gold); China was third.
World champion Sheetal Devi won compound women's individual gold, beating Kazakhstan's Aizada Seidan with a perfect 10 in the shoot-off after a 144-144 tie.
Paralympic champion Harvinder Singh won two golds — recurve men's doubles with Vijay Sundi and recurve mixed team with Bhawna.
The event served as preparation for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games (18–24 October 2026).
| Medal | Event | Indian archer(s) | Final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Compound men's doubles | Toman Kumar & Shyam Sunder Swami | Beat Iraq 152-139 |
| Gold | Recurve men's doubles | Harvinder Singh & Vijay Sundi | Beat Slovakia 6-2 (their third straight Series title) |
| Gold | Recurve mixed team | Harvinder Singh & Bhawna | Beat China 6-0 |
| Gold | Compound women's individual | Sheetal Devi | Beat Aizada Seidan (Kazakhstan) 144-144, shoot-off 10-9 |
| Silver | Recurve women's doubles | Bhawna & Pooja | Lost to China 0-6 |
| Silver | W1 mixed team | Swati Chaudhary & Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari | — |
| Silver | Visually impaired 1 | Tanvi Pravin Ingale | — |
Won bronze at Tokyo 2020 and gold at the Paris 2024 Paralympics (men's individual recurve open) — India's first Paralympic gold in archery.
The 19-year-old reigning world champion (2025 World Para Archery Championships, Gwangju); Ahmedabad was her first individual gold at a World Archery Para Series event.
International federation for archery and para archery, founded in 1931, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Which Indian athlete won the first-ever Paralympic gold in archery at the Paris 2024 Paralympics?
Answer: Harvinder Singh
Para archery class for athletes with impairment in both upper and lower limbs.
Single-arrow tie-break used when scores are level at the end of a match.
Compound bows use pulleys (cams) for mechanical advantage; recurve bows have limbs curving away from the archer and are the Olympic bow.