SHOOTING PARA SPORT FAST FACTS

1.    The sport has been featured in all editions of the Paralympic Games since Toronto 1976.

2.    Shooting Para sport is practiced internationally by athletes in more than 75 countries.

3.    Sweden tops the all-time Paralympic Games medals table followed by South Korea and China.

4.    China topped the Shooting Para sport medals table on three consecutive Paralympic occasions between London 2012 and Tokyo 2020.

5.    Forty nations have won shooting Para sport medals at the Paralympic Games.

6.    Swedish athlete Jonas Jakobsson is the most decorated shooter as he secured 27 medals overall, including 17 golds, two silvers, and eight bronze.

7.    The most successful female athlete is Australian Elizabeth Kosmala, who won nine golds and three silvers between 1976 and 1988.

8.    Seven of the 13 shooting Para sport events at the Paralympic Games are mixed-gender.

9.    Avani Lekhara became India’s first-ever female Paralympic gold medallist and the first ever from the nation to win a gold in 45 years of the sport's history at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

10.    Canadian R. Thibodeau was the first Paralympic champion in the sport as he topped the podium in the mixed rifle 1A-1C at Toronto 1976.