Indian athlete Kapil Parmar created history by winning a bronze medal in Judo at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Kapil won the bronze medal by defeating the Brazilian player in just 33 seconds in the bronze medal match. With this, he became the first Indian to win a medal in Judo in Paralympic history. This is India's 25th match and with this India has achieved its medal target of the Paris Games. Kapil achieved this success by defeating Brazil's Elielton Deoliveira 10-0. This is India's 11th bronze medal in these Paralympics.

Kapil has won this bronze medal in the men's 60 kg J1 category.

Due to electric shock in childhood, Kapil's eyesight gradually started deteriorating, the effect of which is still visible in his life. In such a situation, despite having very poor eyesight, Kapil prepared himself for the Paralympics and today this historic success has come in his lap.

History created in just 33 seconds

Kapil, ranked world number-1 in his category, made it to the semi-finals by defeating Venezuela's Marcos Blanco 10-0 in his quarter-final match on Thursday, August 5. Kapil had hopes of reaching the final here but he had to face defeat against the Iranian athlete.

In the semi-finals, Iranian judoka Banitaba Khorram defeated Kapil 10-0. In such a situation, Kapil's last option for the medal was the bronze medal match and this time he capitalized on the opportunity and won the medal in just 33 seconds.

Big achievements of Kapil's career

This achievement of Kapil is special in many ways. Kapil, who entered Judo in 2017, was the first visually impaired Judoka from India to qualify for the Paralympics. He did not stop at this achievement but returned with a medal. Earlier, Kapil had also won a silver medal in the Para Asian Games held in Hangzhou last year.

In the same year, he won the gold medal in the IBSA Judo Grand Prix in Alexandria and then also won a bronze medal in the World Championship.

In the same year, he won the gold medal in the IBSA Judo Grand Prix in Alexandria and then also won a bronze medal in the World Championship.