India finished 20th at the FISU World University Games 2025 in Germany, winning a total of 12 medals: 2 gold, 5 silver, and 5 bronze. Indian athletes excelled in athletics, archery, tennis, and badminton. The overall top three countries were Japan, China, and the United States. Although India won fewer medals than at the 2023 Games in Chengdu—where it finished 7th with 26 medals including 11 golds—the team demonstrated significant talent and progress at this global university-level event. The next edition of the Games will be held in South Korea in 2027.
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FISU World University Games 2025: India’s medal winners
| Athlete/team | Medal | Sport (event) |
|---|---|---|
| Parneet Kaur/Kushal Dalal | Gold | Archery (compound mixed team) |
| Sahil Jadhav | Gold | Archery (men’s compound individual) |
| Parneet Kaur | Silver | Archery (women’s compound individual) |
| Kushal Dalal/Sahil Jadhav/Hritik Sharma | Silver | Archery (men’s compound team) |
| Praveen Chithravel | Silver | Athletics (men’s triple jump) |
| Seema | Silver | Athletics (women’s 5000m) |
| Ankita Dhyani | Silver | Athletics (women’s 3000m steeplechase) |
| Team India* | Bronze | Badminton (mixed event) |
| Vaishnavi Adkar | Bronze | Tennis (women’s singles) |
| Parneet Kaur/Avnet Kaur/Madhura Dhamangaonkar | Bronze | Archery (women’s compound team) |
| Sejal Singh, Munita Prajapati, Mansi Negi | Bronze | Athletics (women’s 20km race walking team) |
| Team India** | Bronze | Athletics (men’s 4x100m relay) |
Key highlights:
- India won 5 medals in athletics, with Ankita Dhyani (silver, women’s 3,000m steeplechase), Seema (silver, women’s 5000m), Praveen Chitravel (silver, men’s triple jump), and the men’s 4x100m relay team (bronze).
- In archery, Sahil Rajesh Jadhav won gold, and the mixed team also won gold. Other medals came from the women’s and men’s teams.
- India made history in tennis with Vaishnavi Adkar’s singles bronze (the country’s first since 1979), and in badminton with a mixed team bronze.
- On the last day, India won three medals to reach its total of 12.
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