India's coaches, who helped engineer the country's historic Paralympic performance, have been rewarded by Finolex Industries ©Getty Images

Finolex Industries supported India's Paralympics coaches at Tokyo 2020 this summer as the country recorded its best ever performance in a Paralympic Games.

India won 19 medals at Tokyo 2020, including five golds, eight silvers and six bronzes.

Never before had the country won more than four medals at a Paralympics - India won four medals in 1984 and at Rio 2016.

India won more Paralympic medals in Japan than every other Paralympics before then combined, and it had won only four gold medals prior to Tokyo, more than doubling its total tally in one sublime summer.

At a ceremony yesterday, Finolex Industries, a leading pipes and fitting company in India, handed a reward of Rs 200,000 (£2,000, $2,700, €2,300) to each of the coaches of the Indian team.

India won 19 medals and five golds at the Paralympics, including Sumit Antil, who repeatedly shattered the javelin F64 world record on his way to a historic victory ©Getty Images
India won 19 medals and five golds at the Paralympics, including Sumit Antil, who repeatedly shattered the javelin F64 world record on his way to a historic victory ©Getty Images

The coaches rewarded included Mahaveer Prasad Saini, Satyapal Singh, Naval Singh, Lalan Doshi, Sunil Tanwar, Jaiprakash Nautiyal and head coach Satyanarayana.

Prakash Chhabria, executive chairman of Finolex Industries, said: "We are greatly honoured to host the Indian Paralympics team coaches at our '40 Powered by 40' event today.

"As a brand, we understand the hard work and effort these coaches put in to get their athletes ready for competition and success.

"Hard work and reliability deeply resonate with the brand. 

"We thank the coaches for the glory that they have been critical in bringing to the country."