Olympic 2020

India at Tokyo Paralympics: An introduction of all 54 athletes

For the first time, Indiaid  sending as many as 54 athletes to the Paralympics. 54 athletes from 9 different sports including Badminton and Taekwondo will represent India at the Tokyo Paralympics. Athletics and Shooting will be India’s largest sporting contingent at this paralympics. Both have 24 and 10 athletes respectively followed by Badminton with 7. The squad comprises of 40 males and 14 females.

No of Athletes qualified for Tokyo Paralympics – Sport wise
Sl No Sport Men Women No of Athletes
1 Archery 4 1 5
2 Athletics 20 4 24
3 Badminton 5 2 7
4 Canoe Sprint 1 1
5 Powerlifting 1 1 2
6 Shooting 8 2 10
7 Swimming 2 2
8 Table Tennis 2 2
9 Taekwando 1 1
Total 40 14 54

These 54 athletes are participating in 46 different events including 6 mixed events. T&F will feature in 16 different events while Shootere will take part in 10 different events including 4 in mixed events.

No of events – sport wise
Sl No Sport Men Women Mixed No of Events
1 Archery 2 1 1 4
2 Athletics 13 3 16
3 Badminton 3 3 1 7
4 Canoe Sprint 1 1
5 Powerlifting 1 1 2
6 Shooting 3 3 4 10
7 Swimming 3 3
8 Table Tennis 2 2
9 Taekwando 1 1
Total 25 15 6 46

 

48-year-old Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar is the oldest and at 18-year-old Praveen Kumar is the youngest athlete in the squad.

Here is the list of all 54 Indian athletes who will be participating at the Tokyo Paralympics:

S.No Name Men/ Women Sport Event
1 Ajeet Singh M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
2 Akash M Shooting P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1
P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
3 Aruna W Taekwondo Women K 44-49kg
4 Arvind M Athletics Men’s Shot Put – F35
5 Sidhartha Babu M Shooting R3 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH 1
R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1
6 Pramod Bhagat M Badminton Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Men’s Singles SL3
7 Ranjeet Bhati M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F57
8 Varun Singh Bhati M Athletics Men’s High Jump – T63
9 Ekta Bhyan W Athletics Women’s Club Throw – F51
10 Deepak M Shooting R7 – Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1
R1 – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1
R3 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH 1
R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1
11 Devendra Jhajharia M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
12 Dharambir M Athletics Men’s Club Throw – F51
13 Rubina Francis W Shooting P2 – Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
14 Sundar Singh Gurjar M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
15 Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav W Athletics Women’s Shot Put – F34
16 Suyash Narayan Jadhav M Swimming Men’s 200m Individual Medley – SM7
Men’s 100m Breaststroke – SB7
Men’s 50m Butterfly – S7
17 Jai Deep M Powerlifting Men’s 65kg
18 Jyoti W Archery Women’s Individual Compound – Open
19 Yogesh Kathuniya M Athletics Men’s Discus Throw – F56
20 Sakina Khatun W Powerlifting Women’s 50kg
21 Palak Kohli W Badminton Women’s Doubles SL3 – SU5
Women’s Singles SU5
Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
22 Amit Kumar M Athletics Men’s Club Throw – F51
23 Rakesh Kumar M Archery Men’s Individual Compound – Open
24 Sharad Kumar M Athletics Men’s High Jump – T63
25 Kashish Lakra W Athletics Women’s Club Throw – F51
26 Suhar Yathiraj Lalinakere M Badminton Men’s Singles SL4
27 Avani Lekhara W Shooting R3 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH 1
R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1
R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1
R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1
28 Niranjan Mukundan M Swimming Men’s 50m Butterfly – S7
29 Krishna Nagar M Badminton Men’s Singles SH6
30 Manish Narwal M Shooting P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
31 Navdeep M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F41
32 Nishad Kumar M Athletics Men’s High Jump – T47
33 Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar W Badminton Women’s Singles SL4
Women’s Doubles SL3 – SU5
34 Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel W Table Tennis Women’s Team – Classes 4-5
Women’s Singles – Class 4
35 Sonalben Manubhai Patel W Table Tennis Women’s Team – Classes 4-5
Women’s Singles – Class 3
36 Praveen Kumar M Athletics Men’s High Jump – T64
37 Rahul Jakhar M Shooting P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1
38 Ram Pal M Athletics Men’s High Jump – T47
39 Soman Rana M Athletics Men’s Shot Put – F57
40 Sandeep M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F64
41 Manoj Sarkar M Badminton Men’s Singles SL3
42 Simran W Athletics Women’s 100m – T13
43 Deepender Singh M Shooting P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
44 Harvinder Singh M Archery Men’s Individual Recurve – Open
45 Singhraj M Shooting P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
46 Sumit M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F64
47 Shyam Sundar Swami M Archery Men’s Individual Compound – Open
48 Tarun M Badminton Men’s Singles SL4
49 Tek Chand M Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw – F54
50 Mariyappan Thangavelu M Athletics Men’s High Jump – T63
51 Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar M Shooting R1 – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1
52 Vinod Kumar M Athletics Men’s Discus Throw – F52
53 Chikara Vivek M Archery Men’s Individual Recurve – Open
54 Prachi Yadav W Canoe Sprint Women’s Va’s Single 200m – VL2

 

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