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India at Tokyo Paralympics: An introduction of all 54 athletes

Ranjith Kumar August 23, 2021

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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
2	Akash	M	Shooting	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
5	Sidhartha Babu	M	Shooting	R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1
6	Pramod Bhagat	M	Badminton	Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
6	Pramod Bhagat	M	Badminton	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
30	Manish Narwal	M	Shooting	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
33	Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar	W	Badminton	Women’s Doubles SL3 – SU5
34	Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel	W	Table Tennis	Women’s Team – Classes 4-5
34	Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel	W	Table Tennis	Women’s Singles – Class 4
35	Sonalben Manubhai Patel	W	Table Tennis	Women’s Team – Classes 4-5
35	Sonalben Manubhai Patel	W	Table Tennis	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
45	Singhraj	M	Shooting	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