India At Paris Olympic Games 2024: Meet The Indian Contingent - From Seasoned Olympians, To Rookies

India At Paris Olympic Games 2024: Indian contingent will have 117-athletes in the team, slightly smaller than the Tokyo Games, but with a significant increase in support staff

Outlook Sports Desk

Updated on: 20 July 2024 4:28 pm

The Indian men's hockey team in action during their FIH Pro League 2023-24 match against Netherlands in Bhubaneswar. Photo: Hockey India

India's 257-strong contingent is all set to make its mark at the Paris Olympics, just six days away. The team includes 117 athletes and 140 support staff, a mix of seasoned Olympians and eager debutants. Know who all are going and Get ready to cheer for our champions. (More Sports News)

2012: The unforgettable glory of winning 6 medals at London #Olympics! #TeamIndia made us proud then, and now we're ready to make history again with double the passion and dedication as #JeetKaCountdown ticks down to just 6 days until #Paris2024?? pic.twitter.com/lsXPOM112x
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 20, 2024

India's Olympic contingent for Paris is set to be larger than the Tokyo team, despite having fewer athletes. While the number of athletes is slightly down compared to the previous Games, the overall team will be bigger due to an increased support staff.

This strategic move aims to provide athletes with familiar surroundings and allow them to bring their personal coaches, so, that they can perform their best at the biggest sporting fest - the Olympics

All the eyes will be on India’s returning medalists as they eye to mirror their past performances, and even surpass, their Tokyo triumphs.

Glad to see our incredible archery team’s first touchdown at Olympic Village in Paris, all geared up to showcase their skills and aim for glory at the #ParisOlympics2024

Let’s cheer them on as they prepare to make history. Best of luck, champions!#Cheer4Bharat pic.twitter.com/NjXPucUioX
— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) July 20, 2024

Spearheading the charge of gold is Neeraj Chopra, the golden boy of Indian athletics who made history by clinching the country’s first-ever Olympic gold in track and field.

Alongside him, PV Sindhu, a double Olympic medalist, will be looking to complete a historic hat-trick. The men's hockey team, fresh off their bronze-winning performance after a long medal drought, will strive to maintain their upward trajectory and challenge for the podium once again and try to end the old gold emptiness.

Athletics leads the way with 29 athletes, followed by shooting (21) and hockey (19). Other key sports include badminton (7), led by PV Sindhu, table tennis (8), wrestling, archery, and boxing (6 each), golf (4), tennis (3), swimming and sailing (2 each), and individual representatives in equestrian, judo, rowing, and weightlifting.

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Athletics (27 +2)

Men's Category

Name	Event
Sarvesh Kushare	Men's High Jump
Suraj Panwar	Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay
Akshdeep Singh	Men's 20km Racewalk
Vikas Singh	Men's 20km Racewalk
Paramjeet Bisht	Men's 20km Racewalk
Kishore Jena	Men's Javelin Throw
Neeraj Chopra	Men's Javelin Throw
Muhammed Anas	Men's 4x400m Relay
Muhammed Ajmal	Men's 4x400m Relay
Amoj Jacob	Men's 4x400m Relay
Santhosh Tamilarasan	Men's 4x400m Relay
Rajesh Ramesh	Men's 4x400m Relay
Avinash Sable	Men's 3000m Steeplechase
Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Men's Shot Put
Abdulla Aboobacker	Men's Triple Jump
Praveel Chithravel	Men's Triple Jump
Jeswin Aldrin	Men's Long Jump
(Reserve)
Mijo Chacko Kurian	AP Athlete

Women's Category

Name	Event
Annu Rani	Women’s Javelin Throw
Parul Chaudhary	Women’s 3000m Steeplechase, Women’s 5000m
Kiran Pahal	Women’s 400m, Women’s 4x400m relay
Jyothi Yarraji	Women’s 100m Hurdles
Ankita Dhyani	Women’s 5000m
Priyanka Goswami	Women’s 20km Racewalk, Marathon race walk mixed relay
Jyothika Sri Dandi	Women’s 4x400m relay
Subha Venkatesan	Women’s 4x400m relay
Vithya Ramraj	Women’s 4x400m relay
Poovamma MR	Women’s 4x400m relay
(Reserve)
Prachi	AP athlete

Archery

Men's Category

Name	Event
Dhiraj Bommadevara	Men’s Recurve
Tarundeep Rai	Men’s Recurve
Pravin Jadhav	Men’s Recurve

Women's Category

Name	Event
Bhajan Kaur	Women’s Recurve
Deepika Kumari	Women’s Recurve
Ankita Bhakat	Women’s Recurve

Badminton

Men's Category

Name	Event
HS Prannoy	Men’s Singles
Lakshya Sen	Men’s Singles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty	Men’s Doubles

Women's Category

PV Sindhu	Women’s Singles
Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto	Women’s Doubles

Boxing

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Men's Category

Name	Event
Nishant Dev	71kg
Amit Panghal	51kg

Women's Category

Name	Event
Nikhat Zareen	50kg
Preeti Pawar	54kg
Jaismine Lamboria	57kg
Lovlina Borgohain	75kg

Hockey - Men's Team

Names
PR Sreejesh
Jarmanpreet Singh
Amit Rohidas
Harmanpreet Singh
Sumit
Sanjay
Rajkumar Pal
Shamsher Singh
Manpreet Singh
Hardik Singh
Vivek Sagar Prasad
Abhishek
Sukhjeet Singh
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay
Mandeep Singh
Gurjant Singh
Nilakanta Sharma
Jugraj Singh
Krishan Bahadur Pathak

Shooting

Men's Category

Name	Event
Sandeep Singh	10m Air Rifle M
Arjun Babuta	10m Air Rifle M
Aishwary Tomar	50m Rifle 3 Positions M
Swapnil Kusale	50m Rifle 3 Positions M
Sarabjot Singh	10m Air Pistol M
Arjun Cheema	10m Air Pistol M
Anish Bhanwal	25m RFP M
Vijayveer Sidhu	25m RFP M
Prithviraj Tondaiman	Men’s Trap
Anantjeet Singh Naruka	Men’s Skeet, Skeet Mixed Team

Women's Category

Name	Event
Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita	10m Air Rifle W
Sift Kaur Samra	50m Rifle 3 Positions W
Anjum Moudgil	50m Rifle 3 Positions W
Rhythm Sangwan	10m Air Pistol W
Manu Bhaker	10m Air Pistol W, 25m Pistol W
Esha Singh	25m Pistol W
Rajeshwari Kumari	Women’s Trap
Shreyasi Singh	Women’s Trap
Maheshwari Chauhan	Women’s Skeet, Skeet Mixed Team
Raiza Dhillon	Women’s Skeet