Tokyo Paralympics 2020: List of Indian Athletes Participating

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: List of Indian Athletes Participating

Indian contingent for Tokyo Paralympics

It’s time for the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 and fans seem pretty excited about the tournament. It is the 16th edition of the Paralympic Games and they will take place from August 24, 2021, to September 5, 2021.

Interestingly, India is sending its largest contingent of 54 athletes to the Paralympic Games this year. After bagging 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, the country has huge hopes from its athletes yet again. Here is a list of all the members that will be taking part at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020-

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Archery

  1. Harvinder Singh, archery, recurve men’s open individual
  2. Vivek Chikara, archery, recurve men’s open individual
  3. Rakesh Kumar, archery, compound men’s open individual/ mixed
  4. Shyam Sundar Swami, archery, compound, men’s open individual/ mixed
  5. Jyoti Baliyan, archery, compound women’s open individual/ mixed
India's Javelin Throwers at Tokyo Paralympics
India’s Javelin Throwers at Tokyo Paralympics

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Athletics

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  1. Amit Kumar Saroha, athletics, men’s club throw F51
  2. Dharambir Nain, athletics, men’s club throw F51
  3. Vinod Kumar, athletics, men’s discus throw F52
  4. Yogesh Kathuniya, athletics, men’s discus throw F56
  5. Nishad Kumar, athletics, men’s high jump T47
  6. Ram Pal, athletics, men’s high jump T47
  7. Mariyappan Thangavelu, athletics, men’s high jump T63
  8. Sharad Kumar, athletics, men’s high jump T63
  9. Varun Singh Bhati, athletics, men’s high jump T63
  10. Praveen Kumar, athletics, men’s high jump T64
  11. Navdeep Singh, athletics, men’s javelin throw F41
  12. Sundar Singh Gurjar, athletics, men’s javelin throw F46
  13. Ajeet Singh, athletics, men’s javelin throw F46
  14. Devendra Jhajharia, athletics, men’s javelin throw F46
  15. Tek Chand, athletics, men’s javelin throw F54
  16. Ranjeet Bhati, athletics, men’s javelin throw F57
  17. Sandeep Choudhary, athletics, men’s javelin throw F64
  18. Sumit Antil, athletics, men’s javelin throw F64
  19. Arvind Malik, athletics, men’s shot put F35
  20. Soman Rana, athletics, men’s shot put F57
  21. Simran Sharma, athletics, women’s 100m T13
  22. Kashish Lakra, athletics, women’s club throw F51
  23. Ekta Bhyan, athletics, women’s club throw F51
  24. Bhagyashri Jadhav, athletics, women’s shot put F34

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Badminton

Pramod Bhagat, para badminton
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  1. Pramod Bhagat, badminton, men’s singles SL3 and mixed doubles SL3-SU5
  2. Manoj Sarkar, badminton, men’s singles SL3
  3. Tarun Dhillon, badminton, men’s singles SL4
  4. Suhas Yathiraj, badminton, men’s singles SL4
  5. Krishna Nagar, badminton, men’s singles SL4
  6. Parul Parmar, badminton, women’s singles SL4
  7. Palak Kohli, badminton, women’s singles, SU5 and mixed doubles SL3-SU5

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Para Canoeing

  1. Prachi Yadav, para canoeing, women’s 200m VL2

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Power Lifting

  1. Jaideep Deswal, powerlifting, men’s 65kg
  2. Sakina Khatun, powerlifting, women’s 50kg

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Shooting

Tokyo Paralympics Schedule
Tokyo Paralympics Schedule
  1. Akash, shooting, men’s 25m pistol (P3) and 50m pistol (P4)
  2. Manish Narwal, shooting, men’s 10m air pistol (P1) and men’s 50m pistol (P4)
  3. Deepender Singh, shooting, men’s 10m air pistol (P1)
  4. Rahul Jakhar, shooting, men’s 25m pistol mixed (P3)
  5. Singhraj, shooting, men’s P1 – 10m air pistol (P1) and men’s 50m Pistol (P4)
  6. Sidhartha Babu, shooting, 10m air rifle prone mixed (R3) and 50m rifle prone mixed (R6).
  7. Swaroop Unhalkar, shooting, men’s 10m air rifle standing (R1)
  8. Deepak Saini, shooting, men’s 10m air rifle standing (R1), 10m air rifle prone mixed (R3), 50m rifle prone mixed (R6) and 50m rifle 3P (R7).
  9. Rubina Francis, shooting, women’s 10m air pistol (P2)
  10. Avani Lekhara, shooting, women’s 10m air rifle standing (R2), 10m air rifle prone mixed (R3), 50m rifle prone mixed (R6) and 50m rifle 3-P (R8).

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Swimming

  1. Niranjan Mukundan, swimming, men’s 50m butterfly S7
  2. Suyash Jadhav, swimming, men’s 50m butterfly S7 and 200m individual medley SM7.

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Table Tennis

  1. Sonalben Patel, table tennis, women’s singles – Class 3
  2. Bhavina Patel, table tennis, women’s singles – Class 4

Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Taekwondo

  1. Aruna Tanwar, taekwondo, women’s K44-49 kg.

As one can see, the highest number of Indian athletes are in the athletics category. Thus, it will be intriguing to watch how many of them will be able to make India proud in Tokyo.

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