The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are just days away from kicking off and the world’s best athletes will be congregating in Paris for the quadrennial event. India has sent its largest contingent to the Games, with 84 Paralympic athletes representing the nation in the French capital.
Indian athletes will be taking part in 12 sporting events in all, with several medal contenders in contention. Four Indians come to the Paris Paralympics as defending champions. Sumit Antil (men’s javelin throw F64), Krishna Nagar (men’s singles badminton SH6), Manish Narwal (men’s 50m pistol shooting SH1) and Avani Lekhara (women’s 10m air rifle shooting standing SH1) come to Paris looking to defend their title.
This time, India will be participating in three new sports – Paralympic cycling, Paralympic rowing and blind judo. Here is a list of all the Indian athletes who have qualified for the Paris Olympics and the events they will be participating in.
Para-athletics
Sumit Antil: Men’s Javelin Throw – F64
Deepthi Jeevanji: Women’s 400m -T20
Sandeep: Men’s Javelin Throw – F64
Ajeet Singh: Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
Rinku Hooda: Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
Navdeep: Men’s Javelin Throw – F41
Yogesh Kathuniya: Men’s Discus Throw – F56
Dharambir: Men’s Stick Throw – F51
Nishad Kumar: Men’s High Jump – T47
Mariyappan Thangavelu: Men’s High Jump – T63
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari: Men’s Shot Put – F46
Preethi Pal: Women’s 100m and 200m – T35
Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav: Women’s Shot Put – F34
Manu: Men’s Shot Put – F37
Parveen Kumar: Men’s Javelin Throw – F57
Ram Pal: Men’s High Jump -T47
Ravi Rongali: Men’s Shot Put – F40
Sandip Sanjay Sargar: Men’s Javelin Throw – F64
Sundar Singh Gujrar: Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
Shailesh Kumar: Men’s High Jump – T63
Sharad Kumar: Men’s High Jump – T63
Mohammed Yasser: Men’s Shot Put – F46
Rohit Kumar: Men’s Shot Put – F46
Pranav Soorma: Men’s Stick Throw – F51
Amit Kumar: Men’s Stick Throw – F51
Arvind: Men’s Shot Put – F35
Dipesh Kumar: Men’s Javelin Throw – F54
Praveen Kumar: Men’s High Jump -T64
Dilip Mahadu won: Men’s 400m -T47
Soman Rana: Men’s Shot Put – F57
Hokato Hotozhe Sema: Men’s Shot Put – F57
Sakshi Kasana: Women’s Discus Throw – F55
Karamjyoti: Women’s Discus Throw – F55
Rakshitha Raju: Women’s 1500m – T11
Amisha Rawat: Women’s Shot Put – F46
Bhavanaben Chaudhary: Women’s Javelin Throw – F46
Simran: Women’s 100m and 200m – T12
Kanchan Lakhani: Women’s Discus Throw – F53
Para-badminton
Manoj Sarkar: Men’s Singles SL3
Nitesh Kumar: Men’s Singles SL3 and Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Krishna Nagar: Men’s Singles SH6
Sivarajan Solaimlai: Men’s Singles SH6 and Mixed Doubles SH6
Suhas Yathiraj: Men’s Singles SL4 and Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Rotation when: Men’s Singles SL4
Tarun: Men’s Singles SL4
Nithya Sre Sumathi Sivan: Women’s Singles SH6 and Mixed Doubles SH6
Mandeep Kaur: Women’s Singles SL3
Manasi Joshi: Women’s Singles SL3
Palak Kohli: Women’s Singles SL4 and Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Thulasimathi Murugesan: Women’s Singles SU5 and Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Manisha Ramadass: Women’s Singles SU5
Archery for
Harvinder Singh: Men’s Individual Recurve Open and Mixed Team Recurve Open – ST
Rakesh Kumar: Men’s Individual Compound Open & Mixed Team Compound Open – W2
Shyam Sundar Swami: Men’s Individual Open Compound Tournament and Mixed Team Open Compound Tournament – ST
Pooja: Women’s Individual Recurve Open and Mixed Team Recurve Open – ST
Sarita: Women’s individual compound shot open and mixed team compound shot open – W2
Sheetal Devi: Open Women’s Individual Compound Tournament and Open Mixed Team Compound Tournament – ST
The canoe
Prachi Yadav: Women’s 200m Individual Va’a VL2
Yash Kumar: Men’s 200m Single Kayak – KL1
Pooja Ojha: Women’s Individual Kayak 200m KL1
Paracycling
Arshad Shaikh
Jyoti Gajeriya
Brilliant judo
Kapil Parmar: Men’s 60kg J1
Kokila: Women’s 48kg J2
For weightlifting
Parmjeet Kumar: Men up to 49 kg
Ashok: Men up to 65 kg
Sakina Khatun: Women up to 45 kg
Kasthuri Rajamani: women up to 67 kg
Rowing for disabled people
Anita: PR3 Mix Double Scull-PR3Mix2x
Narayana Konganapalle: PR3 Mix Double Scull – PR3Mix2x
Parachute shooting
Amir Ahmad Bhat: P3 – 25m X Pistol SH1
Avani Lekhara: R2 – Air Rifle W 10m standing SH1, R3 – Air Rifle X 10m prone SH1 and R8 – Air Rifle W 50m 3 positions SH1
Mona Agarwal: R2 – W Air Rifle 10m Standing SH1, R6 – X Rifle 50m Prone SH1 and R8 – W Rifle 50m 3 Positions SH1
Nihal Singh: P3 – Pistol X 25m SH1 and P4 – Pistol X 50m SH1
Manish Narwal: P1 – M 10m SH1 Air Pistol
Rudransh Khandelwal: P1 – M 10m Air Pistol SH1 and P4 – X 50m Pistol SH1
Sidhartha Babu: R3 – X 10m Prone Air Rifle SH1, R6 – X 50m Prone Air Rifle SH1
Sriharsha Ramakrishna: R4 – X 10m Standing Air Rifle SH2 and R5 – X 10m Prone Air Rifle SH2
Swaroop Unhalkar: R1 – M 10m Standing Air Rifle SH1
Rubina Francis: P2 – Air pistol W 10m SH1
For table tennis
Sonalben Patel: Women’s Singles WS3 and Women’s Doubles WD10
Bhavinaben Patel: Women’s Singles – WS4 and Women’s Doubles – WD10
For swimming
Suyash Narayan Jadhav: Men’s 50m Butterfly – T7
when taekwondo
Aruna: K44 -47 kg female
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