New Delhi: The 2024 Paris Olympics is all set to get underway on Wednesday, July 24. The 117-strong Indian contingent will be looking to script history at the quadrennial sporting extravaganza as they aim to better their best-ever medals tally from the last edition in Tokyo. India clinched a total of seven medals in Tokyo, including one gold.
Neeraj Chopra won a historic gold medal in men’s javelin throw for India at the Tokyo Games and will be hoping to repeat his feat in Paris this year. Numerous other Indian athletes will be in contention to win medals across sporting disciplines. India’s 117-member contingent consists of 70 male and 47 female athletes, who will be competing in a total of 69 sporting events.
Haryana and Punjab contribute the lion’s share of athletes in the 117-strong Indian contingent. The two states have a total of 42 athletes who will be representing India at the Paris Games. Haryana tops the charts with a total of 24 athletes followed by Punjab, who have 18 players who will be fighting for glory at the Olympics this year.
India have a diverse contingent of athletes from all over the country. While Punjab and Haryana have a total of 42 representations, the 117-member contingent comprises players from 22 states and union territories in total. Shuttler Tanisha Crasto is the only athlete in India’s contingent for the Paris Olympics who was born outside the country. Crasto was born in Dubai.
Here is a look at the state-wise distribution of India’s contingent at Paris Olympics:
Note: Data is based on the state in which the athlete was born
Haryana (24)
Bhajan Kaur – Archery (Women’s individual, team)
Kiran Pahal – Athletics (Women’s 400m, 4x400m relay)
Neeraj Chopra – Athletics (Men’s javelin throw)
Amit Panghal – Boxing (Men’s 51kg)
Jasmine Lamboria – Boxing (Women’s 57kg)
Nishant Dev – Boxing (Men’s 71kg)
Preeti Pawar – Boxing (Women’s 54kg)
Diksha Dagar – Golf (Women’s Individual)
Sanjay – Men’s Hockey Team
Sumit – Men’s Hockey Team
Balraj Panwar – Rowing (Men’s single sculls)
Anish Bhanwala – Shooting (Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol)
Manu Bhaker – Shooting (Women’s 10m air pistol)
women’s 25m pistol)
Ramita Jindal – Shooting (Women’s 10m air rifle)
Raiza Dhillon – Shooting (Women’s skeet)
Rhythm Sangwan – Shooting (Women’s 10m air pistol)
Sarabjot Singh – Shooting (Men’s 10m air pistol)
Sumit Nagal – Tennis (Men’s singles)
Aman Sehrawat – Wrestling (Men’s freestyle 57kg)
Anshu Malik – Wrestling (Women’s 57kg)
Antim Panghal – Wrestling (Women’s 53kg)
Nisha Dahiya – Wrestling (Women’s 68kg)
Reetika Hooda – Wrestling (Women’s 76kg)
Vinesh Phogat – Wrestling (Women’s 50kg)
Punjab (19)
Akshdeep Singh – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Athletics (Men’s shot put)
Vikas Singh – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
Gaganjeet Bhullar – Golf (Men’s individual)
Gurjant Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Hardik Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Harmanpreet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Jarmanpreet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Jugraj Singh – Men’s Hockey Team (Reserve)
Krishan Bahadur Pathak – Men’s Hockey Team (Reserve)
Mandeep Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Manpreet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Shamsher Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Sukhjeet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
Anjum Moudgil – Shooting (Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
Arjun Cheema – Shooting (Men’s 10m air pistol)
Sift Kaur Samra – Shooting (Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
Sandeep Singh – Shooting (Men’s 10m air rifle)
Prachi Chouhdary Kaliyar- Athletics (Reserve)
Tamil Nadu (13)
Jeswin Aldrin – Athletics (Men’s long jump)
Praveel Chithravel – Athletics (Men’s triple jump)
Rajesh Ramesh – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
Santhosh Tamilarasan – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
Subha Venkatesan – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
Vithya Ramraj – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
Nethra Kumanan – Sailing
Vishnu Saravanan – Sailing
Elavenil Valarivan – Shooting (Women’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team)
Prithviraj Tondaiman – Shooting (Men’s trap)
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Table Tennis (Reserve)
Sharath Kamal – Table Tennis (Men’s singles, team)
N Sriram Balaji – Tennis (Men’s doubles)
Karnataka (7)
Poovamma MR – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
Ashwini Ponnappa – Badminton (Women’s doubles)
Aditi Ashok – Golf (Women’s individual)
Srihari Nataraj – Swimming (Men’s 100m backstroke)
Dhinidhi Desinghu – Swimming (Women’s 200m freestyle)
Archana Kamath – Table Tennis (Women’s team)
Rohan Bopanna – Tennis (Men’s doubles)
Uttar Pradesh (7)
Annu Rani – Athletics (Women’s javelin throw)
Parul Chaudhary – Athletics (Women’s 3000m steeplechase, Women’s 5000m)
Priyanka Goswami – Athletics (Women’s 20 km race walk)
Ram Baboo – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
Shubhankar Sharma – Golf (Men’s individual)
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay – Men’s Hockey Team
Rajkumar Pal – Men’s Hockey Team
Kerala (6)
Abdulla Aboobacker – Athletics (Men’s triple jump)
Muhammed Ajmal – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
Muhammed Anas – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
Mijo Chacko Kurian – Athletics (Reserve)
PR Sreejesh – Men’s Hockey Team
HS Prannoy – Badminton (Men’s singles)
Maharashtra (5)
Pravin Jadhav – Archery (Men’s individual, Men’s team)
Avinash Sable – Athletics (Men’s 3000m steeplechase)
Sarvesh Kushare – Athletics (Men’s high jump)
Chirag Shetty – Badminton (Men’s doubles)
Swapnil Kusale – Shooting (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
Uttarakhand (4)
Ankita Dhyani – Athletics (Women’s 5000m)
Paramjeet Bisht – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
Suraj Panwar – Athletics (Marathon race walk mixed relay)
Lakshya Sen – Badminton (Men’s singles)
Andhra Pradesh (4)
Jyothi Yarraji – Athletics (Women’s 100m hurdles)
Dhiraj Bommadevara – Archery
Jyothika Sri Dandi – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Badminton (Men’s doubles)
Telangana (4)
PV Sindhu – Badminton (Women’s Singles)
Nikhat Zareen – Boxing (Women’s 50kg)
Esha Singh – Shooting (Women’s 25m pistol)
Sreeja Akula – Table Tennis (Women’s singles, team)
Delhi (4)
Amoj Jacob – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
Tulika Maan – Judo (Women’s +78kg)
Rajeshwari Kumari – Shooting (Women’s trap)
Manika Batra – Table Tennis (Women’s singles)
West Bengal (3)
Ankita Bhakat – Archery (Women’s individual, Women’s team)
Anush Agarwalla – Equestrian (Dressage event)
Ayhika Mukherjee – Table Tennis (Reserve)
Chandigarh (2)
Arjun Babuta – Shooting (Men’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team)
Vijayveer Sidhu – Shooting (Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol)
Gujarat (2)
Harmeet Desai – Table Tennis (Men’s singles, team)
Manav Thakkar – Table Tennis (Men’s Team)
Assam (1)
Lovlina Borgohain – Boxing (Women’s 70kg)
Bihar (1)
Shreyasi Singh – Shooting (Women’s trap)
Goa (1)
Tanisha Crasto – Badminton (Women’s doubles)
Jharkhand (1)
Deepika Kumari – Archery (Women’s individual, women’s team)
Madhya Pradesh (2)
Vivek Sagar Prasad – Men’s Hockey Team
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Shooting (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
Manipur (2)
Mirabai Chanu – Weightlifting (Women’s 49kg)
Nilakanta Sharma – Men’s Hockey Team (Reserve)
Odisha (2)
Amit Rohidas – Men’s Hockey Team
Kishore Jena – Athletics (Men’s javelin throw)
Rajasthan (2)
Anantjeet Singh Naruka – Shooting (Men’s skeet, Skeet mixed team)
Maheshwari Chauhan – Shooting (Women’s skeet and skeet mixed team)
A total of 117 Indian athletes are set to take part in the Paris Olympics 2024. A total of 24 athletes in the Indian contingent come from Haryana, which has the highest contribution followed by Punjab. Here is a look at the state-wise distribution of the 117-member Indian contingent for the Paris Games. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
