New Delhi: With an aim to surpass the Tokyo Paralympics medal tally, India is on the course of sending a large contingent of the para-athletes for the upcoming Paris Paralympics 2024. The Paralympic Games will commence from August 28 with the opening ceremony while the battles for the elusive medals will begin on August 29.
At the Tokyo Paralympic Games, India had send a contingent of 54 talented athletes while in Paris, a strong and large contingent featuring 84 athletes, 30 more than the previous one, will fight it out with an aim to bring laurels to the country. The Indian women participants from the last edition of the Paralympics has also increased from 14 to 32.
India will compete in three new sports – para cycling, para rowing and blind judo – at the Paris Paralympics, extending the country’s participation to 12 sports. Overall, 22 sports will be held at Paris 2024.
The Tokyo Paralympics saw India win 19 medals – five gold, eight silver, and six bronze. This time, the country is hoping to increase its medal tally with as many as 25 medals expected at least as per the people associated with the para-athletes. With just four days left for the Paralympics to begin, let’s take a look at all the Indian athletes who have qualified for the Games.
Here is the full list of athletes participating in Paris 2024 Paralympics
Para Taekwondo
Aruna- Women’s K44- 47kg
Para Swimming
Suyash Narayan Jadhav- Men’s 50m Butterfly – S7
Para Table Tennis
Sonalben Patel- Women’s Singles- WS3, Women’s Doubles- WD10
Bhavinaben Patel- Women’s Singles- WS4, Women’s Doubles- WD10
Para Archery
Harvinder Singh – Men’s Individual Recurve Open, Mixed Team Recurve Open (Category – ST)
Rakesh Kumar – Men’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – W2)
Shyam Sundar Swami – Men’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – ST)
Pooja – Women’s Individual Recurve Open, Mixed Team Recurve Open (Category – ST)
Sarita – Women’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – W2)
Sheetal Devi – Women’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – ST)
Para Athletics
Deepthi Jeevanji – Women’s 400m -T20
Sumit Antil – Men’s Javelin Throw – F64
Sandeep – Men’s Javelin Throw – F64
Ajeet Singh – Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
Sundar Singh Gurjar – Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
Rinku – Men’s Javelin Throw – F46
Navdeep – Men’s Javelin Throw – F41
Yogesh Kathuniya – Men’s Discus Throw – F56
Dharambir – Men’s Club Throw – F51
Pranav Soorma – Men’s Club Throw – F51
Amit Kumar – Men’s Club Throw – F51
Nishad Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T47
Ram Pal – Men’s High Jump – T47
Mariyappan Thangavelu – Men’s High Jump – T63
Shailesh Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T63
Sharad Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T63
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Men’s Shot Put – F46
Mohd. Yasser – Men’s Shot Put – F46
Rohit Kumar – Men’s Shot Put – F46
Preethi Pal – Women’s 100m – T35, Women’s 200m – T35
Bhagyashri Jadhav – Women’s Shot Put – F34
Manu – Men’s Shot Put – F37
Parveen Kumar – Men’s Javelin Throw – F57
Ravi Rongali – Men’s Shot Put – F40
Sandip Sargar- Men’s Javelin Throw-F64
Arvind – Men’s Shot Put – F35
Dipesh Kumar – Men’s Javelin Throw – F54
Praveen Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T64
Dilip Gavit – Men’s 400m – T47
Soman Rana – Men’s Shot Put – F57
Hokato Sema- Men’s Shot Put – F57
Sakshi Kasana- Women’s Discus Throw- F55
Karam Jyoti- Women’s Discus Throw- F55
Rakshitha Raju- Women’s 1500 metres- T11
Amisha Rawat: Women’s Shot Put – F46
Bhavanaben Chaudhary- Women’s Javelin Throw – F46
Simran- Women’s 100m- T12, Women’s 200m- T12
Kanchan Lakhani – Women’s Discus Throw – F53
Para Badminton
Manoj Sarkar- Men’s Singles SL3
Nitesh Kumar- Men’s Singles SL3, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Krishna Nagar- Men’s Singles SH6
Sivarajan Solaimalai- Men’s Singles SH6, Mixed Doubles SH6
Suhas Yathiraj- Men’s Singles SL4, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Sukant Kadam- Men’s Singles S4
Tarun- Men’s Singles S4
Manasi Joshi- Women’s Singles SL3
Mandeep Kaur- Women’s Singles SL3
Palak Kohli- Women’s Singles SL4, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Manisha Ramadass- Women’s Singles SU5
Thulasimathi Murugesan- Women’s Singles SU5, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
Nithya Sre Sivan- Women’s Singles SH6, Mixed Doubles SH6
Para Canoe
Prachi Yadav- Women’s Va’a Single 200m VL2
Yash Kumar- Men’s Kayak Single 200m -KL1
Pooja Ojha- Women’s Kayak Single 200m -KL1
Para Cycling
Arshad Shaik- Road – Men’s C2 Ind. Time Trial, Road – Men’s C1-3 Road Race, Track – Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial, Track – Men’s C2 3000m Ind. Pursuit
Jyoti Gaderiya- Road – Women’s C1-3 Ind. Time Trial, Road – Women’s C1-3 Road Race, Track – Women’s C1-3 500m Time Trial, Track – Women’s C1-3 3000m Ind. Pursuit
Blind Judo
Kapil Parmar: Men’s -60kg J1
Kokila: Women’s -48kg J2
Para Powerlifting
Paramjeet Kumar- Men’s up to 49kg
Ashok- Men’s up to 65kg
Sakina Khatun- Women’s up to 45kg
Kasthuri Rajamani- Women’s up to 67kg
Para Rowing
Anita- PR3 Mix Dbl Sculls-PR3Mix2x
Narayana Konganapalle- PR3 Mix Dbl Sculls-PR3Mix2x
Para Shooting
Amir Ahmad Bhat- P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1
Avani Lekhara: R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Std SH1, R3 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prn SH1, R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Pos. SH1
Mona Agarwal: R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rifle Std SH1, R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1, R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Pos. SH1
Nihal Singh: P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1, P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
Manish Narwal: P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
Rudransh Khandelwal: P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1
Sidhartha Babu: R3 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1, R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1
Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna- R4 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Std SH2, R5 – Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prn SH2
Mahavir Unhalkar- R1 – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Std SH1
Rubina Francis: P2 – Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
India have named 84 athletes to compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, which is scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 8. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
