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India will send a total of 84 athletes to the 2024 Paris Paralympics that gets underway on 28 August, and goes on till 8 September. This will be the largest-ever Indian contingent competing at the Paralympics. India had sent 54 athletes to the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago that included 14 women and 40 men.
This time, among the 84 Indian athletes for the Paris Paralympics, 32 of them are women whereas 52 of the rest are men. The Tokyo Games also witnessed India’s best-ever performance at the Paralympics, with the country winning 19 medals (Five gold, eight silver and six bronze).
The 84 athletes will compete across 12 sporting events. There are 22 events in total at the Paris Paralympics. Shooter Avani Lekhara and javelin thrower Sumit Antil, both of whom won gold in Tokyo, will return for the Games in the French capital. Sumit has been named India’s flagbearer for the opening ceremony along with Bhagyashree Jadhav.
Let’s take a look at the complete list of India’s athletes for the Paris Paralympics:
Para-archery
Harvinder Singh (Men’s individual recurve open, Mixed team recurve open)
Rakesh Kumar (Men’s individual compound open, Mixed team compound open)
Shyam Sundar Swami (Men’s individual compound open, Mixed team compound open)
Pooja (Women’s individual recurve open, Mixed team recurve open)
Sarita (Women’s individual compound open, Mixed team compound open)
Sheetal Devi (Women’s individual compound open, Mixed team compound open)
Para-athletics
Deepthi Jeevanji (Women’s 400m)
Sumit Antil (Men’s javelin throw F64)
Sandeep (Men’s javelin throw F64)
Ajeet Singh (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)
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, 200m T35)
Bhagyashri 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 Sargar (Men’s javelin throw F64)
Sundar Singh Gurjar (Men’s javelin throw F46)
Shailesh Kumar (Men’s high jump T63)
Sharad Kumar (Men’s high jump T63)
Mohd Yasser (Men’s shot put F46)
Rohit Kumar (Men’s shot put F46)
Pranav Soorma (Men’s club throw F51)
Amit Kumar (Men’s club throw F51)
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)
Sakshi Kasana (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, 200m T12)
Kanchan Lakhani (Women’s discus throw F53)
Para-badminton
Manoj Sarkar (Men’s singles SL3)
Nitesh Kumar (Men’s singles, mixed doubles SL3)
Krishna Nagar (Men’s singles SH6)
Suhas Yathiraj (Men’s singles, mixed doubles SL4)
Sukant Kadam (Men’s singles SL4)
Tarun (Men’s singles SL4)
Manasi Joshi (Women’s singles SL3)
Mandeep Kaur (Women’s singles SL3)
Palak Kohli (Women’s singles, mixed doubles SL4)
Manisha Ramadass (Women’s singles SU5)
Thulasimathi Murugesan (Women’s singles, mixed doubles SU5)
Nithya Sre Sivan (Women’s singles, 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 Shaikh (Men’s C2 Road Time Trial, C1-3 Road Race, C1-3 1000m Track Time Trial, C2 3000m Track Pursuit)
Jyoti Gaderiya (Women’s C1-3 Road Time Trial, C1-3 Road Race, C1-3 500m Track Time Trial, C1-3 3000m Track Pursuit)
Blind judo
Kapil Parmar (Men’s 60 kg J1)
Kokila (Women’s 48 kg J2)
Para-powerlifting
Parmjeet Kumar (Men’s up to 49 kg)
Ashok (Men’s up to 65 kg)
Sakina Khatun (Women’s up to 45 kg)
Kasthuri Rajamani (Women’s up to 67 kg)
Para-rowing
Anita (Mixed double sculls PR3
Narayana K ( Mixed double sculls PR3)
Para-shooting
Amir Ahmad Bhat (P3 - Mixed 25m pistol SH1)
Avani Lekhara (R2 - Women’s 10m air rifle standing, R3 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone, R8 - Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1)
Mona Agarwal (R2 - Women’s 10m air rifle standing, R6 - Mixed 50m rifle prone, R8 - Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1)
Nihal Singh (P3 - Mixed 25m pistol, P4 - Mixed 50m pistol SH1)
Manish Narwal (P1 - Men’s 10m air pistol SH1)
Rudransh Khandelwal (P1 - Men’s 10m air pistol, P4 - Mixed 50m pistol SH1)
Siddhartha Babu (R3 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone, R6 - Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1)
Sriharsha Ramakrishna (R4 - Mixed 10m air rifle standing, R5 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2)
Mahavir Unhalkar (R1 - Men’s 10m air rifle standing SH1)
Rubina Francis (P2 - Women’s 10m air pistol SH1)
Para-swimming
Suyash Jadhav (Men’s 50m butterfly S7)
Para-table tennis
Sonalben Patel (Women’s singles - WS3, Women’s doubles - WD10 3)
Bhavinaben Patel (Women’s singles - WS4, Women’s doubles - WD10 4)
Para-taekwondo
Aruna (Women’s 47 kg K44)
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