Indian Athletes At Tokyo Olympics 2020: List of Indian Contingent for the Summer Games

The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is just a few weeks away and the Indian contingent will be aiming to make its mark at the Summer Games. The 2020 edition of the Olympics was originally scheduled in the July-August window of last year but was postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo 2020 will now be held from July 23, 2021, to August 8, 2021. So before the start of the prestigious multi-nation tournament, we take a look at the Indian athletes who have booked a place for themselves in the competition. 2020 Tokyo Olympics: From Neymar Jr To Serena Williams, Here’s a List of Sportspersons Who will Miss Out on Summer Games.

The number of Indian athletes participating in the Summer Games has increased with each edition and this year is no different as a total of 115 members are set to compete at the sporting extravaganza. Competitors from India made their debut at the Olympics in 1990 in Paris and have competed in every edition since 1920, winning a total of 28 medals. Here is a look at all Indian athletes qualified for Tokyo 2020.

List Of Indian Athletes At Tokyo 2020

Archery

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Tarundeep Rai	Men’s Recurve
2	Atanu Das	Men’s Recurve
3	Pravin Jadhav	Men’s Recurve
4	Deepika Kumari	Women’s Recurve

Athletics

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	KT Irfan	Men’s 20km Race Walking
2	Sandeep Kumar	Men’s 20km Race Walking
3	Rahul Rohilla	Men’s 20km Race Walking
4	Avinash Sable	Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
5	Murali Sreeshankar	Men’s Long Jump
6	Neeraj Chopra	Men’s Javelin Throw
7	Shivpal Singh	Men’s Javelin Throw
8	Tajinderpal Singh Toor,	Men’s Shot Put
9	Kamalpreet Kaur	Women’s Discus Throw
10	Seema Punia	Women’s Discus Throw
11	Bhawna Jat	Women’s 20km Race Walking
12	Priyanka Goswami	Women’s 20km Race Walking
13	Annu Rani	Women’s Javelin Throw
14	MP Jabir	Men’s 400m Hurdle
15	Muhammed Anas Yahiya	Men’s 4x400m Relay
16	Noah Nirlam Tom	Men’s 4x400m Relay
17	Amoj Jacob	Men’s 4x400m Relay
18	Arokia Rajiv	Men’s 4x400m Relay
19	Dhutee Chand	Women’s 100m, 200m

Badminton

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	PV Sindhu	Women’s Singles
2	B Sai Praneeth	Men’s Singles
3	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty	Men’s Doubles

Boxing

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Vikas Krishan	Men’s, 69kg
2	Lovlina Borgohain	Women’s, 69kg
3	Ashish Kumar	Men’s, 75kg
4	Pooja Rani	Women’s, 75kg
5	Satish Kumar	Men’s, 91kg
6	Mary Kom	Women’s, 51kg
7	Amit Panghal	Men’s, 52kg
8	Manish Kaushik	Men’s, 63kg
9	Simranjit Kaur	Women’s, 60kg

Equestrian

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Fouaad Mirza	Individual

Fencing

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Bhavani Devi	Women’s Sabre

Golf

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Anirban Lahiri	Men’s Individual
2	Udayan Mane	Men’s Individual
3	Aditi Ashik	Women’s Individual

Gymnastics

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Pranati Nayak	All-Around

Hockey

Sr No	Team	Discipline
1	Men’s Team	Men’s Event
2	Women’s Team	Women’s Event

Judo

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Sushila Devi Likmabam	Women’s 48kg

Rowing

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Arjun Lal	Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls
2	Arvind Singh	Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls

Sailing

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Vishnu Saravanan	Laser Standard
2	Nethra Kumanan	Laser Radial
3	KC Ganapathy	Men’s 49er
4	Varun Thakkar	Men’s 49er

Shooting

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Anjum Moudgil	10m Women’s Air Rifle
2	Apurvi Chandela	10m Women’s Air Rifle
3	Divyansh Singh Panwar	10m Men’s Air Rifle
4	Deepak Kumar	10m Men’s Air Rifle
5	Tejaswini Sawant	50m Women’s Rifle 3 Position
6	Sanjeev Rajput	50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position
7	Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar	50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position
8	Manu Bhaker	10m Women’s Air Pistol
9	Yashaswini Singh Deswal	10m Women’s Air Pistol
10	Saurabh Chaudhary	10m Men’s Air Pistol
11	Abhishek Verma	10m Men’s Air Pistol
12	Rahi Sarnobat	25m Women’s Pistol
13	Elavenil Valarivan	25m Women’s Pistol
14	Angad Veer Singh Bajwa	Men’s Skeet
15	Mairaj Ahmad Khan	Men’s Skeet

Swimming

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Srihari Nataraj	Men’s 100m Backstroke
2	Sajan Prakash	Men’s 100m Butterfly
3	Maana Patel	Women’s 100m Backstroke

Table Tennis

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Sharath Kamal	Men’s Singles, Mixed Doubles
2	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men’s Singles
3	Manika Batra	Women’s Singles, Mixed Doubles
4	Sutirtha Mukherjee	Women’s Singles

Weightlifting

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Mirabai Chanu	Women’s 49kg

Tennis

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Sania Mirza	Women’s Doubles
2	Ankita Raina	Women’s Doubles

Wrestling

Sr No	Athlete	Discipline
1	Seema Bisla	Women’s Freestyle, 50kg
2	Vinesh Phogat	Women’s Freestyle 53kg
3	Anshu Malik	Women’s Freestyle 57kg
4	Sonam Malik	Women’s Freestyle 62kg
5	Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Men’s Freestyle 57kg
6	Bajrang Punia	Men’s Freestyle 65kg
7	Deepak Punia	Men’s Freestyle 86 kg

India have won a total of 28 medals at the Olympic Games so far with Hockey bringing the most success. The contingent at Tokyo 2020 will be aiming to add to that impressive tally.

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