Mumbai, August 18: India have named 84 athletes to compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, which is scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 8. The contingent is India's largest ever sent to the Paralympic Games. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, India had sent 54 athletes, which included 14 women. At the Paris Paralympics, however, that number has grown to 84 overall with 32 women included in the Indian contingent, as per Olympics.com. 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. From Harvinder Singh to Avani Lekhara, Take a Look at Top Five Indian Athletes To Watch Out for at Paris Paralympics 2024 .

 

Arshad Shaik will compete in the men's C2 para-cycling events while Jyoti Gaderiya will do so in the women's C2 events. Kapil Parmar will take part in the men's 60kg J1 event in blind judo and he will be accompanied in this sport by Kokila, competing in the women's 48kg J2 category. Anita and K. Narayana will represent India in PR3 mixed doubles sculls in para-rowing.

Tokyo 2020 was India's most successful Paralympic Games with the country winning 19 medals including five gold, eight silver and six bronze.

Avani Lekhara, who won gold in the women's R2 10m air rifle standing SH1 event after tying the world record at Tokyo 2020, will compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. She was the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic gold medal in Tokyo, as per Olympics.com.

Also returning to the fold is men's F64 javelin thrower Sumit Antil. He won the gold medal in this event at Tokyo 2020 and is a two-time world champion. The 26-year-old also holds the world record after achieving a 73.29m throw at the Asian Para Games in Hangzhou last year. Paris Paralympics 2024: Largest-Ever Indian Contingent Receives Grand Send-off Ahead of Paralympic Games in France.

Table tennis player Bhavina Patel, who won India's first Paralympics medal in the sport, will compete in the women's singles event and also partner with Sonalben Patel in the women's doubles at Paris 2024. Harvinder Singh, who became the first Indian to win an archery medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo, will appear in men's individual recurve open and mixed team recurve open in the ST category.

Number/Athlete/Sport Event/Category

  1. Harvinder Singh/Para Archery Men's individual recurve open, Mixed team recurve open/ ST2.

  2. Rakesh Kumar/Para Archery Men's individual compound open, Mixed team compound open/ W2.

  3. Shyam Sundar Swami/Para Archery Men's individual compound open, Mixed team compound open/ ST.

  4. Pooja/Para Archery Women's individual recurve open, Mixed team recurve open/ ST.

  5. Sarita/Para Archery Women's individual compound open/ Mixed team compound open/ W2.

  6. Sheetal Devi/ Para Archery Women's individual compound open/ Mixed team compound open/ ST.

  7. Deepthi Jeevanji/Para Athletics Women's 400m/ T20.

  8. Sumit Antil/ Para Athletics/Men's javelin throw/ F64.

  9. Sandeep/Para Athletics/ Men's javelin throw/ F64.

  10. Ajeet Singh.Para Athletics.Men's javelin throw/F46.

  11. RinkuPara Athletics/Men's javelin throw/F46.

  12. Navdeep/Para Athletics/Men's javelin throw/F41.

  13. Yogesh Kathuniya/Para Athletics/Men's discus throw/F56.

  14. Dharambir/Para Athletics/Men's club throw/F51.

  15. Nishad Kuma/rPara Athletics/Men's high jump/T47.

  16. Mariyappan Thangavelu/Para Athletics/Men's high jump/T63.

  17. Sachin Sarjerao Khilari/Para Athletics/Men's shot put/F46.

  18. Preethi Pal/Para Athletics/Women's 100m, 200m/T35.

  19. Bhagyashri Jadhav/Para Athletics/Women's shot put/F34.

  20. Manu/Para Athletics Men's shot put/ F37.

  21. Parveen Kumar/Para Athletics Men's javelin throw /F57.

  22. Ram Pal/Para Athletics/Men's high jump/T47.

  23. Ravi Rongali/Para Athletics/Men's shot put/F40

  24. Sandip Sargar/Para Athletics/Men's javelin throw/F64

  25. Sundar Singh/ GurjarPara Athletics/Men's javelin throw/F46

  26. Shailesh Kumar/Para Athletics/Men's high jump/T63

  27. Sharad Kumar/Para Athletics/Men's high jump/T63

  28. Mohd. Yasser/Para Athletics/Men's shot put/F46

  29. Rohit Kumar/Para Athletics/Men's shot put/F46

  30. Pranav Soorma/Para Athletics/Men's club throw/F51

  31. Amit Kumar/Para Athletics/Men's club throw/F51

  32. Arvind/Para Athletics/Men's shot put/F35

  33. Dipesh Kumar/Para Athletics/Men's javelin throwF54

  34. Praveen Kumar/Para Athletics/Men's high jumpT64

  35. Dilip Gavit/Para Athletics/Men's 400mT47

  36. Soman Rana/Para Athletics/Men's shot putF57

  37. Hokato Sema/Para Athletics/Men's shot put/F57

  38. Sakshi Kasana/Para Athletics/Women's discus throw/F55

  39. Karam Jyoti/Para Athletics/Women's discus throw/F55

  40. Rakshitha Raju/Para Athletics/Women's 1500/mT11

  41. Amisha Rawat/Para Athletics/Women's shot put/F46

  42. Bhavanaben Chaudhary/Para Athletics/Women's javelin throw/F46

  43. Simran/Para Athletics/Women's 100m, 200m/T12

  44. Kanchan Lakhani/Para Athletics/Women's discus throw/F53

  45. Manoj Sarkar/Para Badminton/Men's singles/SL3

  46. Nitesh Kumar/Para Badminton/Men's singles, Mixed doubles/SL3

  47. Krishna Nagar/Para Badminton/Men's singles/SH6

  48. Sivarajan Solaimalai/Para Badminton/Men's singles, Mixed doubles/SH6

  49. Suhas Yathira/jPara Badminton/Men's singles, Mixed doubles/SL4

  50. Sukant Kadam/Para Badminton/Men's singles/SL4

  51. Tarun/Para Badminton/Men's singles/SL4

  52. Manasi Joshi/Para Badminton/Women's singles/SL3

  53. Mandeep Kaur/Para Badminton/Women's singles/SL3

  54. Palak Kohli/Para BadmintonWomen's singles, Mixed doubles/SL4

  55. Manisha Ramadass/Para BadmintonWomen's singles/SU5

  56. Thulasimathi Murugesan/Para Badminton/Women's singles, Mixed doubles/SU5

  57. Nithya Sre /SivanPara Badminton/Women's singles, Mixed doubles/SH6

  58. Prachi Yadav/Para Canoe/Women's Va'a single 200m/VL2

  59. Yash Kumar/Para Canoe/Men's Kayak Single 200m/KL1

  60. Pooja Ojha/Para Canoe/Women's Kayak Single 200m/KL1

  61. Arshad Shaik/Para Cycling/Men's C2 Road Time Trial, C1-3 Road Race, C1-3 1000m Track Time Trial, C2 3000m Track PursuitC2

  62. Jyoti Gaderiya/Para Cycling/Women's C1-3 Road Time Trial, C1-3 Road Race, C1-3 500m Track Time Trial, C1-3 3000m Track PursuitC2

  63. Kapil Parmar/Blind Judo/Men's 60kg/J1

  64. KokilaBlind /Judo/Women's 48kg/J2

  65. Parmjeet Kumar/Para Powerlifting/Men's up to 49kg

  66. Ashok/Para Powerlifting/Men's up to 65kg

  67. Sakina Khatun/Para Powerlifting/Women's up to 45kg

  68. Kasthuri Rajamani/Para Powerlifting/Women's up to 67kg

  69. Anita/Para Rowing/Mixed double sculls/PR3

  70. Narayana K/Para Rowing/Mixed double sculls/PR3

  71. Amir Ahmad Bhat/Para Shooting/P3 - Mixed 25m pistol/SH1

  72. Avani Lekhara/Para Shooting/R2 - Women's 10m air rifle standing, R3 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone, R8 - Women's 50m rifle 3 positions/SH1

  73. Mona Agarwa/lPara ShootingR2 - Women's 10m air rifle standing, R6 - Mixed 50m rifle prone, R8 - Women's 50m rifle 3 positions/SH1

  74. Nihal Singh/Para ShootingP3 - Mixed 25m pistol, P4 - Mixed 50m pistolSH1

  75. Manish Narwal/Para ShootingP1 - Men's 10m air pistol/SH1

  76. Rudransh Khandelwal/Para ShootingP1 - Men's 10m air pistol, P4 - Mixed 50m pistol/SH1

  77. Sidhartha Babu/Para ShootingR3 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone, R6 - Mixed 50m rifle prone/SH1

  78. Sriharsha Ramakrishna/Para ShootingR4 - Mixed 10m air rifle standing, R5 - Mixed 10m air rifle prone/SH2

  79. Mahavir Unhalkar/Para ShootingR1 - Men's 10m air rifle standing/SH1

  80. Rubina Francis/Para ShootingP2 - Women's 10m air pistol/SH1

  81. Suyash Jadhav/Para Swimming/Men's 50m butterfly/S7

  82. Sonalben Patel/Para Table Tennis/Women's singles - WS3, Women's doubles - WD103

  83. Bhavinaben Patel/Para Table Tennis/Women's singles - WS4, Women's doubles - WD104

  84. ArunaPara Taekwondo/Women 47kg/K44.

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