Paris Paralympics 2024: List of Indian Para-Athletes Who Have Qualified For the Summer Paralympic Games in France

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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