Tokyo Olympics 2020: Names list of the Indian athletes representing India
On 23rd July, The Tokyo Olympics begins with the opening ceremony in the Japan National Stadium. Sportspersons from 205 countries will compete for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Proudly, Indian athletes will represent in different sports. India will compete in 85 categories in the Olympics, 2020.
In total, 228 members of the Indian contingent will reach Tokyo.
- Female- 52
- Male-67
- Team officials- 58
- Alternative sports athletes and staff- 43
- Staff- 8
Below is the list of all the Indian athletes for the Tokyo Olympics within the sports category-
- Hockey
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Boxing
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Weightlifting
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Judo
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Wrestling
Hockey Team In Tokyo Olympics :
Hockey, the national sport of India, will be represented by two teams: The Women’s National team and the Men’s National Team.
The men’s team will be led by Manpreet Singh.
| Name |
| Surender Kumar |
| Birendra Lakra |
| PR Sreejesh |
| Vivek Sagar Prasad |
| Amit Rohidas |
| Nilakanta Sharma |
| Gurjant Singh |
| Dilpreet Singh |
| Harmanpreet Singh |
| Hardik Singh |
| Mandeep Singh |
| Manpreet Singh |
| Rupinder Pal Singh |
| Shamsher Singh |
| Sumit |
| Lalit Kumar Upadhyay |
The women’s team will be led by Rani Rampal.
Women’s Hockey Team
| Name |
| Sharmila Devi |
| Deep Grace Ekka |
| Vandana Katariya |
| Gurjit Kaur |
| Navjot Kaur |
| Navneet Kaur |
| Lalremsiami |
| Monika Malik |
| Neha Goyal |
| Nisha Warsi |
| Nikki Pradhan |
| Sushila Chanu |
| Rani Rampal |
| Savita Punia |
| Salima Tete |
| Udita Duhan |
Archery
| Athletes | Category |
| Tarundeep Rai | Men’s Recurve |
| Pravin Jhadav | Men’s Recurve |
| Deepika Kumari | Women’s Recurve |
| Atanu Das | Men’s Recurve |
Athletics
| Name | Sports Category |
| KT Irfan | Men’s 20km race walking |
| Sandeep Kumar | Men’s 20km race walking |
| Rahul Rohilla | Men’s 20km race walking |
| Gurpreet Singh | Men’s 50km race walking |
| Bhawna Jat | Women’s 20km race walking |
| Priyanka Goswami | Women’s 20km race walking |
| Avinash Sable | Men’s 3000m steeplechase |
| Murali Sreeshankar | Men’s long jump |
| MP Jabir | Men’s 400m hurdles |
| Neeraj Chopra | Men’s javelin throw |
| Shivpal Singh | Men’s javelin throw |
| Annu Rani | Women’s javelin throw |
| Tajinderpal Singh Toor | Men’s shot put |
| Dutee Chand | Women’s 100m and 200m |
| Kamalpreet Kaur | Women’s discus throw |
| Seema Punia | Women’s discus throw |
The relay will also be a part of the Athletics involving – 4*4000 Mixed relay race and 4*4000 Men’s Relay race
| 4*4000 Mixed Relay Race |
| Alex Antony |
| Sarthak Bambari |
| Revathi Veeramani |
| Subha Venkatesan |
| 4*4000 Men’s Relay Race |
| Amoj Jacob |
| P Naganathan |
| Aarokia Rajiv |
| Noah Nirmal Tom |
| Muhammed Anas Yahiya |
Badminton
| Name | Sports Category |
| PV Sindhu | Women’s singles |
| B Sai Praneeth | Men’s singles |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty | Men’s doubles |
Boxing
| Name | Sports Category |
| Vikas Krishan | Men’s, 69kg |
| Lovlina Borgohain | Women’s, 69kg |
| Ashish Kumar | Men’s, 75kg |
| Pooja Rani | Women’s, 75kg |
| Satish Kumar | Men’s, 91kg |
| Mary Kom | Women’s, 51kg |
| Amit Panghal | Men’s, 52kg |
| Manish Kaushik | Men’s, 63kg |
| Simranjit Kaur | Women’s, 60kg |
Equestrian
Fouaad Mirza, first and only Indian to qualify for the games in 20 years.
Fencing
Bhavani Devi becomes the first Indian to qualify for Fencing. She qualified through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) method at the Budapest Sabre World Cup, an Olympic qualifying event, in Hungary in March.
Weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu will be the only weightlifter competing for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics under women’s 49kg category.
Golf
| Name | Sports Category |
| Anirban Lahiri | Men’s event |
| Udayan Mane | Men’s event |
| Aditi Ashok | Women’s event |
Gymnastics
Pranati Nayak, the second Indian to qualify for the gymanstics. While Dipa Karmakar was the first Indian to make it through.
Judo
Sushila Devi Likmabam will be the only Indian to compete in this field for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Rowing
| Name | Sports Category |
| Arjun Jat and Arvind Singh | Men’s lightweight double sculls |
Sailing
| Name | Sports Category |
| Nethra Kumanan | Laser Radial |
| Vishnu Saravanan | Laser Standard |
| KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar | 49er
|
Shooting
| Name | Category |
| Anjum Moudgil | 10m Women’s Air Rifle |
| Apurvi Chandela | 10m Women’s Air Rifle |
| Divyansh Singh Panwar | 10m Men’s Air Rifle |
| Deepak Kumar | 10m Men’s Air Rifle |
| Tejaswini Sawant | 50m Women’s Rifle 3 Position |
| Sanjeev Rajput | 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position |
| Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar | 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position |
| Manu Bhaker | 10m Women’s Air Pistol |
| Yashaswini Singh Deswal | 10m Women’s Air Pistol |
| Saurabh Chaudhary | 10m Men’s Air Pistol |
| Rahi Sarnobat | 25m Women’s Pistol |
| Abhishek Verma | 10m Men’s Air Pistol |
| Chinki Yadav | 25m Women’s Pistol (replaced by Elavenil Valarivan) |
| Angad Veer Singh Bajwa | Men’s Skeet |
| Mairaj Ahmad Khan | Men’s Skeet |
Swimming
| Name | Category |
| Sajan Prakash | men’s 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly |
| Srihari Nataraj | men’s 100m backstroke |
| Maana Patel | women’s 100m backstroke |
Table Tennis
| Name |
| Sharath Kamal |
| Sathiyan Gnanasekaran |
| Sutirtha Mukherjee |
| Manika Batra |
Tennis
| Name | Category |
| Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina | Women’s Doubles |
| Sumit Nagal | Men’s Singles |
Wrestling
| Name | Category |
| Seema Bisla | Women’s Freestyle, 50kg |
| Vinesh Phogat | Women’s Freestyle 53kg |
| Anshu Malik | Women’s Freestyle 57kg |
| Sonam Malik | Women’s Freestyle 62kg |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Men’s Freestyle 57kg |
| Bajrang Punia | Men’s Freestyle 65kg |
| Deepak Punia | Men’s Freestyle 86 kg |
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