Paris Paralympics 2024: India To Field Their Biggest Ever Contingent, Full List Of Indians Who Have Qualified For Event

The Paris Paralympics 2024 will get underway from August 28 till September 8 and India will be hoping for their biggest-ever medal haul from the competition this year. India are set to field their largest-ever contingent for the Paris Paralympics, with 84 athletes competing in 12 sports, including archery, athletics, badminton, canoeing, cycling, blind judo, powerlifting, rowing, shooting, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo.

The Games will commence on August 28 and promise to showcase the exceptional talents and dedication of India’s para-athletes. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, India had sent 54 athletes, which included 14 women. At the Paris Paralympics 2024, however, that number has grown to 84 overall with 32 women included in the Indian contingent.

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 in Paris 2024.

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the Indian contingent participating in the Paris Paralympics 2024.

He says, “…You are all going to Paris as flagbearers of India. This journey is going to be an extremely important journey of your life, your career. This… pic.twitter.com/OxJLWerv5E

— ANI (@ANI) August 19, 2024

Here is a full list of Indian athletes who have qualified for Paris Paralympics 2024…

Para Athletics

Deepthi Jeevanji – Women’s 400m -T20

Sumit Antil – Men’s Javelin Throw – F64

Sandeep – Men’s Javelin Throw – F64

Ajeet Singh – Men’s Javelin Throw – F46

Sundar Singh Gurjar – 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

Pranav Soorma – Men’s Club Throw – F51

Amit Kumar – Men’s Club Throw – F51

Nishad Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T47

Ram Pal – Men’s High Jump – T47

Mariyappan Thangavelu – Men’s High Jump – T63

Shailesh Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T63

Sharad Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T63

Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Men’s Shot Put – F46

Mohd. Yasser – Men’s Shot Put – F46

Rohit Kumar – Men’s Shot Put – F46

Preethi Pal – Women’s 100m – T35, Women’s 200m – T35

Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav – Women’s Shot Put – F34

Manu – Men’s Shot Put – F37

Parveen Kumar – Men’s Javelin Throw – F57

Ravi Rongali – Men’s Shot Put – F40

Sandip Sanjay Gurjar- Men’s Javelin Throw-F64

Arvind – Men’s Shot Put – F35

Dipesh Kumar – Men’s Javelin Throw – F54

Praveen Kumar – Men’s High Jump – T64

Dilip Mahadu Gavit – Men’s 400m – T47

Soman Rana – Men’s Shot Put – F57

Hokato Hotozhe Sema- Men’s Shot Put – F57

Sakshi Kasana- Women’s Discus Throw- F55

Karamjyoti- Women’s Discus Throw- F55

Rakshitha Raju- Women’s 1500 metres T11

Amisha Rawat: Women’s Shot Put – F46

Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary- Women’s javelin Throw – F46

Simran- Women’s 100m T12, Women’s 200m T12

Kanchan Lakhani – Women’s Discus Throw – F53

Para Archery

Harvinder Singh – Men’s Individual Recurve Open, Mixed Team Recurve Open (Category – ST)

Rakesh Kumar – Men’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – W2)

Shyam Sundar Swami – Men’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – ST)

Pooja – Women’s Individual Recurve Open, Mixed Team Recurve Open (Category – ST)

Sarita – Women’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – W2)

Sheetal Devi – Women’s Individual Compound Open, Mixed Team Compound Open (Category – ST)

Para Badminton

Manoj Sarkar- Men’s Singles SL3

Nitesh Kumar- Men’s Singles SL3, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

Krishna Nagar- Men’s Singles SH6

Sivarajan Solaimalai- Men’s Singles SH6, Mixed Doubles SH6

Suhas Yathiraj- Men’s Singles SL4, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

Sukant Kadam- Men’s Singles S4

Tarun- Men’s Singles S4

Manasi Joshi- Women’s Singles SL3

Mandeep Kaur- Women’s Singles SL3

Palak Kohli- Women’s Singles SL4, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

Manisha Ramadass- Women’s Singles SU5

Thulasimathi Murugesan- Women’s Singles SU5, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

Nithya Sre Sivan- Women’s Singles SH6, 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 Shaik- Road – Men’s C2 Ind. Time Trial, Road – Men’s C1-3 Road Race, Track – Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial, Track – Men’s C2 3000m Ind. Pursuit

Jyoti Gaderiya- Road – Women’s C1-3 Ind. Time Trial, Road – Women’s C1-3 Road Race, Track – Women’s C1-3 500m Time Trial, Track – Women’s C1-3 3000m Ind. Pursuit

Blind Judo

Kapil Parmar: Men’s -60kg J1

Kokila: Women’s -48kg J2

Para Powerlifting

Paramjeet Kumar- Men’s up to 49kg

Ashok- Men’s up to 63kg

Sakina Khatun- Women’s up to 45kg

Kasthuri Rajamani- Women’s up to 67kg

Para Rowing

Anita- PR3 Mix Dbl Sculls-PR3Mix2x

Naryana Konganapalle- PR3 Mix Dbl Sculls-PR3Mix2x

Para Shooting

Amir Ahmad Bhat- P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1

Avani Lekhara: R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rfl Std SH1, R3 – Mixed 10m Air Rfl Prn SH1, R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Pos. SH1

Mona Agarwal: R2 – Women’s 10m Air Rfl Std SH1, R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1, R8 – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Pos. SH1

Nihal Singh: P3 – Mixed 25m Pistol SH1, P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1

Manish Narwal: P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1

Rudransh Khandelwal: P1 – Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1

Sidhartha Babu: R3 – Mixed 10m Air Rfl Prn SH1, R6 – Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1

Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna- R4 – Mixed 10m Air Rfl Std SH2, R5 – Mixed 10m Air Rfl Prn SH2

Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar- R1 – Men’s l0m Air Rifle St SH1

Rubina Francis: P2 – Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1

Para Swimming

Suyash Narayan Jadhav- Men’s 50m Butterfly – S7

Para Table tennis

Sonalben Patel- Women’s Singles- WS3, Women’s Doubles- WD10

Bhavinaben Patel- Women’s Singles- WS4, Women’s Doubles- WD10

Para Taekwondo

Aruna- Women’s K44- 47kg