Tokyo Olympics 2020: The Indian Contingent

19 Jul 2021

The Indian contingent in Tokyo will be 228-strong and would be participating across 18 events.

Archery

Deepika Kumari: India’s biggest medal hope lies in Deepika Kumari. The 27-yearld from Ranchi is in fine form after winning three gold medals at the 2021 Paris World Cup. She is also the current World number one.
Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Praveen Jadhav will be representing the men’s team.

Athletics

Twenty-seven athletes will participate in the track and field events.

Men’s Contingent

Javelin (Throw): Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh
4x400m Relay: Amol Jacob, Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas, Naganathan Pandi and Noah Nirmal Tom
300m Steeple Chase: Avinash Sable
400m Hurdles: MP Jabir
Long Jump: M Shreeshankar
Shot Put: Tejinderpal Singh Toor
20km Walk: Sandeep Kumar & Rahul Rohilla
50km Walk: Gurpreet Singh

Women’s Contingent

100m & 200m Sprint: Dutee Chand
Discus Throw: Kamalpreet Kaur & Seema Antil Punia
Javelin Throw: Annu Rani
20km Walk: Priyanka Goswami, Bhawna Jat
4x400 Mixed Relay: Sarthak Bambri, Alex Antony, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan and Dhanlakshmi Sekhar

Badminton

Men’s Singles: B Sai Praneeth
Women’s Singles: PV Sindhu
Men’s Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty

Boxing

Women’s Category

Mary Kom (51Kg)
Simranjit Kaur (60Kg)
Lovlina Borgohain (69Kg)
Pooja Rani (75Kg)

Men’s Category

Amit Panghal (52Kg)
Manish Kaushik (63Kg)
Vikas Krishnan (69Kg)
Ashish Kumar (75Kg)
Satish Kumar (91KG+)

Equestrian

Fouaad Mirza

Fencing

CA Bhavani Devi (Sabre)

Golf

Men’s: Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane
Women’s: Aditi Ashok

Gymnastics

Pranati Nayak

Hockey

Men’s Squad: PR Sreejesh (GK), Harmanpreet Singh (DEF), Rupinder Pal Singh (DEF), Surender Kumar (DEF), Amit Rohidas (DEF), Birendra Lakra (DEF), Hardik Singh (MID), Manpreet Singh (MID), Vivek Sagar Prasad (MID), Nilakanta Sharma (MID), Sumit (MID), Shamsher Singh (FWD), Dilpreet Singh (FWD), Gurjant Singh (FWD), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (FWD) and Mandeep Singh (FWD).
Women’s Squad: Savita (GK), Deep Grace Ekka (DEF), Nikki Pradhan (DEF), Gurjit Kaur (DEF), Udita (DEF), Nisha Neha (MID), Sushila Chanu Pukhrambham (MID), Monika (MID), Navjot Kaur (MID), Salima Tete (MID), Rani (FWD), Navneet Kaur (FWD), Lalremsiami (FWD), Vandana Katariya (FWD) and Sharmila Devi (FWD).

Judo

Sushila Devi and Likmabam in the Women’s extra light weight 48Kg category.

Rowing

Arjun Jut and Arvind Singh in the Men’s light weight double sculls.

Sailing

Vishnu Saravan, KC Ganapathy, Varun Thakkar, Nethra Kumanan

Shooting

Men’s Squad

10m Air Rifle: Divyansh Singh Panwar & Deepak Kumar
10m Air Pistol: Saurabh Chaudhary & Abhishek Verma
50m Rifle 3 Position: Sanjeev Rajput & Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar
Skeet: Angad Vir Singh Bajwa & Mairaj Ahmad Khan

Women’s Squad

10m Air Rifle: Apurvi Chandela & Elevenil Valarivan
10m Air Pistol: Manu Bhaker & Yashaswini Singh Deswal
25m Sports Pistol: Manu Bhaker & Rahi Sarnobat
50m Rifle 3 Position: Anjum Moudgil & Tejaswini Sawant
10m Air Rifle Mixed Squad: Divyansh Singh Panwar & Elavenil Valarivan, Deepak Kumar & Anjum Moudgil
10m Air Pistol Mixed Squad: Saurabh Chaudhary & Manu Bhaker, Abhishek Verma & Yashaswini Singh Deswal

Swimming

Men’s Squad

Sajan Prakash (200m butterfly)
Srihari Nataraj (100m backstroke)

Women’s Squad

Maana Patel (100m backstroke)

Table Tennis

Men’s Singles: Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan
Women’s Singles: Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee
Mixed Doubles: Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal

Tennis

Women’s Doubles: Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina

Weightlifting

Mirabal Chanu

Wrestling

Men’s Squad: Ravi Kumar Dahiya (Freestyle, 57kg), Bajrang Punia (Freestyle, 65kg) and Deepak Punia (Freestyle, 86kg).
Women’s Squad: Seema Bisla (Freestyle, 50kg), Vinesh Phogat (Freestyle 53kg), Anshu Malik (Freestyle 57kg) and Sonam Malik (Freestyle 62kg).