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).