Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: List of Indian Athletes Participating

August 30, 2024 Mitali k

In a groundbreaking moment for Indian sports, the country has announced its largest-ever contingent for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, scheduled to take place from August 28 to September 8. A staggering 84 athletes will represent India, surpassing the previous record of 54 athletes sent to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

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List of the Indian athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games:

Number	Athlete	Sport	Event	Category
1	Harvinder Singh	Para Archery	Men’s individual recurve open, Mixed team recurve open	ST
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	Rinku	Para 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 Kumar	Para 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 Gurjar	Para 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 throw	F54
34	Praveen Kumar	Para Athletics	Men’s high jump	T64
35	Dilip Gavit	Para Athletics	Men’s 400m	T47
36	Soman Rana	Para Athletics	Men’s shot put	F57
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 1500m	T11
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 Yathiraj	Para 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 Badminton	Women’s singles, Mixed doubles	SL4
55	Manisha Ramadass	Para Badminton	Women’s singles	SU5
56	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Para Badminton	Women’s singles, Mixed doubles	SU5
57	Nithya Sre Sivan	Para 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 Pursuit	C2
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 Pursuit	C2
63	Kapil Parmar	Blind Judo	Men’s 60kg	J1
64	Kokila	Blind 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 Agarwal	Para Shooting	R2 – Women’s 10m air rifle standing, R6 – Mixed 50m rifle prone, R8 – Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions	SH1
74	Nihal Singh	Para Shooting	P3 – Mixed 25m pistol, P4 – Mixed 50m pistol	SH1
75	Manish Narwal	Para Shooting	P1 – Men’s 10m air pistol	SH1
76	Rudransh Khandelwal	Para Shooting	P1 – Men’s 10m air pistol, P4 – Mixed 50m pistol	SH1
77	Sidhartha Babu	Para Shooting	R3 – Mixed 10m air rifle prone, R6 – Mixed 50m rifle prone	SH1
78	Sriharsha Ramakrishna	Para Shooting	R4 – Mixed 10m air rifle standing, R5 – Mixed 10m air rifle prone	SH2
79	Mahavir Unhalkar	Para Shooting	R1 – Men’s 10m air rifle standing	SH1
80	Rubina Francis	Para Shooting	P2 – 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 – WD10	3
83	Bhavinaben Patel	Para Table Tennis	Women’s singles – WS4, Women’s doubles – WD10	4
84	Aruna	Para Taekwondo	Women 47kg	K44

The Indian Paralympic contingent’s historic size and scope are a promising sign for the country’s growing presence in the international sports arena. As these talented athletes prepare to take the stage in Paris, we can’t help but feel a sense of pride and excitement for what’s to come.

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Team India At Paris 2024 Olympics

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The Paris 2024 Olympics ended on August 11 with a grand closing ceremony at Stade de France in France. Twin bronze medal winner Manu Bhaker and men’s hockey team’s veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh were India’s flag bearers at the closing ceremony. The Indian contingent won a total of six medals, including five bronze and one silver. The Indian athletes failed to clinch a single gold medal and finished at 71st place in the medal tally. The following table shows the final medal tally –

Manu Bhaker Is India’s Star Shooter

Manu Bhaker, a 22-year-old shooter from Haryana has created history by winning two bronze medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She became the first markswoman from India to win an Olympic medal in individual 10m air pistol event at the Olympics Games. She teamed with Sarabjot Singh to bag the 10m air pistol mixed team bronze.

India’s Youngest Olympic Medallist

Aman Sehrawat won the bronze in the men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling event at the Paris 2024 Olympics to become India’s youngest medal winner at the Summer Games. At the age of 21 years and 24 days, Aman Sehrawat bettered PV Sindhu’s record of 21 years, one month and 14 days when she bagged the silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Indian Men’s Hockey Team Clinches A Bronze

The Indian men’s hockey team beat Spain 2-1 to win the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. This victory was the best possible farewell for veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh who played his last International match on August 8. India’s triumph at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, saw India secure a record-extending 13th medal in hockey at the Olympics and the second bronze in successive editions. Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh said “I feel great….. We create history again, back-to-back (bronze medals). It’s a big day for India and a big day for hockey”.

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India won successive medals in hockey for the first time since the Munich 1972 Olympics, played 52 years ago.

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Swapnil Kusale Win A Bronze Medal

Swapnil Kusale won a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics in the 50m rifle three positions event.

Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver

Neeraj Chopra’s best throw of 89.45m won him a silver medal in men’s javelin throw event at Paris 2024 Olympics. However, the gold medal was bagged by Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, who set a new Olympic record mark of 92.97m. He is now the first individual Olympic gold medallist from Pakistan. Arshad Nadeem broke the earlier Olympic record of 90.57m – set in 2008 Beijing Olympics by Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen.

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Who Is Hello Kitty

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Hello Kitty will celebrate her 50th birthday on November 1! The popular character’s full name is Kitty White and was created by Yuko Shimizu for the Japanese company Sanrio, in 1974.

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India At The Olympics

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As of the date of printing this Issue and since the Paris 1900 Olympic Games, India has so far won 37 medals at the Olympics.

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India’s Debut At The Olympics

India’s connection to the Olympics dates back to the Paris 1900 Olympics, the second modern Games. Norman Pritchard became the first Indian to take part in the Olympics. He had been on a holiday in France and decided to enter his name for the Games. Norman Pritchard ran in five athletics events in Paris. He won two silver medals at the Paris 1900 Olympic Games, thus winning India its first Olympic medal.

The First Indian Olympic Contingent

India sent its first official contingent of athletes to the Antwerp 1920 Olympics. The team comprised of Purma Bannerjee, Phadeppa Chaugule, Sadashiv Datar, Kumar Navale, and Dinkkarao Shinde.

India’s Olympic History In The Post Independence Era

After gaining independence in 1947, India participated in the London 1948 Olympics, by sending 86 athletes to participate in nine different sports – athletics, boxing, cycling, hockey, football, swimming, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling. At the London 1948 Olympics, the Indian hockey team won its fourth-consecutive Olympic gold and first as an independent nation. The previous three hockey gold medals – 1928, 1932, and 1936 – came when India was under the British rule.

Men’s Field Hockey

India has won 12 Olympic gold medals in men’s field hockey. India had won its first gold medal at the Olympics in men’s field hockey at the Amsterdam 1928 Summer Games.

First Indian to win an individual medal

KD Jadhav won India’s first individual Olympic medal in the post independence era. He won a bronze medal in wrestling at the Helsinki 1952 Games.

First Indian to win an individual Gold medal

Abhinav Bindra clinched India’s first-ever individual gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for Men’s 10m air rifle shooting.

First Female Indian to win an individual medal

Karnam Malleswari was the first Indian female athlete to win an Olympic medal. She won a bronze medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in weightlifting.

Individual Indian Athletes to win more than one medal

After independence, wrestler Sushil Kumar is the first Indian individual athlete to win more than one medal at the Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics and a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics. Ace badminton player PV Sindhu is the first female athlete and the third Indian to win more than one medal at the Olympics. She won a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics and a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: List of Indian Athletes Participating

List of the Indian athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games:

Team India At Paris 2024 Olympics

Manu Bhaker Is India’s Star Shooter

India’s Youngest Olympic Medallist

Indian Men’s Hockey Team Clinches A Bronze

Swapnil Kusale Win A Bronze Medal

Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver

Tennis Star Become Tiny Wasps

Who Is Hello Kitty

India At The Olympics

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