Over the past editions of the Olympics, the participation of the Indian athletes has increased substantially. In the last concluded Olympics in Tokyo, as many as 124 Indian athletes participated in the event. The Indian contingent also won seven medals, their biggest haul in a single Olympics – including Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold medal in the men’s javelin throw. On that note, let us take a look at the list of Indian athletes that qualified for Olympics 2024.
NumberAthleteSportEventStatus1Bhowneesh MendirattaShootingMen’s trapQuota2Rudrankksh PatilShootingMen’s 10m air rifleQuota3Swapnil KusaleShootingMen’s 50m rifle 3 positionsQuota4Akhil SheoranShootingMen’s 50m rifle 3 positionsQuota5Mehuli GhoshShootingWomen’s 10m air rifleQuota6Sift Kaur SamraShootingWomen’s 50m rifle 3 positionsQuota7Rajeshwari KumariShootingWomen’s trapQuota8Akshdeep SinghAthleticsMen’s 20km race walkDirect (Met qualifying standard)9Priyanka GoswamiAthleticsWomen’s 20km race walkDirect (Met qualifying standard)10Vikas SinghAthleticsMen’s 20km race walkDirect (Met qualifying standard)11Paramjeet BishtAthleticsMen’s 20km race walkDirect (Met qualifying standard)12Murali SreeshankarAthleticsMen’s long jumpDirect (Met qualifying standard)13Avinash SableAthleticsMen’s 3000m steeplechaseDirect (Met qualifying standard)14Neeraj ChopraAthleticsMen’s javelin throwDirect (Met qualifying standard)15Parul ChaudharyAthleticsWomen’s 3000m steeplechaseDirect (Met qualifying standard)16Antim PanghalWrestlingWomen’s 53kgQuota17Nikhat ZareenBoxingWomen’s 50kgQuota18Preeti PawarBoxingWomen’s 54kgQuota19Parveen HoodaBoxingWomen’s 57kgQuota20Lovlina BorgohainBoxingWomen’s 75kgQuota21Kishore JenaAthleticsMen’s javelin throwDirect (Met qualifying standard)22Team IndiaHockeyMen’s hockeyDirect23Sarabjot SinghShootingMen’s 10m air pistolQuota24Arjun BabutaShootingMen’s 10m air rifleQuota25Tilottama SenShootingWomen’s 10m air rifleQuota26Manu BhakerShootingWomen’s 25m pistolQuota27Anish BhanwalaShootingMen’s 25m rapid fire pistolQuota28Shriyanka SadangiShootingWomen’s 50m rifle 3 positionsQuota29Dhiraj BommadevaraArcheryMen’s recurveQuota30Varun TomarShootingMen’s 10m air pistolQuota31Esha SinghShootingWomen’s 10m air pistolQuota32Rhythm SangwanShootingWomen’s 25m pistolQuota33Vijayveer SidhuShootingMen’s 25m rapid fire pistolQuota34Raiza DhillonShootingWomen’s skeetQuota35Anantjeet Singh NarukaShootingMen’s skeetQuota36Suraj PanwarAthleticsMen’s 20km race walkDirect (Met qualifying standard)37Servin SebastianAthleticsMen’s 20km race walkDirect (Met qualifying standard)38Arshpreet SinghAthleticsMen’s 20km race walkDirect (Met qualifying standard)39Vishnu SaravananSailingMen’s One Person DinghyQuota
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Indian athletes in Olympics 2024
India did have a great outing at the last Olympics in Tokyo (2020) wherein 124 athletes won seven medals including that gold medal from Neeraj Chopra in the men’s javelin throw. It turned out to be the best medal haul for India at the Olympics.
Seeing their 2020 performance and an inspirational one at the Asiad, India will be sending more athletes this time around and will be hoping for a record haul. The NOC (National Olympic Committee) of every country have designated authority for their representation at the Olympics, that sees athletes’ participation solely depend on the country’s NOC.
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