The Tokyo Olympics are just around the corner after a delay of 1 year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 126 athletes will be representing India in the Olympics, the largest ever Indian contingent in Olympic Games.
The Indian Olympic squad will be competing in 18 sports at the Tokyo Olympics:
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Boxing
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Hockey
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Judo
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
Let’s look at the Indian Olympic squad in each sport:
Indian Archery squad
Men
- Atanu Das (Men’s recurve individual/ Men’s recurve team/ Mixed recurve team)
- Pravin Jadhav (Men’s recurve individual/ Men’s recurve team/ Mixed recurve team)
- Tarundeep Rai (Men’s recurve individual/ Men’s recurve team/ Mixed recurve team)
Women
- Deepika Kumari (Women’s recurve individual/ Mixed recurve team)
Schedule: 23rd July – 31st July
Indian Athletics squad
Men
- Jabir M Palliyalil (400M hurdles)
- Muhammed Anas Yahiya (4x400m relay)
- Noah Nirmal Tom (4x400m relay)
- Amoj Jacob (4x400m relay)
- Arokia Rajiv (4x400m relay)
- Naganathan Pandi (4x400m relay)
- Sandeep Kumar (20km Race walk)
- Rahul Rohila (20km Race walk)
- K.T Irfan (20km Race walk)
- Gurpreet Singh (50km Race walk)
- Avinash Sable (3000m steeplechase)
- Neeraj Chopra (Javelin throw)
- Shivpal Singh (Javelin throw)
- Murali Sreeshankar (Long jump)
- Tajinder Pal Toor (Shot put)
- Sarthak Bhambri (Mixed 4x400m relay)
- Alex Anthony (Mixed 4x400m relay)
Women
- Dutee Chand (100m & 200m)
- Priyanka Goswami (20km Race walk)
- Bhawna Jat (20km Race walk)
- V Revathi (Mixed 4x400m relay)
- Subha Venkatesan (Mixed 4x400m relay)
- Dhanalakshmi Sekhar (Mixed 4x400m relay)
- Kamalpreet Kaur (Discus throw)
- Seema Punia (Discus throw)
- Annu Rani (Javelin throw)
Schedule: 30th July – 8th August
Indian Badminton squad
Men
- B. Sai Praneeth (Singles)
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Doubles)
- Chirag Shetty (Singles)
Women
- P.V. Sindhu (Singles)
Schedule: 24th July – 2nd August
Indian Boxing squad
Men
- Amit Panghal (Flyweight)
- Manish Kaushik (Lightweight)
- Vikas Krishan Yadav (Welterweight)
- Ashish Kumar (Middleweight)
- Satish Kumar (Super heavyweight)
Women
- Mary Kom (Flyweight)
- Simranjit Kaur (Lightweight)
- Lovlina Borgohain (Welterweight)
- Pooja Rani (Middleweight)
Schedule: 24th July – 8th August
Indian Equestrian squad
Men
- Fouaad Mirza (Individual)
Schedule: 24th July – 7th August
Indian Fencing squad
Women
- C.A. Bhavani Devi (Sabre)
Schedule: 24th July – 1st August
Indian Hockey squad
Men
- Manpreet Singh (Captain)
- P.R. Sreejesh (Goalkeeper)
- Harmanpreet Singh (Defender)
- Rupinder Pal Singh (Defender)
- Surender Kumar (Defender)
- Amit Rohidas (Defender)
- Birendra Lakra (Defender)
- Hardik Singh (Midfielder)
- Vivek Sagar Prasad (Midfielder)
- Nilakanta Sharma (Midfielder)
- Sumit (Midfielder)
- Shamsher Singh (Forward)
- Dilpreet Singh (Forward)
- Gurjant Singh (Forward)
- Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Forward)
- Mandeep Singh (Forward)
Women
- Rani Rampal (Captain)
- Savita Punia (Goalkeeper)
- Deep Grace Ekka (Defender)
- Nikki Pradhan (Defender)
- Gurjit Kaur (Defender)
- Udita (Defender)
- Nisha (Midfielder)
- Neha Goyal (Midfielder)
- Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam (Midfielder)
- Monika Malik (Midfielder)
- Navjot Kaur (Midfielder)
- Salima Tete (Midfielder)
- Navneet Kaur (Forward)
- Lalremsiami (Forward)
- Vandana Katariya (Forward)
- Sharmila Devi (Forward)
Schedule: 24th July – 6th August
Indian Golf squad
Men
- Anirban Lahiri
- Udayan Mane
Women
- Aditi Ashok
Schedule: 29th July – 7th August
Indian Gymnastics squad
Women
- Pranati Nayak (All-around)
Schedule: 24th July – 3rd August
Indian Judo squad
Women
- Shushila Likmabam (48kg)
Schedule: 24th July – 31st July
Indian Rowing squad
Men
- Arjun Lal & Arvind Singh (Lightweight double sculls)
Schedule: 23rd July – 30th July
Indian Sailing squad
Men
- Vishnu Saravanan (Laser)
- K.C Ganapathy & Varun Thakkar (Men’s 49er)
Women
- Nethra Kumanan (Laser Radial)
Schedule: 25th July – 4th August.
Indian Shooting squad
Men
- Angad Bajwa (Skeet)
- Mairaj Ahmad Khan (skeet)
- Saurabh Chaudhary (10m air pistol & 10m air pistol mixed team)
- Abhishek Verma (10m air pistol & 10m air pistol mixed team)
- Deepak Kumar (10m air rifle & 10m air rifle mixed team)
- Divyansh Singh Panwar (10m air rifle & 10m air rifle mixed team)
- Sanjeev Rajput (50m rifle 3 positions)
- Aishwary Tomar (50m rifle 3 positions)
Women
- Manu Bhaker (10m air pistol, 25m pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team)
- Yashaswini Deswal (25m pistol & 10m air pistol mixed team)
- Rahi Sarnobot (25m pistol)
- Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle)
- Elavenil Valarivan (10m air rifle & 10m air rifle mixed team )
- Anjum Moudgil (50m rifle 3 positions & 10m air rifle mixed team)
- Tejaswini Sawant (50m rifle 3 positions)
Schedule: 24th July – 2nd August.
Indian Swimming squad
Men
- Srihari Nataraj (100m backstroke)
- Sajan Prakash (200m butterfly)
Women
- Maana Patel (100m backstroke)
Schedule: 24th July – 1st August.
Indian Table tennis squad
Men
- Achanta Sharath Kamal (Singles & Mixed doubles)
- Sathiyan Gnanasekeran (Singles)
Women
- Manika Batra (Singles & Mixed doubles)
- Sutirtha Mukherjee (Singles)
Schedule: 24th July – 6th August
Indian Tennis squad
Women
- Sania Mirza & Ankita Raina (Doubles)
Schedule: 24th July – 1st August
Indian Weightlifting squad
Women
- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (49kg category)
Schedule: 24th July – 4th August
Indian Wrestling squad
Men
- Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57kg)
- Bajrang Punia (65kg)
- Deepak Punia (86kg)
Women
- Seema Bisla (50kg)
- Vinesh Phogat (53kg)
- Anshu Malik (57kg)
- Sonam Malik (62kg)
Schedule: 1st August – 7th August
