Full list of India contingent for Asian Winter Games 2025

India is sending a 59-member athlete contingent for the Asian Winter Games 2025.

India is sending its largest-ever contingent to the Asian Winter Games 2025 edition. The team consists of 46 male and 13 female athletes. Apart from the men’s Ice Hockey team, which consists of 23 members, everyone else is supported by the Sports Ministry. The 2022 Winter Olympian Arif Khan will be representing India at the Alpine Skiing. Apart from him, some other prominent names are Aanchal Thakur and Varsha Puranik.

Aanchal became the first Indian skier to win a medal at the International Ski Federation event in 2018. Varsha Puranik is the best Ice Skater in India and will be looking for a good show at the Asian Winter Games. The competition will commence on February 7 with the opening Ceremony and will end a week later on February 14. Last year India sent 27-member squad to compete in six sports disciplines.

While the number of events India will compete in remains the same for Asian Winter Games 2025, the number of athletes has more than doubled.

Indian contingent for Asian Winter Games 2025

Alpine Skiing (7)

• Men – Arif Khan, Sunil Kumar, Mayank Panwar, Hussain Baqir
• Women – Sandhya, Aanchal Thakur, Tanuja Thakur

Cross-country Skiing (6)

• Men – Manjeet, Padma Namgail, Ahmad Rameez Padder, Shubham Parihar, Aman Kumar
• Women – Bhavani Nanjunda Thekkada

Figure Skating (2)

• Men – Majnesh Tiwari
• Women – Tara Prasad

Ice Hockey (23)

• Men – Kunzang J, Tsetan C, Norboo R, Dorjay A, Baba M, Phandey S, Tashi N, Ismail M, Zangpo N, Angchok S, Dorjay T, Lakdan A, Hussain S, Lotus S, Namgyal S, Angchuk T, Deldan N, Deskyong N, Chamba L, Tundup N, Mustafa G, Gyaltson T, Angdus T

Short Track Speed Skating (12)

• Men – Eklavya Jagal, Suyog Sanjay Tapkar, Sohan Sudhir Tarkar, Akash Aradhya, Prajwal Sharath, Noyal Charli Cheviran
• Women – Raina, Suvarnika Radhakrishnan, Sai Sahana Sarvana, Varsha Puranik, Ashutosh Swarali, Amanda Dashiel

Speed Skating (9)

• Men – Chandra Mouli Danda, Anubhav Gupta, Amitesh Mishra, Omkara Yograj, Srivatsa Srikanth Rao, Vishwaraj Jadega, Daniel Salvadore
• Women – Nitin Shruti, Diya Rao

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