Asian Para Games 2026: Full list of Indian contingent and sport-wise entries

India will field 166 athletes at the Asian Para Games 2026.

With an aim to breach the 100-medal mark for a second successive edition, India has named a 166-athlete contingent for the upcoming Asian Para Games 2026, scheduled to be held in Aichi-Nagoya from October 18 to 24.

India’s listed contingent comprises 111 male and 55 female para-athletes competing across 10 disciplines, including individual sports and blind football.

Compared to 2022, India’s contingent has been halved for the Aichi-Nagoya edition. India sent 303 para-athletes to the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, held in October 2023 under the official 2022 edition title.

For the 2026 edition, India has announced a squad of 166 para-athletes, which is 137 fewer than in Hangzhou. In Hangzhou, India enjoyed its most successful Asian Para Games campaign, winning 108 medals, including 27 gold, 32 silver and 49 bronze.

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Sheetal Devi, one of India’s prominent para-archers, will be among the names to watch, alongside Bhavina Patel, who has established herself as a leading figure in para-table tennis.

Pramod Bhagat, a Paralympic champion in para-badminton, will bring considerable international experience to the squad.

India will also look to its depth in para-athletics, which accounts for the largest share of the contingent with 62 para-athletes, as well as its para-badminton and para-swimming teams.

Sports-wise breakdown of India’s contingent for Asian Para Games 2026

Sport / discipline	Number of para-athletes
Para-athletics	62
Para-badminton	28
Para-swimming	16
Para-shooting	13
Para-archery	11
Para-table tennis	10
Blind football	10
Para-judo	7
Para-powerlifting	8
Para-cycling	1
Total	166

Full list of India’s contingent for Asian Para Games 2026

India’s blind football team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Aditya Sajwan	Men’s Blind Football – Goalkeeper
Boje Marbom	Men’s Blind Football
Klingson Marak	Men’s Blind Football
Pradeep Patel	Men’s Blind Football
Sahil	Men’s Blind Football
Shivam Singh	Men’s Blind Football
Sovendra Singh	Men’s Blind Football
Sujith Puthankattunikarath Sasi	Men’s Blind Football – Goalkeeper
Tushar Kumar	Men’s Blind Football
Vishnubhatejuba Vaghela	Men’s Blind Football

India’s para-archery team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Sheetal Devi	Women’s Compound
Payal Nag	Women’s Compound
Bhawna	Women’s Recurve
Pooja	Women’s Recurve
Swati Chaudhary	Women’s W1
Harvinder Singh	Men’s Recurve
Vijay Sundi	Men’s Recurve
Toman Kumar	Men’s Compound
Shyam Sunder Swami	Men’s Compound
Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari	Men’s W1
Vinayak Amol Breed	Men’s W1

India’s para-athletics team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Ajay Kumar	Men’s 400m (T64)
Akira Nandan Banothu	Men’s 400m (T38)
Devender Kumar	Men’s Discus Throw (F64)
Haney	Men’s Discus Throw (F37), Javelin Throw (F37/F38)
Dilip Mahadu Gavit	Men’s 100m (T47), 400m (T47)
Mahendra Gurjar	Men’s Long Jump (T63)
Manjeet	Men’s Javelin Throw (F13)
Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi	Men’s 100m (T47)
Nishad Kumar	Men’s High Jump (T47)
Parveen	Men’s Shot Put (F46)
Pranav Soorma	Men’s Club Throw (F51)
Rakeshbhai Bhatt	Men’s 100m (T37), 200m (T37)
Ram Ratan Singh	Men’s Discus Throw (F51–F53)
Rinku	Men’s Javelin Throw (F46)
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari	Men’s Shot Put (F46)
Shailesh Kumar	Men’s High Jump (T63)
Sharath Makanahalli Shankarappa	Men’s 1500m (T13), 5000m (T13)
Sumit	Men’s Javelin Throw (F64)
Ajeet Singh	Men’s Javelin Throw (F46)
Ayush Verma	Men’s Shot Put (F53)
Dharambir	Men’s Club Throw (F51)
Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Men’s Shot Put (F57)
Mohd Yasser	Men’s Shot Put (F46)
Navdeep	Men’s Javelin Throw (F41)
Parmod	Men’s 1500m (T46)
Pranav Prashant Desai	Men’s 100m (T64), 200m (T64)
Praveen Kumar	Men’s High Jump (T64)
Rakesh	Men’s Discus Throw (F64)
Ravi Rongali	Men’s Shot Put (F40)
Solairaj Dharmaraj	Men’s Long Jump (T64)
Sujith Mandalamkunnath Sivadasan	Men’s 100m (T13)
Varun Singh Bhati	Men’s High Jump (T63)
Vishesh	Men’s Shot Put (F32)
Amit Kumar	Men’s Club Throw (F51)
Anubhav Choudhary	Men’s 100m (T35), 200m (T35)
Banti	Men’s High Jump (T64)
Bhavikkumar Dineshbhai Bharwad	Men’s 400m (T47)
Pardeep Kumar	Men’s Discus Throw (F64)
Pradeep Kumar	Men’s Javelin Throw (F54)
Rahul	Men’s High Jump (T63)
Sandeep	Men’s 100m (T44), 400m (T64)
Sandip Sanjay Sargar	Men’s Javelin Throw (F64)
Soman Rana	Men’s Shot Put (F57)
Sukhchain	Men’s Javelin Throw (F55)
Parveen Kumar	Men’s Discus Throw (F57)
Praveen Sharma	Men’s Field Events (F11)
Anjanaben Rohitbhai Bumbadiya	Women’s 200m (T47), 400m (T47)
Deepthi Jeevanji	Women’s 400m (T20)
Nimisha Chakkungalparambil Suresh	Women’s Long Jump (T47)
Preeti Pal	Women’s 100m (T35), 200m (T35)
Simran	Women’s 100m (T12), 200m (T12)
Soumya	Women’s 1500m (T13)
Jayanti Behera	Women’s 200m (T47), 400m (T47)
Tejalben Amraji Damor	Women’s 400m (T12)
Radha Venkatesh	Women’s Track Events (T12)
Amisha Rawat	Women’s Shot Put (F46)
Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav	Women’s Shot Put (F34)
Karamjyoti	Women’s Discus Throw (F55)
Rakshitha Raju	Women’s Track Events (T11)
Suchitra Parida	Women’s Javelin Throw (F56)
Suvarna Raj	Women’s Discus Throw (F54)
Ravanni Valasanaini	Women’s Track Events (T11)

India’s para-badminton team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Naveen Sivakumar	Men’s Singles
Nitesh Kumar	Men’s Singles (SL3)
Krishna Nagar	Men’s Singles (SH6)
Pramod Bhagat	Men’s Singles (SL3)
Sukant Kadam	Men’s Singles (SL4)
Surya Kant Yadav	Men’s Singles (SL4)
Ruthick Ragupathi	Men’s Singles (SU5)
Sivarajan Solaimalai	Men’s Singles (SH6)
Abu Hubaida	Men’s Singles (WH2)
Prem Kumar Ale	Men’s Singles (WH1)
Sudarsan Muthusamy Saravanakumar	Men’s Singles (SH6)
Umesh Vikram Kumar	Men’s Singles (SL3)
Haris Mythili Srikumar	Men’s Singles (WH2)
Hardik Makkar	Men’s Singles (SU5)
Abhijeet Sakhuja	Men’s Singles (SL4)
Rakesh Pandey	Men’s Singles (SU5)
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj	Men’s Singles (SL4)
Manisha Ramadass	Women’s Singles (SU5)
Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan	Women’s Singles (SH6)
Alphia James	Women’s Doubles (WH1–WH2)
Thulasimathi Murugesan	Women’s Singles (SU5)
Mandeep Kaur	Women’s Singles (SL3)
Neeraj	Women’s Singles (SL3)
Shanthiya Vishwanathan	Women’s Singles (SU5)
Kanak Singh Jadaun	Women’s Singles (SL4)
Manasi Girishchandra Joshi	Women’s Singles (SL3)
Pallavi Kaluvehalli Manjunathareddy	Women’s Doubles (WH1–WH2)
Sanjana Kumari	Women’s Singles (SL3)

India’s para-judo team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Kapil Parmar	Men’s J1 (−70kg)
Bijender	Men’s J2 (−95kg)
Renuka Narayan Salave	Women’s J1 (−70kg)
Kokila	Women’s J2 (−52kg)
Gulshan	Women’s J2 (−70kg)
Vrushali Ashok More	Women’s J2 (−70kg)
Dimple	Women’s J2 (+70kg)

India’s para-swimming team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Kapil Kumar	Men’s 100m Freestyle (S10), 400m Freestyle (S10)
Ajay Hindurao Bhosale	Men’s 50m Freestyle (S10), 100m Freestyle (S10)
Ravi Veera Venkata	Men’s 100m Backstroke (S13), 100m Breaststroke (SB13), 100m Freestyle (S13)
Abdul Quadir Indori	Classification: S1–S5
Suyash Narayan Jadhav	Men’s 50m Butterfly (S7), 50m Freestyle (S7), 200m Individual Medley (SM7)
Chaitanya Vishwas	Men’s 100m Breaststroke (SB5), 400m Freestyle (S6)
Rohit Kumar	Classification: S5 / SM5
Gopichand Linguta	Classification: S7 / S8
Vanga Niranjan Mukundan	Men’s 50m Butterfly (S7), 400m Freestyle (S7), 200m Individual Medley (SM7)
Tejas Nandakumar	Men’s 100m Backstroke (S7), 400m Freestyle (S7)
Himanshu Nandal	Men’s 100m Backstroke (S11), 100m Breaststroke (SB11), 100m Freestyle (S11), 400m Freestyle (S11), 200m Individual Medley (SM11)
Swatik Patil	Men’s 100m Breaststroke (SB9)
Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh	Classification: S5 / SB4 / SM5
Jahangir Molla	Men’s 100m Breaststroke (SB12)
Devanshi Satija	Classification: S10
Vaishnavi Vinod	Classification: S8

India’s para-shooting team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Avani Lekhara	Women’s R2 10m Air Rifle (SH1), R8 50m Rifle 3 Positions (SH1)
Mona Agarwal	Women’s R2 10m Air Rifle (SH1), R8 50m Rifle 3 Positions (SH1)
Bhakti Sharma	Women’s P2 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
Rubina Francis	Women’s P2 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
Shrishti Arora	Women’s P2 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
Sumedha Pathak	Women’s P2 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
Anandha Krishnan H	Men’s R1 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
Amir Ahmad Bhat	Mixed P3 25m Pistol (SH1)
Manish Narwal	Men’s P1 10m Air Pistol (SH1)
Nihal Singh	Men’s P1 10m Air Pistol (SH1), P3 25m Pistol (SH1)
Rakesh Nidagundi	Men’s R1 10m Air Rifle (SH1)
Rudransh Khandelwal	Men’s P1 10m Air Pistol (SH1), P4 50m Pistol (SH1)
Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar	Men’s R1 10m Air Rifle (SH1)

India’s para-table tennis team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Dattaprasad Jotiram	Men’s Singles (Class 9)
Sandeep Dangi	Men’s Singles (Class 1)
Jehan Dorab Madan	Men’s Singles (Class 1)
Shubham Wadhwa	Men’s Singles (Class 3)
Bhavinaben Patel	Women’s Singles (Class 4/5)
Sonalben Manubhai Patel	Women’s Singles (Class 3)
Baby Sahana Ravi	Women’s Singles (Class 9)
Ekta Bhyan	Women’s Singles (Class 1)
Prachi Pandey	Women’s Singles (Class 6)
Savita Vittal Ajjanakatti	Women’s Singles (Class 8)

India’s para-powerlifting team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Suman Devi	Women’s Lightweight
Kasthuri Rajamani	Women’s 67kg
Jaspreet Kaur	Women’s 45kg
Seema Rani	Women’s 61kg
Ashok Kumar	Men’s 65kg
Jhandu Kumar	Men’s 72kg
Manish Kumar	Men’s 59kg
Parmjeet Kumar	Men’s up to 49kg

India’s para-cycling team

Para-Athlete	Event / Category
Arshad Shaik	Men’s C2(Track and Road)

India will look to make the most of its 166-athlete contingent at the Asian Para Games 2026, with established performers and emerging talent aiming to deliver strong results.

The focus will be on converting their opportunities into medals and maintaining India’s presence among Asia’s leading para-sport nations.

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