A list of Indian athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics

Published at :April 9, 2021 at 2:08 AM

Modified at :July 17, 2022 at 5:14 PM

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These athletes will try to bring glory to their country in various events through the extravaganza.

As the opening of the Tokyo Olympics nears every single day, several Indians will be at the edge of anticipation. The Indian contingent has several promising athletes who are all capable of raising the Indian flag on the podium.

Let us take a look at all the Indian athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics so far in their respective sports.

The men's trio will also compete as a team at Tokyo 2020 as they had secured a team quota during the 2019 Archery World Championships in the Netherlands. If the women’s team secures a quota in the upcoming Qualification Event in Paris, Ankita Bhakat and Komolika Bari will join Deepika Kumari in Tokyo to take the total strength to six.

Athletics

Athletics has never been India’s strong suit at the Olympics but emerging javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh have raised hopes this time around.

KT Irfan will be a big medal hopeful this time around, after being the first athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. He had finished 10th in the 2012 Olympics, setting a new National Record en route, and will be looking to improve on his previous timings.

Rising javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh are also two athletes to keep an eye on along with 4 x 400m mixed relay team comprising of Asian Games-gold medal winner Muhammad Anas.

KT Irfan, Men's 20km race walking
Sandeep Kumar, Men's 20km race walking
Rahul Rohilla, Men's 20km race walking
Avinash Sable, Men's 3000m steeplechase
Murali Sreeshankar, Men's long jump
Neeraj Chopra, Men's javelin throw
Shivpal Singh, Men's javelin throw
Kamalpreet Kaur, Women's discus throw
Bhawna Jat, Women's 20km race walking
Priyanka Goswami, Women's 20km race walking
Tajinderpal Toor, Men's Shot put
Sarthak Bhambri, Alex Antony, Revathi Veeramani, Subha Venkatesan, Dhanalakshmi Sekhar (4x400 Mixed Relay Team)
Seema Punia, Women's discus throw
Dutee Chand, Women's 100m and 200m
Annu Rani, Women's javelin throw
MP Jabir, Men's 400m hurdles
Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Muhammed Anas, Naganathan Pandi, Noah Nirmal Tom (Men's 4x400 Relay Team)
Gurpreet Singh (50km walk)

Badminton

PV Sindhu (Women's singles)
B. Sai Praneeth (Men's singles)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Men's doubles)
Chirag Shetty (Men's doubles)

Boxing

The Indian boxers booked nine quotas for the Tokyo Olympics at the Asia Oceania boxing Olympic qualifiers held in Amman, Jordan. The Indian contingent will feature 5 men and 4 women, including the 2012 London Bronze medal-winning inspiration Mary Kom. Boxing, similar to shooting and wrestling stands top of the list of sports that are medal hopefuls.

Vikas Krishan (Men's, 69kg)
Lovlina Borgohain (Women's, 69kg)
Ashish Kumar (Men's, 75kg)
Pooja Rani (Women's, 75kg)
Satish Kumar (Men's, 91kg)
Mary Kom (Women's, 51kg)
Amit Panghal (Men's, 52kg)
Manish Kaushik (Men's, 63kg)
Simranjit Kaur (Women's, 60kg)

Fencing

Bhavani Devi - She became the first-ever Indian to qualify for Olympics in the sport. The 27-year-old who wields a sabre qualified through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) method. She is ranked 42nd in the world and is the second highest-ranked Asian.

Golf

Anirban Lahiri
Udayan Mane
Aditi Ashok
Diksha Dagar

Gymnastics

Pranati Nayak

Hockey

Men’s National Team - The Men’s team, currently ranked 4th in the world, qualified after a thumping two-legged victory over Russia in the Olympic qualifiers.
Women’s National Team - The Women's team qualified by beating USA 6-5 on aggregate in the Olympic qualifiers.

JUDO

Sushila Devi Likmabam

Sailing

Nethra Kumanan - She became the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics after she secured a top-place finish in the laser-radial event at the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman. The Indian athlete also becomes the first-ever sailor to qualify via a qualifier while all previous entrants had taken quota places that weren’t filled up.
KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar - These two sailors qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 49er category by finishing atop the field at the Mussanah Open Sailing Championships.
Vishnu Saravanan - The 22-year-old sailor qualified for Tokyo 2020 after he finished third (after 15 races) in the Laser Standard category at the Mussanah Open Sailing Championship (MOSC). MOSC is an Asian & African Olympic qualifier tournament.

Shooting

Shooting is India’s biggest medal hope. The nation has achieved at least a medal in the sport in three of the last four Olympics. This time around, there are 15 shooters who are participating and all of them are coming off from stellar showings in the recently concluded ISSF World Cup held in New Delhi.

Anjum Moudgil, 50m Women’s Air Rifle 3 positions, Individual and Mixed Team
Apurvi Chandela, 10m Women’s Air Rifle, Individual
Elavenil Valarivan, 10m Women’s Air Rifle, Individual and Mixed Team
Divyansh Singh Panwar, 10m Men’s Air Rifle, Individual and Mixed Team
Deepak Kumar, 10m Men’s Air Rifle, Individual and Mixed Team
Tejaswini Sawant, 50m Women’s Rifle 3 Position, Individual
Sanjeev Rajput, 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position, Individual
Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position, Individual
Manu Bhaker, 10m Women’s Air Pistol, Individual and 25m Pistol Women, Individual and Mixed Team
Yashaswini Singh Deswal, 10m Women’s Air Pistol, Individual and Mixed Team
Saurabh Chaudhary, 10m Men’s Air Pistol, Individual and Mixed Team
Abhishek Verma, 10m Men’s Air Pistol, Individual and Mixed Team
Rahi Sarnobat, 25m Women’s Pistol, Individual
Angad Veer Singh Bajwa, Men’s Skeet, Individual
Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Men’s Skeet, Individual

Swimming

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Table Tennis

Veteran Sharath Kamal earned a spot in the 2020 Olympics through the Asian qualifiers in Doha. He joins a team of 4 which includes Sathiyan G and Sutirtha Mukherjee as well as Manika Batra. Manika will also be competing in the mixed doubles category along with Sharath Kamal after earning their quotas in the Asian qualifiers.

Tennis

Sania Mirza, Women's doubles
Ankita Raina, Women's doubles
Sumit Nagal, Men's singles

Wrestling

Wrestling, similar to shooting and boxing will be an event that the whole nation will be watching closely. The sport has returned four medals in the last three Olympics and so far eight Indians have secured a quota place for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Vinesh Phogat, Women’s Freestyle 53 kg, Individual
Bajrang Punia, Men’s Freestyle 65 kg, Individual
Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Men’s Freestyle 57 kg, Individual
Deepak Punia, Men’s Freestyle 86 kg, Individual
Anshu Malik, Women’s Freestyle 57 kg, Individual
Sonam Malik, Women’s Freestyle 62 kg, Individual
Seema Bisla, Women's Freestyle 50 kg, Individual

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Weightlifting

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

Equestrian

Fouaad Mirza

After winning the silver medals in both individual and team eventing section of the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018, Fouaad Mirza became the first Indian to qualify for an equestrian event in 20 years after finishing as the top rank rider in South-East Asia, Oceania Zone.

Rowing

Arun Jat
Ajit Singh

The duo of Arun Jat and Ajit Singh sealed their place in the men's doubles sculls event after securing second place in the Asia Oceania Continental Regatta event.

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