Paris Olympics 2024: Which athletes from Indian Army will compete at Summer Games?

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Published at :July 22, 2024 at 12:48 AM

Modified at :July 22, 2024 at 12:48 AM

(Courtesy : @Media_SAI/ @Neeraj_chopra1/ Twitter)

Indian Army will see women representatives for the first time at Summer Games.

Paris Olympics 2024 will see the Indian contingent sending 117 athletes. Among those athletes, 24 of them will be from the Indian Army. These athletes will also be joined by five officials from the Indian Army for various events.

Leading the army personnel would be defending Olympic champion in men’s javelin throw, Neeraj Chopra. There will be 13 representatives of the Indian Army in athletics, it is the highest for an event. Next will be archery where there are three army personnel and boxing with two.

There will be one army person each in rowing, wrestling, tennis, sailing and hockey. Of the 24 army personnel, there will be two women representatives. Reetika Hooda in women’s 76kg freestyle wrestling will be joined by Jaismine Lamboria in featherweight boxing.

Women from the Indian Army are competing for the first time at the Summer Olympics. They will be aiming to create more history during the Paris Olympics 2024. The rest of the 22 men too will hope to return victorious.

Also Read: A look at Jaismine Lamboria’s qualification for Paris Olympics 2024

Tarundeep Rai will be the oldest army representative who will be competing at the Paris Olympics 2024. The 40-year-old will be participating in men’s individual and men’s team archery events.

The full list of army personnel who will be competing at Paris Olympics 2024 are given below.

Sport	Rank & Name	Event
Archery	Sub Dhiraj Bommadevara	Recurve Individual & Team
	Sub Tarundeep Rai
	Sub Pravin Ramesh Jadhav
Athletics	SSR Akshdeep Singh	20Km Racewalk
	PO Vikas Singh	20Km Racewalk
	SSR Paramjeet Bisht	20Km Racewalk
	PO Suraj Panwar	Race Walking Mixed Marathon
	Sub Avinash Sable	3000M Steeplechase
	Sub Maj Neeraj Chopra	Javelin throw
	CPO Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Men’s Shot Put
	JWO Abdulla Aboobacker	Men’s Triple Jump
	Hav Sarvesh Kushare	Men’s High Jump
	CPO Muhammed Anas Yahiya	4X400M Men’s Relay
	PO(GW) Muhammed Ajmal	4X400M Men’s Relay
	Sub Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan	4X400M Men’s Relay
	JWO Mijo Chacko Kurian	4X400M Men’s Relay
Boxing	Sub Amit Panghal	Men’s flyweight
Boxing	Hav Jaismine Lamboria	Women’s featherweight
Hockey	CPO Jugraj Singh	Men’s Hockey Reserve
Rowing	Spr Balraj Panwar	M1X (Men’s Single Scull)
Sailing	Sub Vishnu Saravanan	Men’s One Person Dinghy
Shooting	Nb Sub Sandeep Singh	10m Air Rifle
Tennis	Nb Sub Sriram Balaji	Men’s Doubles
Wrestling	CPO Reetika Hooda	Women’s 76 Kg (Freestyle)

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