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