Paris Olympics 2024: Which States do India's Paris-bound athletes come from?

India will be sending its largest-ever contingent to Paris.

The Paris Olympics 2024 is just around the corner, and India, with its biggest-ever contingent, is all set to compete in the most prestigious tournament. This will be India’s 26th appearance in the Olympic Games. The Indian camp consists of 117 athletes, including the men’s hockey team. The tournament will be held from July 26 to August 11 in Paris, France.

India’s overall Olympic tally stands at 35, including 10 gold, 9 silver, and 15 bronze medals. Back in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the nation bagged seven medals with 1 gold, 2 silver, and 4 bronze medals, and will be looking to enter the double-digit mark this time around.

Just like the Asian Games 2022 and CWG before that, the state of Haryana (24) dominates with the most athletes representing the country in Paris, followed by neighbouring Punjab with 19 athletes. The southern state of Tamil Nadu ranks third with 13 athletes. This widespread representation highlights India’s diverse strength across regions.

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NOTE

Three reserve players from the hockey team (Nilakanta Sharma, Jugraj Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak) and two players from the table tennis team (Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Ayhika Mukherjee) will be traveling along with the contingent. Athletics will also have two reserve players in Mijo Chacko Kurian and Prachi Choudhary Kaliyar for the relay events.

N. Sriram Balaji will be competing in men’s doubles despite not qualifying based on rankings, as Rohan Bopanna, being in the top 10, has the privilege to choose his preferred partner, provided the said partner is within the top 300 in doubles rankings, Balaji is ranked 67.

Let’s take a detailed view of the list of athletes who have qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024 from each state.

State-wise breakdown of India’s Paris Olympics 2024 bound athletes

Andhra Pradesh (4)

• Dhiraj Bommadevara – Archery (Men’s individual, Men’s team)
• Jyothi Yarraji – Athletics (Women’s 100m hurdles)
• Jyothika Sri Dandi – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Badminton (Men’s doubles)

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Assam (1)

• Lovlina Borgohain – Boxing (Women’s 70kg)

Bihar (1)

• Shreyasi Singh – Shooting (Women’s trap)

Chandigarh (2)

• Arjun Babuta – Shooting (Men’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team)
• Vijayveer Sidhu – Shooting (Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol)

Delhi (4)

• Amoj Jacob – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
• Tulika Maan – Judo (Women’s +78kg)
• Rajeshwari Kumari – Shooting (Women’s trap)
• Manika Batra – Table Tennis (Women’s singles, team)

Goa (1)

• Tanisha Crasto – Badminton (Women’s doubles)

Gujarat (2)

• Harmeet Desai – Table Tennis (Men’s singles, team)
• Manav Thakkar – Table Tennis (Men’s Team)

Haryana (24)

• Bhajan Kaur – Archery (Women’s individual, team)
• Kiran Pahal – Athletics (Women’s 400m, 4x400m relay)
• Neeraj Chopra – Athletics (Men’s javelin throw)
• Amit Panghal – Boxing (Men’s 51kg)
• Jaismine Lamboria – Boxing (Women’s 57kg)
• Nishant Dev – Boxing (Men’s 71kg)
• Preeti Pawar – Boxing (Women’s 54kg)
• Diksha Dagar – Golf (Women’s Individual)
• Sanjay – Men’s Hockey Team
• Sumit – Men’s Hockey Team
• Balraj Panwar – Rowing (Men’s single sculls)
• Anish Bhanwala – Shooting (Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol)
• Manu Bhaker – Shooting (Women’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team, women’s 25m pistol)
• Ramita Jindal – Shooting (Women’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team)
• Raiza Dhillon – Shooting (Women’s skeet)
• Rhythm Sangwan – Shooting (Women’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team)
• Sarabjot Singh – Shooting (Men’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team)
• Sumit Nagal – Tennis (Men’s singles)
• Aman Sehrawat – Wrestling (Men’s freestyle 57kg)
• Anshu Malik – Wrestling (Women’s 57kg)
• Antim Panghal – Wrestling (Women’s 53kg)
• Nisha Dahiya – Wrestling (Women’s 68kg)
• Reetika Hooda – Wrestling (Women’s 76kg)
• Vinesh Phogat – Wrestling (Women’s 50kg)

Jharkhand (1)

• Deepika Kumari – Archery (Women’s individual, women’s team)

Karnataka (7)

• Poovamma MR – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
• Ashwini Ponnappa – Badminton (Women’s doubles)
• Aditi Ashok – Golf (Women’s indiviual)
• Srihari Nataraj – Swimming (Men’s 100m backstroke)
• Dhinidhi Desinghu – Swimming (Women’s 200m freestyle)
• Archana Kamath – Table Tennis (Women’s team)
• Rohan Bopanna – Tennis (Men’s doubles)

Kerala (6)

• Abdulla Aboobacker – Athletics (Men’s triple jump)
• Muhammed Ajmal – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
• Muhammed Anas – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
• Mijo Chacko Kurian – Athletics (Reserve)
• PR Sreejesh – Men’s Hockey Team
• HS Prannoy – Badminton (Men’s singles)

Madhya Pradesh (2)

• Vivek Sagar Prasad – Men’s Hockey Team
• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Shooting (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions)

Maharashtra (5)

• Pravin Jadhav – Archery (Men’s individual, Men’s team)
• Avinash Sable – Athletics (Men’s 3000m steeplechase)
• Sarvesh Kushare – Athletics (Men’s high jump)
• Chirag Shetty – Badminton (Men’s doubles)
• Swapnil Kusale – Shooting (Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions)

Manipur (2)

• Mirabai Chanu – Weightlifting (Women’s 49kg)
• Nilakanta Sharma – Men’s Hockey Team (Reserve)

Odisha (2)

• Amit Rohidas – Men’s Hockey Team
• Kishore Jena – Athletics (Men’s javelin throw)

Punjab (19)

• Akshdeep Singh – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
• Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Athletics (Men’s shot put)
• Vikas Singh – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
• Gaganjeet Bhullar – Golf (Men’s individual)
• Gurjant Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Hardik Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Harmanpreet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Jarmanpreet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Jugraj Singh – Men’s Hockey Team (Reserve)
• Krishan Bahadur Pathak – Men’s Hockey Team (Reserve)
• Mandeep Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Manpreet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Shamsher Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Sukhjeet Singh – Men’s Hockey Team
• Anjum Moudgil – Shooting (Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
• Arjun Cheema – Shooting (Men’s 10m air pistol, 10m air pistol mixed team)
• Sift Kaur Samra – Shooting (Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions)
• Sandeep Singh – Shooting (Men’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team)
• Prachi Chouhdary Kaliyar- Athletics (Reserve)

Rajasthan (2)

• Anantjeet Singh Naruka – Shooting (Men’s skeet, Skeet mixed team)
• Maheshwari Chauhan – Shooting (Women’s skeet and skeet mixed team)

Sikkim (1)

• Tarundeep Rai – Archery (Men’s individual, Men’s team)

Tamil Nadu (13)

• Jeswin Aldrin – Athletics (Men’s long jump)
• Praveel Chithravel – Athletics (Men’s triple jump)
• Rajesh Ramesh – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
• Santhosh Tamilarasan – Athletics (Men’s 4x400m relay)
• Subha Venkatesan – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
• Vithya Ramraj – Athletics (Women’s 4x400m relay)
• Nethra Kumanan – Sailing (Women’s one person dinghy)
• Vishnu Saravanan – Sailing (Men’s one person dinghy)
• Elavenil Valarivan – Shooting (Women’s 10m air rifle, 10m air rifle mixed team)
• Prithviraj Tondaiman – Shooting (Men’s trap)
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Table Tennis (Reserve)
• Sharath Kamal – Table Tennis (Men’s singles, team)
• N Sriram Balaji – Tennis (Men’s doubles)

Telangana (4)

• PV Sindhu – Badminton (Women’s Singles)
• Nikhat Zareen – Boxing (Women’s 50kg)
• Esha Singh – Shooting (Women’s 25m pistol)
• Sreeja Akula – Table Tennis (Women’s singles, team)

Uttarakhand (4)

• Ankita Dhyani – Athletics (Women’s 5000m)
• Paramjeet Bisht – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
• Suraj Panwar – Athletics (Marathon race walk mixed relay)
• Lakshya Sen – Badminton (Men’s singles)

Uttar Pradesh (7)

• Annu Rani – Athletics (Women’s javelin throw)
• Parul Chaudhary – Athletics (Women’s 3000m steeplechase, Women’s 5000m)
• Priyanka Goswami – Athletics (Women’s 20 km race walk, Marathon race walk mixed relay)
• Ram Baboo – Athletics (Men’s 20km race walk)
• Shubhankar Sharma – Golf (Men’s individual)
• Lalit Kumar Upadhyay – Men’s Hockey Team
• Rajkumar Pal – Men’s Hockey Team

West Bengal (3)

• Ankita Bhakat – Archery (Women’s individual, Women’s team)
• Anush Agarwalla – Equestrian (Dressage event)
• Ayhika Mukherjee – Table Tennis (Reserve)

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