Paris Olympics: Indian Athletes Who Will Be Making Their Debuts At Summer Games
The much awaited Paris Olympics are about to go underway in three days time with the opening ceremony, the summer games will commence.
Heading into the Paris Olympics, the expectations from the 117 athletes in Indian Contingent as high as the nation looks to better its highest ever tally of seven medals at Tokyo Olympics 2020. As India, tunes in here is a look at the top Indian Athletes that will be making Olympic debut for India in Paris.
Top Indian athletes that are making their Olympic Debuts
At the Paris Olympics a total of 60 athletes are going to be making their summer games debut for India. Here is a look at the top debutants.
HS Prannoy - Badminton
India's premier shuttler, HS Prannoy at 32 years of age will be making his Olympics debut at Paris. After a career ravaged with injuries and health concerns, Prannoy has stabilised in the last 12 months.
Having already won the Thomas Cup and a medal at the Asian Games, Prannoy will want to make his country proud in Paris.
Nikhat Zareen - Boxing
The expectation from India's premier boxer Nikhat Zareen are sky high as she is one of the favourites to win Gold in Women's 50 KG boxing category in her debut at Summer Games.
Having already won Gold at Women's World Championship in 2022, 2023 and a Gold at Commonwealth Games, Zareen is touted as one of India's best medal hopes.
Sift Kaur Samra - Shooting
Sift Kaur Samra at 22 years of age will be making her Olympics debut for India at Paris Games and will be leading the line in shooting for the nation at Olympics.
Fresh off winning the Gold at Asian Games and smashing the World record, followed by her Bronze medal at ISSF World Cup 2024, she certainly will be hoping to leave Paris with a medal for her nation.
Antim Panghal - Wrestling
Antim Panghal at the age of 19 will be making her Olympic debut in Paris having already won a Bronze medal in Wrestling World Championship and Asian Games. She will face a tough draw at Paris Olympics.
Dhinidhi Desingu - Swimming
At 14 years of age, Dhinidhi Desingu is the youngest athlete in the Indian Contingent for Paris Olympics 2024 and is the second youngest Indian Athlete to feature at the Summer Games.
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Full list of Indian Athletes making their debut at Paris Olympics
Here is the full list of the 60 Indian Athletes that are making their debut at Paris Olympics.
Archery
Dhiraj Bommadevara – (Men’s Recurve) Won QuotaBhajan Kaur – (Women’s Recurve) won QuotaAnkita Bhakat – (Women’s Recurve) Won Quota
Athletics
Jyothi Yarraji (Women’s 100m Hurdles) – Won quotaKiran Pahal (Women’s 400m) -Qualified by Entry StandardAnkita Dhyani (Women’s 5000m) – won quotaParul Chaudhary (Women’s 3000m Steeplechase) – Qualified via entry Standard, (Women’s 5000m)- Won quotaJyothika Dandi,Vithya Ramraj ,Prachi Chaudhary (Women’s 4*400m Relay) – won quotaMuhammad Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, Santosh Kumar, Rajesh Ramesh,Mijo Chacko Kurian (Men’s 4*400m Relay)- won quotaAkashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh (Men’s 20 KM Walk) – Qualified by Entry StandardSuraj Panwar (Marathon Race Walking Mixed Relay) – Qualified via world RankingsSarvesh Kushare (Men’s High Jump) – Qualified via World RankingsJeswin Aldrin (Men’s long Jump) – Qualified via World RankingsAbdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel (Men’s Triple Jump) -Qualified via World RankingsKishore Jena (Men’s Javelin Throw) – Qualified by Entry Standard
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Badminton
Lakshya Sen (Men’s Singles) – won quota through Race 2 Paris RankingsH.S Prannoy (Men’s Singles) – won quota through Race 2 Paris RankingsTanisha Crasto (Women’s Doubles) – Qualified via Race 2 Paris Rankings with Ashwini Ponnappa
Boxing
Nishant Dev (Men’s 71 Kg) – Won QuotaNikhat Zareen (Women’s 50 Kg) – Won QuotaPreeti Pawar (Women’s 54 Kg) – Won QuotaJaismine Lamboria (Women’s 57 Kg) – Won Quota
Equestrian
Anush Agarwalla – Won quota through Final Olympics Ranking with his Horse Sir Camello old
Hockey
Jarmanpreet Singh(Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won QuotaAbhishek (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won QuotaSanjay (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won QuotaRajkumar Pal (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won QuotaSukhjeet Singh (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won Quota
Golf
Shubhankar Sharma (Men’s Golf)- Qualified via World RankingsGaganjeet Bhullar (Men’s Golf)- Qualified via World Rankings
Judo
Tulika Maan (Women’s 78+Kg) – Qualified via the Continental Quota Place
Rowing
Balraj Panwar (Men’s Singles Sculls) – won quota
Shooting
Arjun Babuta (Men’s 10M Air Rifles) – won QuotaSandeep Singh (Men’s 10m Air Rifle) – Selected in trialsSarabjot Singh (Men’s 10m Air Pistol) – Won quotaArjun Singh Cheema (Men’s 10m Air Pistol) – selected in TrailsSwapnil Kushale (Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions) – Won quotaAnish Bhanwala (25 M Rapid Fire Pistol) – Won QuotaVijayveer Sidhu(25 M Rapid Fire Pistol) – Won QuotaPrithviraj Tondaiman (Men’s Trap) – Selected for Paris Olympics via NRAI GuidelinesAnantjeet Singh Naruka (Men’s Skeet) – Won QuotaRamita Jindal (Women’s 10m Air Rifle) – selected in TrailsRhythm Sangwan (Women’s 10m Air Pistol) – Won QuotaEsha Singh (25m Pistol) – Won QuotaSift Kaur Samra (Women’s 50 3P Position) -Won quotaAnjum Moudgil (Women’s 50 3P Position) – Selected in TrailsRajeshwari Kumari(Women’s Trap) – Won QuotaShreyasi Singh (Women’s Trap) – Selected after NRAI swapped the 1 Pistol quotaRaiza Dhillon (Women’s Skeet) – won quotaMaheshwari Chauhan (Women’s Skeet) – won quota
Swimming
Dhinidhi Desinghu – Qualified under Universality Quota Places
Table Tennis
Harmeet Desai (Men’s Singles & Men’s Team)- Qualified via World team RankingsManav Thakkar ( Men’s Team)- Qualified via World team RankingsSreeja Akula (Women’s Singles & women’s Team)-Qualified via World team RankingsArchana Kamath ( women’s Team)-Qualified via World team Rankings
Tennis
Sriram Balaji (Men’s Doubles) – Bopanna selected him as Partner for Men’s Doubles
Wrestling
Aman Sehrawat (Men’s 57 Kg) – Won QuotaAntim Panghal (Women’s 53 Kg) – won QuotaNisha Dahiya (Women’s 68 Kg) – won quotaReetika Hooda (Women’s 76 Kg) – won quota
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