India to send record 84 athletes to Paris Paralympics 2024

After winning 6 medals at the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian Paralympic contingent is now all set to represent the nation at the Paris Paralympics.

India will send its largest-ever Paralympic team to Paris. A total of 84 athletes will represent the country, a significant increase from the 54 who competed in Tokyo and the 19 who participated in Rio. The team was originally planned to have 87 athletes, but the final number is 84. This historic team aims to surpass the medal count of previous Paralympics, where India won 4 medals in Rio and 19 in Tokyo. The Paralympics are set to take place in Paris from 28th August to 8th September.

PCI has officially released the list of 84 athletes bound for Paris #Paralympics2024 who will represent the India in 12 sports. This is our strongest ever contingent which will have representation in highest no. of Sports.
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Mix team at Paralympics

The Indian Paralympic team have a mix of experienced athletes and rising stars. Among them is 39-year-old Amit Kumar Saroha, who is competing in his fourth Paralympics in the F51 category discus throw. On the other end of the spectrum is 17-year-old archer Sheetal Devi, who uses her legs to compete due to a medical condition. Sheetal, the youngest member of the team, won gold medals in both individual compound and mixed team archery events at the 2023 Asian Para Games.

Indian team contingent for the Paris 2024 Paralympics

S.No	Family Name	Athlete Name	Event	Category
		PARA ARCHERY
1	SINGH	HARVINDER	Men’s And. Recurve Open	ST
			Mixeti Team Recurve Open
2	KUMAR	RAXESH	Men’s Ind. Compound Open	W2
			Mixed Team Compound Open
3	SWAMI	SHYAM SUNDAR	Men’s (nd. Compound Open	ST
			Mixed Team Compoun d Open
4		POOJA	Women’s Ind. Recurve Open	ST
			Mixed Team Recurve Open
5		SARITA	Women’s Ind. Cont poun d Open	W2
			Mixerl Team Co mpound Open
6	DEVI	SHEETAL	Women’s Ind. Com pound Open	ST
			Mixed Team Compound Open
PARA ATHLETICS
7	JEEVANJI	DEEPTHI	Women’s 400m – T20	T20
8	SUMIT	SUMIT	Men’s Javel in Throw – F64	F64
9	SANDEEP	SAND EEP	Men’s Javelin Th row – F64	F64
10	SINGH	AJEET	Men’s Javel in Th row – F46	F4h
11	RINKU	RINKU	Men’s JJeJin Throw – F46	F46
12	NAV DEEP	NAVDEEP	Men’s JaJeJJ w *F41	F41
13	KATHUNI YA	YOGESH	Men’s Discus Throw – F56	F56
14	DHARAMBIR	DHARAM BIR	Men’s Club Throw – F5 1	FSl
15	NISHAD KUMAR	NISHAD XUMAR	Men’s High Jump – T47	T47
16	THANGVELU	MARIYAPPAN	Men’s High Jump – T63	T42
17	KHILARI	SACHIN SARJERAO	Mcrt’s Shot Put – F46	F46
18	PAL	PREETHI	Women’s 100m – T3S Wome n’x 200ni – T35	T35 T35
19	JADHAV	BHAGYASHRI MADHAVRAO	Women’s Shot Put – F34	F36
20	MANU	MANU	Men’s Shot Put – F37	F37
21	KU MAR	PARVEEN	Men’s javelin Throw – FS7	F57
22	RAM PAD	RAM PAL	Men’s 1Iigh Ju nip – T47	T47
23	RONGALI	RAV1	Men’s Shot Put – F40	F40
24	SARGAR	SANDIP SANJAY	Men’s javelin Throw – F64	F64
2S	GURJAR	SUNDAR SING H	Men’s \|av’elin Throw – F46	F46
26	KUMAR	SHAJ LESH	Men’s High Jump – T63	T42
27	KUMAR	SHARAD	Men’s High ]unip – T63	T42
28	MOH D YASSER	MOH D YASSE R	Men’s Shot Put – F46	F46
29	KUMAR	ROHIT	Men’s Shot Put – F46	F46
30	SOORMA	PRANAV	Men’s Club Throw – F51	F51
31		AMIT KU MAR	Men’s Club Throw – FS 1	FSI
32	ARVIND	ARVJ ND	Men’s Shot Put – F3S	F3S
33	DIPESH KUMAR	DIPESH KUMAR	Men’s Javelin Throw – F54	F54
34	PRAVEEN KUNAR	PRAVEEN KUMAR	Men’s High jump T64	T64
35	GAVIT	DILIP MAHAD U	Men’s 400 m – T47	T47
36	RANA	SOMAN	Men’s Shot Put – fi57	F?7
37	HOTOZHESEMA	HOKATO	Men’s Shot Put – F57	F57
38	KASANA	SAKSHI	Women’s Discus Th row – F5S	F55
39	KARAM JYOTI	KARAM JYOTI	Wo en s Discus Throw – FSS	FSS
40	RAJU	RAKSH ITHA	Women’s 1500m	Tll
41	RAWAT	AM lSHA	Women’s Shot Put – F46	F46
42	CHA UDHARY	BHAVANABEN AJABAJI	Women’s Javelin Throw – F46	F46
43	SIMRAN	SIMRAN	Women’s 100 m – T12	T12
			Women’s 200m – T12	T1Z
44	LAKHANI	KANCHAN	Women’s Discus Throw – F53	F53
PARA-ATHLETICS
45	SARKAR	MANOJ	Men’s S inglcs SL3	SL3
46	NITES14	KUMAR	lien’s Singles SL3	SL3
			Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
47	NAGAR	KRISHNA	Men’s Singles SH6	SM6
48	SOLAIMALAI	SIVARAJAN	Men’s Singles SH6	SH6
			Mixed Doubles SH6
49	YATHIRAJ	SUHAS LALINAKERE	Men’s 5ingles SL4	St4
			Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
S0	KADAM	SLIKANT	Men’s Singles SL4	SL4
51	TAR US	TARUN	Men’s Singles SL4	SL4
52	SUMATHY SIVAN	NlTHYA SRE	Women’s Singles SH6	SH6
			Mixed Doubles SH6
53	KAUR	MANDEEP	Women’s Singles SL3	SL3
54	JOSHI	NANASI GIRISHCHANDRA	Women’s Singles SL3
55	KOHLI	PALAK	Women’s Singles SL4
			Mixed Doubles SL3-SUB
56	MURUG ISAN	T HULAS IMATHI	WomenrS Singles SUS	SU5
			Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5
57	RAMADASS	MANISHA	Women’s tingles SUS	SU5
PARA CANOE
58	YADAV	PRACHl	Women’s Ya’a Single Z00m – VL2	VL2
59	I UMAR	YASH	Men’s Xayak Single 200m – KU	KU
60	OJHA	POOJA	Women’s Kayax Single 200m –	KL1
6t	SHAIK	ARSHAD	Roarl – Men’s C2 Ind. T inn e Trial	C2
			Road – Men’s C1 3 Road Race
			Track – Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial
			T rack Men’s C2 3000 m IncÏ. Pursuit
62	GAD ERIYA	]YOTI	Road – Women’s it -3 Ind Time Trial
			Road – Women’s CI -3 Road Race T rack – Wo men’s C1-3 5 00ni Time Trl
			Track – Wo men’s C 1-3 3 000m Ind. Pur
BLIND JUDO
63	PARMAR	KAPIL	Men‘s -60 kg J1	J1
64	KOKILA	KOKILA	Women’s -48 kg \|2	J2
PARA POWERLIFTING
65	PARMJEET KUMAR	PARMJEET KUMAR	Men’s up to 49kg
66 67	ASHOK	ASHOK	Men’s upto 65kg
67	KHATUN	SAKINA	Women’s upto 45 kg
68	RAJAMANI	KASTHURI	Women’s upto 67 kg
		PARA ROWING
69		ANITA	PR3 M ix Dbl Sculls-P R3Mix 2x	PR3
70	KONGANAPALLE	NARAYANA	PIt3 Mix Dbl S«ullfi -PR 3Mix 2 x	PR3
PARA SHOOTING
71	BHAT	AMIR AHMAD	P3 – X 25m Pistol SH1	SHl
72	LEKHARA	AVANI	R2 – W 10m Air Rfl Std	SH1
			R3 – X 10m Air Rifle Prn SH 1
			R8 – W 50m Rifle 3 Pos. SH 1
73	AGARWAL	MONA	R2 – W 10m Air Rfl Standing SH1	SH I
			R6 – X 50m Rifle Prone SH I
			R8 – W 50m Rifle 3 Pos. SH 1
74	SINGH	NIHAL	P3 – X 25m Pistol SH1	SH1