Tokyo Olympics 2020: Over 100 Indian Players To Participate In Tokyo Olympics, Know All Athletes Who Can Win Medals

Indians at Tokyo Olympics 2020: More than 100 players are participating from India in Tokyo Olympics. There are many events like swimming in which India has managed to qualify for first time.

Tokyo Olympic 2020: The Olympic Games are going to be held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, from July 23. India expects gold medals in the Olympic Games from players like Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Deepika Kumari, and PV Sindhu. This time more than 100 athletes are going to participate in the Olympic Games from India, including two teams of hockey. 

Archery

In archery, India is expecting a medal from Deepika Kumari, who is in excellent form. India can also get a medal in the men's team event.

Tarundeep Rai
Atanu Das 
Pravin Jadhav
Deepika Kumari

Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav will also participate as a team in the archery.

Athletes

Athletes have never been India's strong suit at the Olympic Games. But players like Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh have raised India's hopes in the javelin throw. India is also expecting medals from Muhammed Anas and Dutee Chand. 

KT Irfan (20 km race walk)
Sandeep Kumar (20 km race walk)
Rahul Rohilla (20 km race walk)
Gurpreet Singh (50 km Race Walk)
Bhawna (20 km race walk)
Priyanka Goswami (20 km race walk)
Avinash Sable (3000m steeple chase)
Murali Sreeshankar (Long Jump)
MP Jabir (400m Hurdle Race)
Neeraj Chopra (javelin throw)
Shivpal Singh (javelin throw)
Annu Rani (javelin throw)
Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Shot Put)
Dutee Chand (100m and 200m race events)
Kamalpreet Kaur (discus throw)
Seema Punia (discus throw)

Badminton

PV Sindhi created history by winning a silver medal in the Rio Olympics. But now India is hoping for a gold medal from Sindhu. 

PV Sindhu (Badminton)
B. Sai (Badminton)
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Sethi (Badminton Doubles event)

Boxing

Boxing is a field where India's performance in the Olympic Games has improved over the years.  In boxing, apart from star player Mary Kom, India is also expecting a medal from Amit Panghal. 

Mary Kom (51 kg)
Vikas Krishan (69 kg)
Lovlina (69 kg)
Ashish Kumar (75 kg)
Pooja Rani (75 kg)
Satish Kumar (91 kg)
Amit Panghal (52 kg)
Manish Kaushik (63 kg)
Simranjit Kaur (60 kg)

Fencing

India is going to participate in fencing for the first time in the Olympic Games. Bhavani Devi will become the first Indian athlete to participate in the fencing event of the Olympic Games. 

Golf

India is expected to do well in golf at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. India will participate in both men's and women's categories.

Anirban Lahiri
Udayan Mane
Aditi Ashok 

Gymnastics

Pranati Nayak is only the second gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympic Games. 

Hockey

Both men's and women's hockey teams of India have managed to make it to the Olympic Games this time. 

Judo

Sushila Devi is the only player to participate in Judo from India. Sushila Devi has made the cut for the 48 kg category. 

Rowing 

Arjun Jat and Arvind Singh have successfully qualified for rowing.  

Shooting

15 Indian shooters managed to qualify for the Olympic Games this year. This is the largest contingent of India to make a place in any category of the Olympic Games. 

Anjum Moudgil (10m)
Apurvi Chandela (10m)
Divyansh Singh (10m)
Deepak Kumar (10m)
Tejaswini Sawant (50m)
Sanjeev Rajput (50m)
Aishwarya Pratap (50m)
Manu Bhaker (10m)
Yashaswini Singh (10m)
Saurabh Chaudhary (10m)
Abhishek Verma (10m)
Rahi (25 meters)
Chinki Yadav (25m)
Angad Veer Singh (Skeet)
Mairaj Ahmad Khan (Skeet)

Swimming

Sajan Prakash will achieve the distinction of becoming the first player from India to participate in swimming. Sajan Kumar has qualified for the 200m butterfly event.                            

Table tennis

Four players have managed to qualify from India in Table Tennis. India is hoping for a medal from Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra.

Sharath Kamal
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran              
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Manika Batra
                
Tennis

This is the first time since 1992 that no player from India will participate in the men's tennis event. The pair of Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina will compete for India in the Tokyo Olympics. 

Weightlifting

Mirabai Chanu is the only player from India to participate in the weightlifting event of Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu is ranked second in the world ranking and she is also considered a favourite for the gold medal. 

Wrestling

Seven players will participate from India in the wrestling event of Tokyo Olympics. However, Sakshi Malik, who won the bronze medal in the Rio Olympics, will not be able to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. 

Seema Bisla (50 kg)
Vinesh Phogat (53 kg)
Anshu Malik (57 kg)
Sonam Malik (62 kg)
Ravi Kumar Dahiya (57 kg)
Bajrang Punia (65 kg)
Deepak Punia (86 kg)

Sailing

Nethra Kumanan is the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympics. However, 3 more Indian players have made it to the event. 

Nethra Kumanan, Laser Radial 
Vishnu Saravanan, Laser Standard
KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar, 49er