Paris Olympics: Indian Athletes Who Will Be Making Their Debut 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 Quota
Bhajan Kaur – (Women’s Recurve) won Quota
Ankita Bhakat – (Women’s Recurve) Won Quota

Athletics

Jyothi Yarraji (Women’s 100m Hurdles) – Won quota
Kiran Pahal (Women’s 400m) -Qualified by Entry Standard
Ankita Dhyani (Women’s 5000m) – won quota
Parul Chaudhary (Women’s 3000m Steeplechase) – Qualified via entry Standard, (Women’s 5000m)- Won quota
Jyothika Dandi,Vithya Ramraj ,Prachi Chaudhary (Women’s 4*400m Relay) – won quota
Muhammad Ajmal, Amoj Jacob, Santosh Kumar, Rajesh Ramesh,Mijo Chacko Kurian (Men’s 4*400m Relay)- won quota
Akashdeep Singh, Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh (Men’s 20 KM Walk) – Qualified by Entry Standard
Suraj Panwar (Marathon Race Walking Mixed Relay) – Qualified via world Rankings
Sarvesh Kushare (Men’s High Jump) – Qualified via World Rankings
Jeswin Aldrin (Men’s long Jump) – Qualified via World Rankings
Abdulla Aboobacker, Praveen Chithravel (Men’s Triple Jump) -Qualified via World Rankings
Kishore 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 Rankings
H.S Prannoy (Men’s Singles) – won quota through Race 2 Paris Rankings
Tanisha Crasto (Women’s Doubles) – Qualified via Race 2 Paris Rankings with Ashwini Ponnappa

Boxing

Nishant Dev (Men’s 71 Kg) – Won Quota
Nikhat Zareen (Women’s 50 Kg) – Won Quota
Preeti Pawar (Women’s 54 Kg) – Won Quota
Jaismine 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 Quota
Abhishek (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won Quota
Sanjay (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won Quota
Rajkumar Pal (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won Quota
Sukhjeet Singh (Part of Men’s hockey Team) – won Quota

Golf

Shubhankar Sharma (Men’s Golf)- Qualified via World Rankings
Gaganjeet 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 Quota
Sandeep Singh (Men’s 10m Air Rifle) – Selected in trials
Sarabjot Singh (Men’s 10m Air Pistol) – Won quota
Arjun Singh Cheema (Men’s 10m Air Pistol) – selected in Trails
Swapnil Kushale (Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions) – Won quota
Anish Bhanwala (25 M Rapid Fire Pistol) – Won Quota
Vijayveer Sidhu(25 M Rapid Fire Pistol) – Won Quota
Prithviraj Tondaiman (Men’s Trap) – Selected for Paris Olympics via NRAI Guidelines
Anantjeet Singh Naruka (Men’s Skeet) – Won Quota
Ramita Jindal (Women’s 10m Air Rifle) – selected in Trails
Rhythm Sangwan (Women’s 10m Air Pistol) – Won Quota
Esha Singh (25m Pistol) – Won Quota
Sift Kaur Samra (Women’s 50 3P Position) -Won quota
Anjum Moudgil (Women’s 50 3P Position) – Selected in Trails
Rajeshwari Kumari(Women’s Trap) – Won Quota
Shreyasi Singh (Women’s Trap) – Selected after NRAI swapped the 1 Pistol quota
Raiza Dhillon (Women’s Skeet) – won quota
Maheshwari 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 Rankings
Manav Thakkar ( Men’s Team)- Qualified via World team Rankings
Sreeja Akula (Women’s Singles & women’s Team)-Qualified via World team Rankings
Archana 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 Quota
Antim Panghal (Women’s 53 Kg) – won Quota
Nisha Dahiya (Women’s 68 Kg) – won quota
Reetika Hooda (Women’s 76 Kg) – won quota