INDIA IN TOKYO
2020

NEERAJ
CHOPRA
NEERAJ CHOPRA VSM IS AN
INDIAN TRACK AND FIELD
ATHLETE WHO COMPETES IN THE
JAVELIN THROW. AS OF AUGUST
2021, HE IS RANKED SECOND
INTERNATIONALLY BY WORLD
ATHLETICS. A JUNIOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE
INDIAN ARMY, CHOPRA IS THE
FIRST TRACK AND FIELD
ATHLETE TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL
FOR INDIA AT THE OLYMPICS.

PV SINDHU
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an
Indian professional badminton
player. Over the course of her
career, Pusarla has won medals at
multiple tournaments including
Olympics and on the BWF circuit
including a gold at the 2019
World Championships.

CHANU SAIKHOM
MIRABAI
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu is an
Indian weightlifter. She won the
silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo
Olympics in Women's 49 kg
category. Mirabai Chanu has won
the World Championships and
multiple medals at the
Commonwealth Games. She was
awarded the Padma Shri by the
Government of India for her
contributions to the sport.

BAJRANG PUNIA
• Bajrang Punia is an Indian freestyle wrestler, who
competes in the 65-kg weight category. At the 2020
Tokyo Olympics, Punia won a bronze medal by
defeating Kazakhstan’s Daulet Niyazbekov with a
wide 8-0 margin. Punia is the only Indian wrestler to
win 3 medals at the World Wrestling
Championships.

RAVI KUMAR
DAHIYA
• Ravi Kumar Dahiya, also known
as Ravi Kumar, is an Indian
freestyle wrestler who won a
silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo
Olympics in the 57 kg category.
Dahiya is also a bronze medalist
from 2019 World Wrestling
Championships and a two-time
Asian champion.

LOVLINA
BORGOHAIN
• LOVLINA BORGOHAIN IS AN
INDIAN AMATEUR BOXER WHO
WON A BRONZE MEDAL AT THE
2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN THE
WOMEN'S WELTERWEIGHT
EVENT, BECOMING ONLY THE
THIRD INDIAN BOXER TO WIN A
MEDAL AT THE OLYMPICS.

INDIAN MEN
HOCKEY

KRISHNA
NAGAR
• Krishna Nagar is an Indian para-
badminton player from
Rajasthan. He had been ranked
world number 2 in para-
badminton men's Singles SH6. He
has won a gold medal at 2020
Summer Paralympics

PRAMOD
BHAGAT
• Pramod Bhagat is an Indian
professional Para-badminton
player from Vaishali district,
Bihar.He is currently ranked
world number one in para-
badminton men's singles SL3,
and won a gold medal at the
2020 Summer Paralympics in
Men's singles SL3.

MANISH NARVAL
• Manish Narwal is an Indian Para Pistol Shooter. He
ranks fourth in the world in Men's 10m Air Pistol
SH1 according to the World Shooting Para Sport
Rankings. Manish is also supported by GoSports
Foundation through the Para Champions
Programme.

SINGHRAJ
ADHANA
• Singhraj Adhana, known
mononymously as Singhraj, is an
Indian paralympian and shooter.
He won a silver medal in the
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 and a
bronze medal in the Men's P1 10
metre air pistol SH1 at the 2020
Summer Paralympics.

SUMIT ANTIL
• Sumit Antil is an Indian paralympian and javelin
thrower. He won a gold medal in men's javelin
throw F64 category at the 2020 Summer
Paralympics. He holds the current world record,
having thrown 68.55 metres in the Paralympic
final.

AVANI
LEKHARA
• Avani Lekhara is an Indian
Paralympian and rifle shooter.
She won a gold medal in 10m air
rifle standing and a bronze medal
in 50m air rifle standing at Tokyo
2020 Paralympics. Lekhara is
currently World No 5 in Women's
10m Air Rifle standing SH1 and
has competed in the 2018 Asian
Para Games.

PRAVEEN KUMAR
• Praveen won a silver in
men's high jump T64 at
the Tokyo Paralympics
last week. Upon his
return to India, the 18-
year-old para athlete had
been in Delhi attending
various felicitations and
doing several rounds of
media interactions.

HARVINDER
SINGH
• Harvinder Singh beat Min Su Kim
6-5 to win the bronze medal. It
was India's first archery medal in
the Paralympics. Harvinder had
defeated Maik Szarszewski of
Germany 6-2 in the quarter-finals
but lost his semi-final clash to
Kevin Mather of USA 4-6.

DEVENDRA
JHAJHARIA
Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian
Paralympic javelin thrower
competing in F46 events. He is
the first Indian Paralympics player
to win two gold medals at the
Paralympics. 10 June 1981 (age
40 years)

MARIYAPPAN
THANGAVELU
MARIYAPPAN
THANGAVELU IS AN
INDIAN PARALYMPIC HIGH
JUMPER. HE
REPRESENTED INDIA IN
THE 2016 SUMMER
PARALYMPICS GAMES
HELD IN RIO DE JANEIRO
IN THE MEN'S HIGH JUMP
T-42 CATEGORY AND THE
2020 SUMMER

BHAVINA
PATEL
BHAVINA HASMUKHBHAI
PATEL IS AN INDIAN
PARATHLETE AND TABLE
TENNIS PLAYER FROM
MEHSANA, GUJARAT. SHE
WON A SILVER MEDAL IN
CLASS 4 TABLE TENNIS AT
THE 2020 SUMMER
PARALYMPICS IN TOKYO.

YOGESH
KATHUNIA
• YOGESH KATHUNIYA IS AN
INDIAN PARALYMPIC ATHLETE
WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE
DISCUS THROW. HE
REPRESENTED INDIA AT 2020
SUMMER PARALYMPICS,
WHERE HE WON SILVER
MEDAL IN MEN'S DISCUS
THROW F56 EVENT.

NISHAD
KUMAR
• NISHAD KUMAR IS AN INDIAN
PARALYMPIAN AND HIGH
JUMPER. HE MADE HIS
MAIDEN PARALYMPIC GAMES
APPEARANCE IN 2020 TOKYO
REPRESENTING INDIA AND
WENT ONTO CLAIM SILVER
MEDAL IN THE MEN'S HIGH
JUMP T47 CATEGORY WITH A
NEW ASIAN RECORD OF
2.06M.

SUHAS
YATHIRAJ
SUHAS LALINAKERE
YATHIRAJ IS AN INDIAN
PROFESSIONAL PARA-
BADMINTON PLAYER
CURRENTLY RANKED
WORLD NO.2 IN MEN’S
SINGLES AND SILVER
MEDALIST IN SL-4
CATEGORY IN TOKYO
PARALYMPICS 2021.

SUNDAR SINGH
GURJAR
SUNDAR SINGH GURJAR IS AN INDIAN
PARALYMPIC JAVELIN THROWER,
SHOT PUTTER AND DISCUS THROWER
COMPETING IN F46 EVENTS. HE WON
BRONZE MEDAL AT TOKYO 2020
PARALYMPICS IN MEN'S JAVELIN F46
EVENT. HE SET A WORLD RECORD AT
THE 16TH PARA ATHLETICS NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP IN PANCHKULA
HOLDING THREE GOLD MEDALS IN
THREE EVENTS.

MANOJ
SARKAR
MANOJ SARKAR FINISHED
BEHIND PRAMOD BHAGHAT
IN GROUP A TO ADVANCE TO
THE SEMI-FINALS,WHERE HE
LOST TO EVENTUAL SILVER
MEDALIST DANIEL BETHELL.
IN THE THE BRONZE MEDAL
PLAYOFF MATCH, MANOJ
SARKAR BEAT JAPAN'S
DAISUKE FUJIHARA 22-20,21-
134 TO CLINCH HIS MEDAL.

SHARAD
KUMAR
SHARAD KUMAR IS AN INDIAN
PARA HIGH JUMPER AND A
FORMER WORLD NO. 1. BORN IN
MUZAFFARPUR, HE MADE HIS
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT AT THE
2010 ASIAN PARA GAMES. AT THE
2014 ASIAN PARA GAMES, HE
WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE
HIGH JUMP, BREAKING A 12-YEAR
ASIAN GAMES RECORD, AND
RECLAIMED THE WORLD NO. 1
POSITION.

THANK
YOU FOR WATCHING
BY-RISHIK
CHAUDHARY