24 Service personnel among 117 Indian athletes taking part in 2024 Paris Olympics

Twenty four (24) Armed Forces personnel are among the 117 Indian athletes who are all set to make the nation proud at the Paris Olympics, beginning July 26, 2024. Among these 24 athletes, 22 are men, including star Javelin Thrower Subedar Neeraj Chopra, and two are women, which marks the maiden participation of female Service athletes at the Olympics.

Subedar Neeraj Chopra, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Gold medalist, will again vie for top honours as his participation in the Paris Olympics comes on the back of exceptional performances which earned him a Gold medal each at the 2023 Asian Games, 2023 World Athletics Championship, 2024 Diamond League, and 2024 Paavo Nurmi Games.

2022 Commonwealth Games Bronze medalist Havildar Jaismine Lamboria and 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships Bronze medalist CPO Reetika Hooda are the two women Service personnel who are taking part in the Games for the first time, and would aim to create history. They will feature in Boxing and Wrestling respectively.

Sub Amit Panghal (Boxing); CPO Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Shot-Put); Sub Avinash Mukund Sable (3000m Steeplechase); CPO Muhammed Anas Yahiya, PO(GW) Muhammed Ajmal, Sub Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan & JWO Mijo Chacko Kurian (4X400M Men’s Relay); JWO Abdulla Aboobacker (Triple Jump); Sub Tarundeep Rai & Sub Dhiraj Bommadevara (Archery) and Nb Sub Sandeep Singh (Shooting) are also among the Service personnel who would aim to bring laurels to the country. The full list of Service players is as follows:

Discipline Rank & Name Category
Archery Sub Dhiraj Bommadevara  

Recurve Indl & Team

 

Sub Tarundeep Rai
Sub Pravin Ramesh Jadhav
Athletics SSR Akshdeep Singh 20Km RW
PO Vikas Singh 20Km RW
SSR Paramjeet Bisht 20Km RW
PO Suraj Panwar

 

Race Walking Mixed Marathon
Sub Avinash Sable 3000M SC
Sub Maj Neeraj Chopra Javelin throw
CPO Tajinderpal Singh Toor Men’s Shot Put
JWO Abdulla Aboobacker Men’s Triple Jump
Hav Sarvesh Kushare

 

Men’s High Jump

 

CPO Muhammed Anas Yahiya 4X400M Men’s Relay

 

PO(GW) Muhammed Ajmal 4X400M Men’s Relay

 

Sub Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan

 

4X400M Men’s Relay
JWO Mijo Chacko Kurian

 

4X400M Men’s Relay
Boxing Sub Amit Panghal Men’s flyweight
Hav Jaismine Lamboria Women’s featherweight
Hockey CPO Jugraj Singh Men’s Hockey Reserve
Rowing Spr Balraj Panwar M1X (Men’s Single Scull)
Sailing Sub Vishnu Saravanan Men’s One Person Dinghy
Shooting Nb Sub Sandeep Singh 10m Air Rifle
Tennis Nb Sub Sriram Balaji Men’s Doubles
Wrestling CPO Reetika Hooda Women’s 76 Kg (Freestyle)

Apart from 24 athletes, five officials are also heading to Paris to take part in the Olympics. The details are given below:

Discipline Name Role
Boxing Lt Col Kabilan Sai Ashok Referee & Judge
Boxing Sub CA Katappa Coach
Archery Sub Sonam Tshering Bhutia Coach
Sailing Hav CS Delai Tech Official
Sailing Nk PV Sharad Physio

The participation of the Service personnel at the Paris Olympics underscores the Armed Forces’ commitment to promoting sporting excellence and fostering a culture of athleticism, while enhancing the sports consciousness across the nation. As the country gears up to witness the performances of these athletes, it stands united in extending best wishes and unwavering support to each participant.