Tokyo 2020: Where do India's Olympic-bound athletes hail from?

At least 107 athletes from various states in India will form the strong Indian contingent for Tokyo 2020.

3 minBy Olympic Channel Writer
Bajrang Punia
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India will field a strong contingent of 107 athletes across 18 disciplines for Tokyo 2020, slated to get underway from July 23, 2021.

It should also be noted that the states of Punjab and Haryana produce plenty of boxers and wrestlers while three out of the four sailors qualified for Tokyo 2020 hail from Tamil Nadu.

Haryana has produced at least 27 athletes who are set to take part at Tokyo 2020. Incredibly, all the seven Tokyo-bound wrestlers hail from the state, which is also known as the hub of wrestling in India.

Meanwhile, at least 13 athletes across various disciplines hail from Punjab. Let us have a look at the comprehensive list of the Indian athletes and which state or union territory they hail from:

Archery

  1. Tarundeep Rai, Sikkim
  2. Atanu Das, West Bengal
  3. Deepika Kumari, Jharkhand
  4. Pravin Jadhav, Maharashtra

Athletics

  1. KT Irfan, Kerala
  2. Sandeep Kumar, Haryana
  3. Rahul Rohilla, Haryana
  4. Avinash Sable, Maharashtra
  5. Murali Sreeshankar, Kerala
  6. Neeraj Chopra, Haryana
  7. Tajinder Pal Singh Toor, Punjab
  8. Shivpal Singh, Uttar Pradesh
  9. Kamalpreet Kaur, Punjab
  10. Bhawna Jat, Rajasthan
  11. Priyanka Goswami, Uttar Pradesh

Badminton

  1. B. Sai Praneeth, Andhra Pradesh
  2. PV Sindhu, Andhra Pradesh
  3. Chirag Shetty, Maharashtra
  4. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Andhra Pradesh

Boxing

  1. Vikas Krishnan, Haryana
  2. Lovlina Borgohain, Assam
  3. Ashish Kumar, Himachal Pradesh
  4. Pooja Rani, Haryana
  5. Satish Kumar, Uttar Pradesh
  6. Mary Kom, Manipur
  7. Amit Phangal, Haryana
  8. Manish Kaushik, Haryana
  9. Simranjit Kaur, Punjab

Equestrian

  1. Fouaad Mirza, Karnataka

Fencing

  1. Bhavani Devi, Tamil Nadu

Golf

  1. Anirban Lahiri, Karnataka
  2. Aditi Ashok, Karnataka

Gymnastics

  1. Pranati Nayak, West Bengal

Hockey men's team

  1. Amit Rohidas, Odisha
  2. Hardik Singh, Punjab
  3. Vivek Sagar Prasad, Madhya Pradesh
  4. Nilakanta Sharma, Manipur
  5. Sumit, Haryana
  6. Dilpreet Singh, Punjab
  7. Gurjant Singh, Punjab
  8. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Uttar Pradesh
  9. Shamsher Singh, Punjab
  10. Birendra Lakra, Odisha
  11. Manpreet Singh, Punjab
  12. Harmanpreet Singh, Punjab
  13. Rupinder Pal Singh, Punjab
  14. Surendra Kumar, Haryana
  15. Mandeep Singh, Punjab
  16. PR Sreejesh, Kerala

Hockey women's team

  1. Gurjit Kaur, Punjab
  2. Udita, Haryana
  3. Nisha, Haryana
  4. Neha, Haryana
  5. Navneet Kaur, Haryana
  6. Sharmila Devi, Himachal Pradesh
  7. Lalremsiami, Mizoram
  8. Salima Tete, Jharkhand
  9. Rani Rampal, Haryana
  10. Savita Punia, Haryana
  11. Deep Grace Ekka, Odisha
  12. Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Manipur
  13. Monika Malik, Haryana
  14. Nikki Pradhan, Jharkhand
  15. Navjot Kaur, Haryana
  16. Vandana Katariya, Uttarakhand

Judo

  1. Sushila Devi Likmabam, Manipur

Rowing

  1. Arvind Singh, Uttar Pradesh
  2. Arjun Jat, Rajasthan

Sailing

  1. Nethra Kumanan, Tamil Nadu
  2. Vishnu Saravanan, Maharashtra
  3. KC Ganapathy, Tamil Nadu
  4. Varun Thakkar, Tamil Nadu

Shooting

  1. Anjum Moudgil, Punjab
  2. Apurvi Chandela, Rajasthan
  3. Diyansh Singh Parmar, Rajasthan
  4. Deepak Kumar, New Delhi
  5. Tejaswini Sawant, Maharashtra
  6. Sanjeev Rajput, Haryana
  7. Aishwarya Pratap Singh, Madhya Pradesh
  8. Manu Bhaker, Haryana
  9. Yashaswini Deswal, New Delhi
  10. Saurabh Chaudhary, Uttar Pradesh
  11. Abhishek Verma, Haryana
  12. Rahi Sarnobat, Maharashtra
  13. Elavenil Valarivan, Tamil Nadu
  14. Angad Veer Singh Bajwa, Chandigarh
  15. Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Uttar Pradesh

Swimming

  1. Sajan Prakash, Kerala

Table Tennis

  1. Sharath Kamal, Tamil Nadu
  2. G.Sathiyan,Tamil Nadu
  3. Manika Batra, New Delhi
  4. Sutirtha Mukherjee, West Bengal

Weightlifting

  1. Mirabai Chanu, Manipur

Wrestling

  1. Seema Bisla, Haryana
  2. Vinesh Phogat, Haryana
  3. Anshu Malik, Haryana
  4. Sonam Malik, Haryana
  5. Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Haryana
  6. Bajrang Punia, Haryana
  7. Deepak Punia, Haryana