Asian Para Games 2026: Complete List of Indian Athletes – Everything You Need to Know

India will look to improve on their performance at the 2023 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, where they won a record 111 medals. (Image credit: Agencies) India will send 168 athletes to the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from October 18 to 24. The Indian contingent includes 112 men and 56 women competing in 11 sports, the sanctioned team will include boccia.The Indian team features several well-known para athletes including javelin thrower Sumit Antil, archer Sheetal Devi, shooter Avani Lekhar and badminton player Pramod Bhagat. Other prominent names include table tennis player Bhavina Patel, badminton player Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, high lifter Nishad Kumar and sprinter Preeti Pal.India will look to improve on their performance at the 2023 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, where they won a record 111 medals. The tally included 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze medals, making it the country’s best ever performance at the event.

Asian Para Games 2026: Everything you need to know

Where will the 2026 Asian Para Games be held?The 2026 Asian Para Games will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.When will the 2026 Asian Para Games be held?The Games will be held from 18 to 24 October 2026.How many athletes will represent India?India will send 168 athletes to the games.How many sportsmen and women are part of the Indian team?The Indian squad includes 112 male and 56 female athletes.How many sports will India compete in?India will compete in 11 sports.How many members are part of the Indian contingent?The Indian delegation has 281 members, including athletes, team officials and support staff.Who is India’s Mission Chief for Asian Para Games 2026?Rahul Swami is the Indian Chef of the Mission.Who will be India’s flag bearers at the 2026 Asian Para Games?Pramod Bhagat and Bhavina Patel will be India’s flag bearers.Around 3,000 athletes from 45 National Paralympic Committees from across Asia are expected to participate in the Games. 18 para sports will compete.

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Asian Para Games 2026: Number of athletes in India

Sport AthletesPara athletics62Para badminton28Para swimming16Para shooting13Para archery11Blind football10Para table tennis10Para powerlifting8Para judo7Boccia2Para cycling1Total168

Asian Para Games 2026: Complete list of Indian athletes, sport by sport

The complete Indian team is listed below, with athletes grouped by sport. Event categories are included as indicated in the team details.1. Blind soccer — 10 athletesAll 10 athletes are listed for the blind men’s soccer competition. The goalkeepers are Aditya Sajwan and Sujith Puthankattunikarath Sasi.Colors with MarboKlingon MarakPradeep PatelSahilShivam SinghSovendra SinghTushar KumarVisnubhateyuba VaghelaAditya SajwanSujith Puthankattunikarath Sasi2. Boccia — 2 athletesSachin Chamaria: Singles Men BC3; mixed pairs BC3Anjali Devi: Women’s Singles BC3; mixed pairs BC3Boccia is part of the latest Indian contingent of 11 sports after being added to the sanctioned team.3. Para archery — 11 athletesHarvinder Singh: Men’s Recurve; men’s recurve doublesVijay Sundi: Men’s Recurve; men’s recurve doublesToman Kumar: Men’s Mix; men’s mixed doublesShyam Sunder Swami: Men’s Blend; men’s mixed doublesAdil Mohamed Nazir Ansari: Men W1; men’s doubles W1Vinayak Amol Breed: Male W1; men’s doubles W1Sheetal Devi: Women’s Blend; women’s mixed doublesPayal Nag: Women’s Blend; women’s mixed doublesBhawna: Women’s recurve; women’s recurve doublesPooja: Women’s Recurve; women’s recurve doublesSwati Chaudhary: Women W14. Para athletics — 62 athletesThe largest Indian contingent includes athletes competing in track, throwing and jumping events. Several athletes are entered in more than one event.MenAjay Kumar — 400m T64Akira Nandan Banothu — 400m T38Devender Kumar — Discus throw F64Haney — Spear F37/38; discus throw F37Dilip Mahadu Gavit – 100m and 400m T47Mahendra Gurjar — Javelin F64; long jump T63Manjeet — Javelin F13Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi – 100m T47Nishad Kumar — Long and High Jump T47Parveen — Ball Throw F46Pranav Soorma — Club throw F51; discus throw F51/52/53Rakeshbhai Bhatt — Long jump, 100m and 200m T37Ram Ratan Singh — Discus throw F51/52/53Rinku — Javelin F46Sachin Sarjerao Khilari – Bowling F46Shailesh Kumar — Long and High Jump T63Sharath Makanahalli Shankarappa – 5000m and 1500m T13Sumit (Sumit Antill) — Javelin F64Ajeet Singh — Javelin F46Ayush Verma — Javelin F54; F53 missileDharambir — Club throw F51Hokato Hotozhe Sema — ball throw F57Mohd Yasser — Litter F46Navdeep — Javelin F41Parmod — 1500m T46Pranav Prashant Desai — 100m and 200m T64Praveen Kumar — High Jump T64Rakesh — Discus throw F64Ravi Rongali — Javelin F41; F40 missileSolairaj Dharmaraj — Long Jump T64Sujith Mandalamkunnath Sivadasan — Long Jump and 100m T13Varun Singh Bhati — High Jump T63Vishesh — Ball Throw F32Amit Kumar — F51 club throwAnubhav Choudhary — 100m and 200m T35Banti — High Jump T64Bhavikkumar Dineshbhai Bharwad – 400m T47Pardeep Kumar — Discus throw F64Pradeep Kumar — Javelin F54Rahul — High Jump T63Sandeep — 100m T44; 400m T64Sandip Sanjay Sargar — Javelin F64Soman Rana — Ball Throw F57Suchchain — Javelin F55Parveen Kumar — Javelin and discus throw F57Praveen Sharma — shot put and discus throw F11WomenAnjanaben Rohitbhai Bumbadiya — 400m T47Deepthi Jeevanji – 400m T20Nimisha Chakkungalparambil Suresh — Long Jump T47Preeti Pal — 100m T35Simran — 100m T12Soumya — 1500m T13Jayanti Downhill – 400m T47Tejalben Amraji Damor — 400m T12Radha Venkatesh – 1500m T13Amisha Rawat — shot put F46Bhagyashree Madhavrao Jadhav — shot put F34Karamjyoti — Discus throw F55Rakshitha Raju — 1500m T11Suchitra Parida — Javelin F56Suvarna Raj — Discus throw F54Ravanni Valasanaini – 1500m T115. For badminton — 28 athletesWomenManisha Ramadass — Singles SU5; mixed doubles SL3-SU5Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan — Singles SH6; mixed doubles SH6Alphia James — Singles WH2; Women’s Doubles WH1-WH2; mixed doubles WH1-WH2Thulasimathi Murugesan — Singles SU5; women’s doubles SL3-SU5; mixed doubles SL3-SU5Mandeep Kaur — Singles SL3; women’s doubles SL3-SU5Neeraj — Singles SL3Shanthiya Vishwanathan — Singles SU5; women’s doubles SL3-SU5Kanak Singh Jadaun — Singles SL4Manasi Girishchandra Joshi — Singles SL3; women’s doubles SL3-SU5; mixed doubles SL3-SU5Pallavi Kaluvehalli Manjunathareddy — Singles WH1; Women’s Doubles WH1-WH2; mixed doubles WH1-WH2Sanjana Kumari — Singles SL3MenNaveen Sivakumar — Singles SL4Nitesh Kumar — Singles SL3; mixed doubles SL3-SU5Krishna Nagar — Singles SH6; Men’s Doubles SH6; mixed doubles SH6Pramod Bhagat — Singles SL3; men’s doubles SL3-SU5; mixed doubles SL3-SU5Turning When — Singles SL4; men’s doubles SL3-SU5Surya Kant Yadav — Singles SL4Ruthick Ragupathi — Singles SU5; mixed doubles SL3-SU5Sivarajan Solaimalai — Singles SH6; men’s doubles SH6Abu Hubaida — Singles WH2; men’s doubles WH1-WH2; mixed doubles WH1-WH2Prem Kumar Ale — Singles WH1; men’s doubles WH1-WH2; mixed doubles WH1-WH2Sudarsan Muthusamy Saravanakumar — Singles SH6Umesh Vikram Kumar — Singles SL3Haris Mythili Srikumar — Singles WH2Hardik Makkar — Singles SU5Abhijeet Sakhuja — Singles SL4Rakesh Pandey — Singles SU5Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj — Singles SL46. For cycling — 1 athleteArshad Shaik: C1-3 Men’s 1000m Time Trial; C1-2 3000 m individual pursuit; C1-3 road race; Timer C1-5Shaik is the only Indian para-cyclist in the sanctioned team.7. For judo — 7 athletesMenKapil Parmar: Men’s 70kg J1Gender: Men -95 kg J2WomenRenuka Narayan Salave: Women 70kg J1Kokila: Women up to 52 kg J2Gulshan: Women up to 70 kg J2Vrushali Ashok More: Women 70kg J2Dimple: Women +70 kg J28. Para powerlifting — 8 athletesMenAshok: Up to 65 kgJhandu Kumar: Up to 72 kgManish Kumar: Up to 59 kgParmjeet Kumar: Up to 59 kgWomenSuman Devi: up to 61 kg; women’s team eventKasthuri Rajamani: up to 67 kg; women’s team eventJaspreet Kaur: up to 45 kg; women’s team eventSeema Rani: Up to 61 kg9. For shooting — 13 athletesMenAnandha Krishnan H — R1 Men’s Air Rifle 10m Standing SH1Amir Ahmad Bhat — P3 Open 25m Pistol SH1Manish Narwal — P1 Men’s Air Pistol 10m SH1Nihal Singh — P1 Men’s Air Pistol 10m SH1; P3 open gun 25m SH1Rakesh Nidagundi — R1 Men’s Air Rifle 10m Standing SH1Rudransh Khandelwal — P1 Men’s Air Pistol 10m SH1; P4 open gun 50m SH1Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar — R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1WomenAvani Lekhara — R2 Women’s Air Rifle 10m Standing SH1; R8 Women’s Rifle 50m Three Position SH1Mona Agarwal — R2 Women’s Air Rifle 10m Standing SH1; R8 Women’s Rifle 50m Three Position SH1Bhakti Sharma — P2 Women’s Air Pistol 10m SH1Rubina Francis — P2 Ladies Air Pistol 10m SH1Shrishti Arora — P2 Women’s Air Pistol 10m SH1Sumedha Pathak — P2 Women’s Air Pistol 10m SH110. Para swimming — 16 athletesMenKapil Kumar — 100m and 400m freestyle S10; mixed 4x100m freestyle 34 pointsAjay Hindurao Bhosale — 50m and 100m freestyle S10Ravi Veera Venkata Bhavani Budigina — 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle; 100m backstroke; 100m breaststroke SB13Abdul Quadir Indori — 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly S5Suyash Narayan Jadhav — 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly S7Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni — 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle S6; 100m backstroke SB5; mixed 4x100m freestyle 34 pointsRohit Kumar — 100m backstroke SB4Gopichand Linguta — 400m freestyle and 100m breaststroke S7Vanga Niranjan Mukundan — 400m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly S7Tejas Nandakumar — 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke S7; mixed discipline 4×100 m half 34 pointsHimanshu Nandal — 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle; 100m backstroke; 100m breaststroke SB11Swatik Patil — 100m backstroke SB9; mixed discipline 4×100 m half 34 pointsMohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh — 100m breaststroke SB4Jahangir Molla — 100m backstroke SB13; 100m butterfly S12WomenVaishnavi Vinod Jagtap — 50m, 100m and 400m freestyle S8; mixed 4×100 m freestyle and medley 34 pointsDevanshi Satija — 50m Freestyle S10; 100m breaststroke and butterfly S10; mixed 4×100 m freestyle and medley 34 points11. Para table tennis — 10 athletesWomenBhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel — Singles Class 4-5; women’s doubles WD5; mixed doubles XD7Sonalben Manubhai Patel — Singles Class 3Baby Sahana Ravi – Individual Class 9Ekta Bhyan – Class 1 for Individuals; women’s doubles WD5Prachi Pandey — Singles Class 6Savita Vittal Ajjanakatti — Singles Class 8; mixed doubles XD17MenDattaprasad Jotiram Chougule – Class 9 for Individuals; mixed doubles XD17Sandeep Dangi — Singles Class 1Jehan Dorab Madan – Singles 1st grade; men’s doubles MD4Shubham Wadhwa – Class 3 Singles; men’s doubles MD4; mixed doubles XD7