India at Tokyo Olympics 2020

Aug 2021|🟡Review|5 min read|83 entries

Key Takeaway

The Indian team, with its largest-ever contingent, entered the32ndOlympic Games inTokyo, Japan,held betweenJuly 23, 2021,andAug 8, 2021,with high hopes.

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India at Tokyo Olympics 2020(83)

Item	Detail
Basic FactsIndia's Rank	48
Total no. of Medals	7(1 G, 2 S, 4 B)
Largest ever contingent	228(from 22 states)
Total No. ofAthletes	124.No. of MaleAthletes –67.No. of FemaleAthletes –52.No. of Sports participated–18.No. of track and field athletes qualified for the Olympics Tokyo 2020 –26*
Flag-bearers	Opening Ceremony –M.C. Mary Kom & Manpreet Singh
Closing Ceremony	Bajrang Punia
India's position in Opening ceremony parade	21
Official Olympic Anthem	Tu Thaan Le
Composed by	Mohit Chauhan
Olympics cheer song 'Hindustani Way' is composed by	A.R. Rahman
Singers	A.R. Rahman & Ananya Birla
The nationwide campaign started byUnion Sports Ministryto encourage athletes to compete in the Olympics	#Cheer4India
Goodwill Ambassador of Indian Olympic Team at Tokyo Olympics	Sourav Ganguly
Official Partner of the Indian Olympic Team	Sports For All(SFA)
Official Sponsor of the Indian Olympic Team	INOX Group
Security & Press Attache of India’s Olympic contingent	B. K. Sinha
Sponsor for the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Games	Adani Group
Ambassador of 'Believe in Sports' by International Olympic Committee	P.V. Sindhu & Michelle Li(Canada)
First Indian Juror for Olympic Games	Pawan Singh
First Indian Gymnastics Judge in Olympics	Deepak Kabra
First Indian referee to officiate wrestling in Olympics	Ashok Kumar
First Indian fencer to qualify for Olympics	Bhavani Devi
First Indian woman golfer to quality for Tokyo Olympics 2021	Aditi Ashok
First-ever Indian swimmers to qualify for the Olympic Games	Sajan Prakash & Srihari Natraj
First Indian woman Sailor to qualify for the Olympic Games	Nethra Kumanan
Indianathlete who is participating in the Women’s Artistic event	Pranati Nayak
The state government took over the sponsorship of Men & Women's Hockey for 5 years	Odisha(2018-2023)*
Only Indian Athlete qualified for the Men’s Shot put in the Tokyo Olympics	Tajinder Pal Toor
Youngest Contender in the Indian team for Tokyo Olympics	Divyansh Singh Panwar(Shooting, 18 years old)
Oldest Contender in the Indian team for Tokyo Olympics	Mairaj Ahmed Khan(Men’s skeet shooting, 45 years old)
Medal Winners ofTokyo Olympics 2020 (India)The table below lists the Medal Winners of Tokyo Olympics 2020:MedalAthlete NameEventGoldNeeraj ChopraJavelin Throw(Distance	87.58m)SilverMirabai ChanuWeightlifting(Women’s 49kg)SilverRavi Kumar DahiyaWrestling(Men’s 57kg Freestyle)BronzeTeam IndiaField Hockey(Men's)BronzeLovlina BorgohainBoxing(Women’s Welterweight 69kg)BronzeP. V. SindhuBadminton(Women’s Singles)BronzeBajrang PuniaWrestling(Men’s 65kg)For the first time in Olympic history, India earned amedal on the opening day of the competition
First Indian to win Gold Medal in Athletics	Neeraj Chopra(Javelin throw, Haryana)
Youngest Indian to win an Olympic gold	Neeraj Chopra(23 years old)
August 7	Javelin Throw Day.ByAthletics Federation of India, to honor Neeraj Chopra
First Olympics medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics	Mirabai Chanu(Silver, Women’s 49kg category weightlifting, Manipur)
First Indian woman athlete and second Indian to win two consecutive Olympic medals for individual events	P.V. Sindhu(Silver in badminton in 2016, bronze in 2020)*
Captain of the India Hockey team	Manpreet Singh
Coach	Graham Reid.8 Gold medals & 3 Bronze medalsso far in Olympic history
Captain of the Indian Women's Hockey team	Rani Ramphal
Paralympics 2020Total no. of Medals	19 (5 Gold, 8 Silver, 6 Bronze)
Rank in Medal Tally	24.No. of Participating Athletes–54
Flag-bearers	Opening Ceremony –Tek Chand (replaced Mariyappan Thangavelu)
First Indian female athlete to win a gold medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle (Class SH-1)	Avni Lakhera.working as ACF in Rajasthan Forest Department
First IAS officer to win a medal at the Paralympics	Suhas Yathiraj(Silver, Badminton).serving as the District Magistrate of Noida in Uttar Pradesh
First Indian to win an archery medal at the Paralympics	Harvinder Singh (Bronze)
Gold Medal Winners	Avni Lakhera (100m Shooting),Sumit Antil (Javelin throw),Manish Narwal (Men's Mixed 50m Pistol),Pramod Bhagat (Badminton), Krishna Nagar (Badminton)
Silver Medal Winners	Devendra Jhajharia (Javelin throw),Bhavinaben Patel (Table Tennis),Nishad Kumar (High jump),Yogesh Kathuniya (Discus throw),Singhraj Adhana (Mixed 50m Pistol shooting),Mariyappan Thangavelu(High jump),Praveen Kumar(High jump),Suhas L. Yathiraj (Badminton)
Bronze Medal Winners	Avni Lakhera (50m Shooting),Sundar Singh Gurjar(Javelin throw),Singhraj Adhana (10m shooting),Sharad Kumar(High jump),Harvinder Singh (Archery),Manoj Sarkar(Badminton)
Malayali who is participating in Paralympics	Siddharth Babu(Para-shooting)
Kerala Athletes in Tokyo Olympics 2020No. of Keralites participated in Tokyo Olympics	9
First Indian athlete to qualify for Tokyo Olympics 2020	K.T. Irfan
First Indian swimmer to make Olympic 'A' cut	Sajan Prakash
Goodwill Ambassador of Kerala Olympic Team at Tokyo Olympics	Mohanlal
Second Malayali to win Olympic medal	P. R. Sreejesh(Bronze, Hockey)
First Malayali to win Olympic medal	ManuelFredericks(Hockey, Bronze,Munich 1972)
First Indian(Malayali as well)male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics	M.P. Jabir
Malayali who is participating in Paralympics	Siddharth Babu(Para-shooting)
Head Coach of the Indian Athletic team	P. Radhakrishnan Nair
Malayali was appointed as the Badminton Umpire for Tokyo Olympics 2021	Dr. Fine C. Dathan.📝SideNotes:International Olympic Day –June 23
International Olympic Committee	Headquarters –Lausanne, Switzerland
Head	Thomas Bach
IndianOlympic Committee was established in	1927
First President of IndianOlympic Committee	Sir Dorabji Tata*
Current President of IndianOlympic Committee	Narendra Batra*
First Indian Equestrian to qualify for Olympics	Inderjit Singh Lamba
First Malayali athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics	P.T. Usha
First and only Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics	Sakshi Malik
Indian athlete who made most no. of appearances in Olympics	Leander Paes(7 times; 1992 to 2016)
Athletics Federation of India	Headquarters – New Delhi
Formed in	1946
President	Adille J. Sumariwalla
Senior Vice President	Anju Bobby George*
Prize Money	Indian Olympic Association – 75 Lakh (Gold), 40 Lakh (Silver), 25 Lakh (Bronze) & 1 Lakh for all participating athletes.UP Government – 6 crores for gold medalist
Tamil Nadu Govt	3 crores for gold medalist
Kerala Govt.	2 crores & promotion for P.R. Sreejesh & 5 Lakhsfor all participating athletes
Union Minister forMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports	Anurag Thakur
Headquarters	Shastri Bhawan, ‎New Delhi
FormerUnion Minister for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports	Kiren Rijiju
Current Position	Minister of Law and Justice
Mary Kom	Nickname – Super Mom.6 times World Champion
Arjuna Award Winner of 2017	Mariyappan Thangavelu(High Jumper)
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2020	Mariyappan Thangavelu
First Indian Woman Flagbearer	Shyni Willson(Barcelona, 1992)

Basic FactsIndia's Rank

Total no. of Medals

7(1 G, 2 S, 4 B)

Largest ever contingent

228(from 22 states)

Total No. ofAthletes*

124.No. of MaleAthletes –67.No. of FemaleAthletes –52.No. of Sports participated–18.No. of track and field athletes qualified for the Olympics Tokyo 2020 –26

Flag-bearers

Opening Ceremony –M.C. Mary Kom & Manpreet Singh

Closing Ceremony

Bajrang Punia

India's position in Opening ceremony parade

Official Olympic Anthem

Tu Thaan Le

Composed by

Mohit Chauhan

Olympics cheer song 'Hindustani Way' is composed by

A.R. Rahman

Singers

A.R. Rahman & Ananya Birla

The nationwide campaign started byUnion Sports Ministryto encourage athletes to compete in the Olympics

#Cheer4India

Goodwill Ambassador of Indian Olympic Team at Tokyo Olympics

Sourav Ganguly

Official Partner of the Indian Olympic Team

Sports For All(SFA)

Official Sponsor of the Indian Olympic Team

INOX Group

Security & Press Attache of India’s Olympic contingent

B. K. Sinha

Sponsor for the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Games

Adani Group

Ambassador of 'Believe in Sports' by International Olympic Committee

P.V. Sindhu & Michelle Li(Canada)

First Indian Juror for Olympic Games

Pawan Singh

First Indian Gymnastics Judge in Olympics

Deepak Kabra

First Indian referee to officiate wrestling in Olympics

Ashok Kumar

First Indian fencer to qualify for Olympics

Bhavani Devi

First Indian woman golfer to quality for Tokyo Olympics 2021

Aditi Ashok

First-ever Indian swimmers to qualify for the Olympic Games

Sajan Prakash & Srihari Natraj

First Indian woman Sailor to qualify for the Olympic Games

Nethra Kumanan

Indianathlete who is participating in the Women’s Artistic event

Pranati Nayak

The state government took over the sponsorship of Men & Women's Hockey for 5 years*

Odisha(2018-2023)

Only Indian Athlete qualified for the Men’s Shot put in the Tokyo Olympics

Tajinder Pal Toor

Youngest Contender in the Indian team for Tokyo Olympics

Divyansh Singh Panwar(Shooting, 18 years old)

Oldest Contender in the Indian team for Tokyo Olympics

Mairaj Ahmed Khan(Men’s skeet shooting, 45 years old)

Medal Winners ofTokyo Olympics 2020 (India)The table below lists the Medal Winners of Tokyo Olympics 2020:MedalAthlete NameEventGoldNeeraj ChopraJavelin Throw(Distance

87.58m)SilverMirabai ChanuWeightlifting(Women’s 49kg)SilverRavi Kumar DahiyaWrestling(Men’s 57kg Freestyle)BronzeTeam IndiaField Hockey(Men's)BronzeLovlina BorgohainBoxing(Women’s Welterweight 69kg)BronzeP. V. SindhuBadminton(Women’s Singles)BronzeBajrang PuniaWrestling(Men’s 65kg)For the first time in Olympic history, India earned amedal on the opening day of the competition

First Indian to win Gold Medal in Athletics

Neeraj Chopra(Javelin throw, Haryana)

Youngest Indian to win an Olympic gold

Neeraj Chopra(23 years old)

August 7

Javelin Throw Day.ByAthletics Federation of India, to honor Neeraj Chopra

First Olympics medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics

Mirabai Chanu(Silver, Women’s 49kg category weightlifting, Manipur)

First Indian woman athlete and second Indian to win two consecutive Olympic medals for individual events*

P.V. Sindhu(Silver in badminton in 2016, bronze in 2020)

Captain of the India Hockey team

Manpreet Singh

Coach

Graham Reid.8 Gold medals & 3 Bronze medalsso far in Olympic history

Captain of the Indian Women's Hockey team

Rani Ramphal

Paralympics 2020Total no. of Medals

19 (5 Gold, 8 Silver, 6 Bronze)

Rank in Medal Tally

24.No. of Participating Athletes–54

Flag-bearers

Opening Ceremony –Tek Chand (replaced Mariyappan Thangavelu)

First Indian female athlete to win a gold medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle (Class SH-1)

Avni Lakhera.working as ACF in Rajasthan Forest Department

First IAS officer to win a medal at the Paralympics

Suhas Yathiraj(Silver, Badminton).serving as the District Magistrate of Noida in Uttar Pradesh

First Indian to win an archery medal at the Paralympics

Harvinder Singh (Bronze)

Gold Medal Winners

Avni Lakhera (100m Shooting),Sumit Antil (Javelin throw),Manish Narwal (Men's Mixed 50m Pistol),Pramod Bhagat (Badminton), Krishna Nagar (Badminton)

Silver Medal Winners

Devendra Jhajharia (Javelin throw),Bhavinaben Patel (Table Tennis),Nishad Kumar (High jump),Yogesh Kathuniya (Discus throw),Singhraj Adhana (Mixed 50m Pistol shooting),Mariyappan Thangavelu(High jump),Praveen Kumar(High jump),Suhas L. Yathiraj (Badminton)

Bronze Medal Winners

Avni Lakhera (50m Shooting),Sundar Singh Gurjar(Javelin throw),Singhraj Adhana (10m shooting),Sharad Kumar(High jump),Harvinder Singh (Archery),Manoj Sarkar(Badminton)

Malayali who is participating in Paralympics

Siddharth Babu(Para-shooting)

Kerala Athletes in Tokyo Olympics 2020No. of Keralites participated in Tokyo Olympics

First Indian athlete to qualify for Tokyo Olympics 2020

K.T. Irfan

First Indian swimmer to make Olympic 'A' cut

Sajan Prakash

Goodwill Ambassador of Kerala Olympic Team at Tokyo Olympics

Mohanlal

Second Malayali to win Olympic medal

P. R. Sreejesh(Bronze, Hockey)

First Malayali to win Olympic medal

ManuelFredericks(Hockey, Bronze,Munich 1972)

First Indian(Malayali as well)male athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics

M.P. Jabir

Malayali who is participating in Paralympics

Siddharth Babu(Para-shooting)

Head Coach of the Indian Athletic team

P. Radhakrishnan Nair

Malayali was appointed as the Badminton Umpire for Tokyo Olympics 2021

Dr. Fine C. Dathan.📝SideNotes:International Olympic Day –June 23

International Olympic Committee

Headquarters –Lausanne, Switzerland

Head

Thomas Bach

IndianOlympic Committee was established in

1927

First President of IndianOlympic Committee*

Sir Dorabji Tata

Current President of IndianOlympic Committee*

Narendra Batra

First Indian Equestrian to qualify for Olympics

Inderjit Singh Lamba

First Malayali athlete to qualify for the 400m hurdles in Olympics

P.T. Usha

First and only Indian female wrestler to win a medal at the Olympics

Sakshi Malik

Indian athlete who made most no. of appearances in Olympics

Leander Paes(7 times; 1992 to 2016)

Athletics Federation of India

Headquarters – New Delhi

Formed in

1946

President

Adille J. Sumariwalla

Senior Vice President*

Anju Bobby George

Prize Money

Indian Olympic Association – 75 Lakh (Gold), 40 Lakh (Silver), 25 Lakh (Bronze) & 1 Lakh for all participating athletes.UP Government – 6 crores for gold medalist

Tamil Nadu Govt

3 crores for gold medalist

Kerala Govt.

2 crores & promotion for P.R. Sreejesh & 5 Lakhsfor all participating athletes

Union Minister forMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Anurag Thakur

Headquarters

Shastri Bhawan, ‎New Delhi

FormerUnion Minister for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Kiren Rijiju

Current Position

Minister of Law and Justice

Mary Kom

Nickname – Super Mom.6 times World Champion

Arjuna Award Winner of 2017

Mariyappan Thangavelu(High Jumper)

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2020

Mariyappan Thangavelu

First Indian Woman Flagbearer

Shyni Willson(Barcelona, 1992)

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