Asian Para Games 2023: Can India again achieve #IssBaar100Paar? Send 303 athletes

Following India's achievement of the #IssBaar100Paar milestone with 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, and 41 bronze) in the Asian Games 2023, it's now time for Indian para-athletes to pursue an even greater dream as they gear up for the Asian Para Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.

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The prestigious event is scheduled to kick off on October 22 and will run until October 28. India is proudly sending its largest-ever contingent, which includes a remarkable 303 athletes, along with 143 officials, escorts, and additional support staff. The primary objective for India is to surpass their previous medal tally of 72, achieved during the 2018 Para Games, and to exceed the impressive milestone of 100 medals.

Indian para-athletes are set to participate in 17 sports, encompassing disciplines such as archery, athletics, badminton, blind football, boccia, canoeing, chess, cycling, judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, rowing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, and wheelchair fencing.

Para-Badminton:

Men – Krishna Nagar, Sivarajan Solaimalai, Pramod Bhagat, Manoj Sarkar, Nitesh Kumar, Sukant Indukant Kadam, Tarun, Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, Chirag Baretha, Ruthick Ragupathi, Prem Kumar Ale, Shashank Kumar, Abu Hubaida, Akash Sethu Madhavan, Gokul Das AreeparambVadakkayil, Hardik Makkar, Raj Kumar. Women: Nithya Sre, Rachana Shaileshkumar Patel, Manasi Girishchandra Joshi, Mandeep Kaur, Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar, Jyoti, Palak Kohli, Vaishnavi Puneyani, Manisha Ramadass, Shanthiya Viswanathan, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Ammu Mohan

Women – Nithya Sre, Rachana Shaileshkumar Patel, Manasi Girishchandra Joshi, Mandeep Kaur, Parul Dalsukhbhai Parmar, Jyoti, Palak Kohli, Vaishnavi Puneyani, Manisha Ramadass, Shanthiya Viswanathan, Thulasimathi Murugesan, Ammu Mohan

Para Athletics:

Men – Ajay Kumar, Chirag, Ravi kumar, Shreyansh Trivedi, Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Manoj Baskar, Vijay Kumar, Sheik Abdul Mohammad, Pranav Desai, Mit Patel, Narayan Thakur, Vijay Kumar, Vinay Kumar Lal, Madan, Mohammad Arif, Dilip Gavit, Jasbeer, Mithun, Khodaji Thakor, Ankur Dhama, Keshavamurthy Gururaju, Sharath Shankarappa, Raman Sharma, Rakesh Bhaira, Parmod, Devershee Sachan, Amit Kumar, Dharambir, Pranav Soorma, Monu Ghanghas, Rishi Rathore, Manjeet Ahlawat, Balaji Rajendran, Sourav, Devender Kumar, Ajithkumar Panchal, Ananth Rao Krishnappa, Yogesh kathuniya, Pardeep, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Ramsunghbhai Padhiyar, Shailesh Kumar, Ram Pal, Nishad Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Syam Injapuri, Unni Renu, Rishikant Sharma, Abhishek Chamoli, Laxit, Manjeet, Haney, Boby, Navdeep, Ritender, Sandeep, Sumit Antil, Pushpendra Singh, Pardeep Kumar, Manihas, Neeraj Yadav, Tek Chand, Parveen Kumar, Ajeet singh, Sundar singh, Rinku, Pardeep, Ajay Singh, Arjun Singh, Vikas, Jagdishbhai Shantilal Parmar, Mukesh, Rakeshbhai Bhatt, Solairaj Dharmaraj, Someswara Rao Ramudri, Sagar, Manu, Mayank, Ravi Rongali, Dinesh Chaudhary, Mohd Yasser, Rohit Kumar, Sachin Sarjerao Khilari, Muthuraja, Hokato Hotozhe Sema, Soman Rana, Virender, Manojkumar Sabapathi

Women – Preeti Pal, Pooja, Devika Malik, Simran, Shalini Saraswathi, Jayanti Behera, Ishwari Nishad, Lalitha Killaka, Deepthi Jeevanji, Rakshitha Raju, Radha Venkatesh, Ekta Bhyan, Dolly Gola, Suman, Nidhi Mishra, Lakshmi, Kanchan Lakhani, Jaspreet Kaur Sran, Sakshi Kasana, Karamjyoti, Pooja, Suvarna Raj, Kusum, Poonam Sharma, Fatima Khatoon, Bhavanaben Ajabaji Chaudhary, Keerti Chauhan, Nimisha Chakkungalparambil Suresh, Muthumeena Vellasamy, Medha Jayanth, Bhagyashri Madhavrao Jadhav, Dayawanti, Santosh, Sharmila, Amisha Rawat.

Para Table Tennis:

Men – Jehan Dorab Madan, Sandeep Dangi, Hitesh Dolwani, Dattaprasad Jotiram Chougule, Jashvant Dalsangbhai Chaudhary

Women – Poonam, Baby Sahana Ravi, Pragati Kesharwani, Sonalben Manubhai Patel, Bhavinaben Hasmukhbhai Patel

Para Powerlifting:

Men – Pradeep Joon, Parmjeet Kumar, Manish Kumar, Ashok, Ramubhai Babubhai Bambhava, Joby Mathew, Vinod Thakur, Sandesha Bappunji Giddegowda Women: Manpreet Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur, Sakina Khatun, Pratima Krishnarao, Seema Rani, Raj Kumari, Zainab Khatoon, Kasthuri Rajamani, Suman Devi

Women – Manpreet Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur, Sakina Khatun, Pratima Krishnarao, Seema Rani, Raj Kumari, Zainab Khatoon, Kasthuri Rajamani, Suman Devi

Para Archery:

Men – Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari, Naveen Dalal, Rakesh Kumar, Shyam Sunder Swami, Suraj Singh, Harvinder Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Sahil Women: Jyoti, Sheetal Devi, Sarita, Pooja Jatyan, Pooja

Women – Jyoti, Sheetal Devi, Sarita, Pooja Jatyan, Pooja

Para Shooting:

Men – Akash, Manish Narwal, Singhraj Adhana, Rudransh Khandelwal, Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar, Amir Ahmad Bhat, Nihal Singh, Rahul Jakhar, Sidhartha Babu, Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna Women: Nisha Kanwar, Rubina Francis, Sumedha Pathak, Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal

Women – Nisha Kanwar, Rubina Francis, Sumedha Pathak, Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal

Para Swimming:

Men – Swapnil Sanjay Patil, Himanshu Nandal, Gopichand Lingutla, Suyash Narayan Jadhav, Tejas Nandakumar, Punith Nandakumar, Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh, Herojit Singh Rajkumar, Shridhar Nagappa Malagi, Niranjan Mukundan Women: Devanshi Satija, Shashruti Vinayak Nakade, Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap

Women – Devanshi Satija, Shashruti Vinayak Nakade, Vaishnavi Vinod Jagtap

Para Chess:

Men – Akkisetty Ganthimeri, Naveen Kumar Arigala, Shashikant Appaso K, Ashwinbhai K M, Darpan Satish Inani, Soundarya Kumar P, Aryan Bhalchandra I, Kishan Gangolli, Somendra

Women – Kanishri Raju Prema, Charvi Mehta, Sharon Rachel Aby, Himanshi Bhaveshbhai Rathi, Vruthi Saganlal Jain, Sanskruti Vikas More, Mrunali Prakash P, Tijan Punaram G, Sarita Prabhakar K

Para Cycling:

Men – Arshad Shaik, Jalaluddin Ansari, Prashant Sudarshan Arkal, Yogesh Bhimrao Ahire

Women – Jyoti Radheshyam Gaderiya, Geeta Shambhu Singh Rao

Para Fencing:

Men – Venkateswar Ramesh Rao, Prafulla Kumar Khandayatray, Rakhal Kumar Sethy, Praveen, Sunil Phogat

Women – Pujaswini Nayak, Rekha Devi, Rekha, Sheranthi Thomas

Para Lawn Bowls:

Men – Raghavendra Puttaswamaiah, Balaji Krishna Murthy, Dharmender Kumar, Vikas Narwal, Vikas Dagar, Surjeet Singh

Women – Anju Bala, Nirmala Devi, Nilima Ray, Rinki, Bharti Rathee, Sapana

Para Judo:

Men – Kapil Parmar, Devendra Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Jaydev Gorain

Women - Janki Bai, Kokila, Gulshan, Renuka Narayan Salave, Vrushali More, Mukesh Rani

Para Boccia:

Men – Sachin Chamaria, Jatin Kumar Kushwah

Women – Anjali Devi, Pooja Gupta

Men's Blind Football:

Prakash Chaudhary, Klingson Marak, Pradeep Patel, Shivam Singh, Sovendra Singh, Vishnubha TejubhaVaghela, Sahil, Akash Singh

Para Taekwondo:

Men – Ranjan Kumar

Women – Aruna, Muskan, Veena Arora

Para Canoe:

Men – Yash Kumar, Sanjeev Kotiya, Manish Kaurav, Gajendra Singh, Jai Deep

Women – Pooja Ojha, Prachi Yadav, Rajni Jha, Shabana, Sangeeta Rajput Para