India's athletes, on one page.

Chinta Chandrashekar Rao

Chintan Gaja

Chintan Gaja (born 13 November 1994) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Gujarat in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy on 27 October 2016. He made his List A debut for Gujarat in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 1 March 2017.

Chinu Sandhu

Chinu Sandhu (born 6 June 1987) is a British freestyle wrestler. He also goes by the name Chinu Chinu and Chinu XXX.

Chirag Gandhi

Chirag Jayeshkumar Gandhi (born 18 June 1990) is an Indian first-class cricketer who has played for Gujarat cricket team since 2011. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm off-break bowler.

Chirag Jani

Chirag Sureshbhai Jani (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian cricketer who has played for Saurashtra in domestic cricket since the 2011–12 season. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. He has also played List A cricket in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League in Bangladesh for Brothers Union and Legends of Rupganj.

Chirag Khurana

Chirag Gulshan Khurana (born 3 November 1992) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Maharashtra cricket team in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed, and bowls right-arm off break. He was the leading wicket-taker for Maharashtra in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 21 dismissals in five matches.

Chirag patel

Chirag Parmar (born 25 December 1990) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Gujarat in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 4 February 2017. He made his List A debut for Gujarat in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017.

Chirag Pathak

Chirag Pathak (born 2 February 1987) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Saurashtra.

Chirag Suri

Chirag Suri (born 18 February 1995) is a cricketer who represented the United Arab Emirates national cricket team between 2017 and 2023. In January 2021, Suri was named the vice-captain of the UAE team.

Chiragh Kumar

Chiragh Kumar (born 15 December 1983) is an Indian professional golfer.

Chitaman Gupte

Chitaman Gupte (1916 – 24 April 1994) was an Indian cricketer who played for Maharashtra. He died in Pune. Gupte made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1940–41 season, against Baroda.

Chithambaram Aravindh

Aravindh Chithambaram Veerappan (born 11 September 1999) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He won the Indian chess championships twice, in 2018 and 2019.

Chitra Gangadharan

Chitra Gangadharan (born 16 July 1957) is an Indian football coach and former footballer from Karnataka. She also captained the Indian team and was part of the All Stars Asian team in 1977–78. She played as a goalkeeper for the India women's national football team from 1975 to 1981.

Chitra K. Soman

Chitra Kulathummuriyil Soman (born 10 July 1983) is an Indian athlete. She was born in Mattakkara, Kottayam, Kerala. Her father is from Kottayam and her mother is from kanjirappally, Kerala.

Chitra Magimairaj

Chitra Magimairaj (born 7 April 1973, Bangalore), is an Indian professional player of snooker, English billiards, and pool. She is a two-time World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association World Champion of English Billiards (2006, 2007), a two-time national pool champion, and more recently the World Women's Senior Snooker Championship (2014 and 2016). Her highest breaks are 91 at snooker and 49 at English billiards.

Chitrashi Rawat

Chitrashi Rawat (born 29 November 1989) is an Indian model, national level athlete and actress known for her role of Komal Chautala in Chak De! India in 2007. Chitrashi is a real life hockey player.

Chovvakkaran Shahid

Chovvakkaran Shahid (born 8 February 1983) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Kerala. He made his first-class debut for Kerala against Goa on November 24, 2012, in the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy. He made his List A debut for Kerala against Hyderabad in the 2012-13 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Christine Brown

Christine Brown (born September 1938) is an Indian track-and-field athlete. She won a gold medal in 4×100m relay (with Stephie d'Souza, Violet Peters and Mary d'Souza) and bronze in the 100 metres in the 1954 Asian Games. This was the first gold by an Indian women's team at the Asian Games.

Chuni Goswami

Subimal "Chuni" Goswami (15 January 1938 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian professional footballer and first-class cricketer. As footballer, he played as a striker or winger, captained both the Mohun Bagan club and the India national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Asian players of all time.

CK Vineeth

Chekiyot Kizhakkeveettill Vineeth (born 20 May 1988), commonly known as C. K. Vineeth, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Clarence Fernandes

Clarence Savio Fernandes (born 25 July 2004) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Indian Super League (ISL) club Hyderabad.

Claude Ernest Pert

Major-General Claude Ernest Pert, (29 September 1898 – 14 March 1982) was a senior cavalry officer in the British Indian Army, and British India polo champion.

Cletus Paul

Cletus Dominic Jacob Paul (born 26 April 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker for NorthEast United in the I-League 2nd Division.

Clifford Miranda

Clifton Dias

Clifton Dias (born 10 January 1991 in Goa, India) is an Indian footballer who currently plays for Salgaocar in the I-League.

Climax Lawrence

Climax Lourenco Lawrence (born 16 January 1979) is a retired Indian professional football midfielder. He last played for FC Bardez in the Goa Professional League in 2017.

Clyde Fernandes

Clyde Cyril Fernandes (born 18 October 1993) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ozone FC in the I-League 2nd Division.

Colin Methven

Colin John Methven (born 10 December 1955) is a Scottish former professional footballer. A centre-half, Methven began his career with East Fife in 1974, whilst also working as a mineworker. He went on to make 154 league appearances and score fifteen goals in five years, before joining Wigan Athletic in September 1979 for a fee of £30,000.

Collin Abranches

Collin Abranches (born 12 December 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a defender for I-League side Gokulam Kerala.

Connor Williams

Connor Cecil Williams (born 7 August 1973 in Gujarat) is an Indian first class cricketer, who played for Baroda. He is a left-handed opening batsman.

Cotah Ramaswami

Cotah Ramaswami – sometimes written as Cota or Cotar – (born 16 June 1896, presumed to have died in January 1990) was a double sports international who represented India in cricket and tennis.

Creson Antao

Creson Antao (born 22 December 1983) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender for Sporting Clube de Goa in the I-League.

CV Stephen

Cheepurapalli Veeraghavulu Stephen (born 3 December 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Andhra cricket team. He is a left-arm medium-fast bowler, who played for Andhra Under-16s and Andhra Under-19s before making his debut for Andhra. He was selected in the South Zone squad for the 2014–15 Deodhar Trophy.

Cyril C. Valloor

Cyril Chakkunny Valloor is a former India men's national volleyball team player from Kerala. He represented the country in several competitions, including the 1986 Seoul Asian Games where he captained the Indian team that won the bronze medal. This was arguably one of the best volleyball team sent by India to an Asian games.

Cyril Michie

Cyril James Michie (20 August 1900 – 10 November 1966) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was educated at Goethals Memorial School in Kurseong and was a team-mate of Joseph Galibardy, who was at the same school. In 1936, he was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal.

Cyril Tamplin

Clifford Tamplin (14 May 1920 – 1 February 2006), also known as Cyril Tamplin, was a Welsh cricketer. Tamplin was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicket-keeper. Tamplin was born in Cardiff, Glamorgan in May 1920.

Cyrus Poncha

D Tamil Kumaran

Dakshinamoorthy Tamil Kumaran (born 24 November 1983) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu. He took most wickets in the 2006–07 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with a total of 16 dismissals from 7 matches.

D. B. Deodhar

Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948.

D. D. Desai

Dinkar Desai (21 October 1916 – 26 December 1985) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in three Test matches between 1955 and 1956.

D. Ethiraj

Dharmalingam Ethiraj (1 July 1934 – 11 December 2020) was an Indian footballer who represented India national team at the 1962 Asian Games and won a gold. He was the oldest player in the young yet talented Indian Team. Ethiraj joined the Indian Army in 1948 and served in the Madras Sappers.

D. G. Hathiramani

Dayaram Gangaram Hathiramani was an Indian merchant, philanthropist and table tennis player and coach. He later naturalized as a Ghanaian. He was very instrumental in establishing the game of table tennis in Ghana.

D. J. Gokulakrishnan

Jayaraman Gokulakrishnan (4 January 1973 – 11 October 2023), better known as D. J. Gokulakrishnan, was an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Tamil Nadu, Goa and Assam.

D. K. Khullar

Darshan Kumar Khullar is an Indian mountaineer, writer and a former Brigadier of the Indian Army. He led the Everest expedition which included Bachendri Pal and Phu Dorjee that summitted the peak in May 1984. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1984.

D. N. Devine Jones

Desmond Neville Devine-Jones (15 August 1928 – 11 July 2010) was a Brigadier in the Army Physical Training Corps (APTC) of the Indian Army. He was part of the 1951 Indian Men's Football team at the 1951 Asian Games which won the gold medal in Delhi. Devine-Jones was also the boxing coach for the Indian Olympic team for the 1972 Munich Olympics, as well as the country's flag bearer.

D. P. Manu

D.S. Yadav

Dharmendra Singh Yadav (born 29 December 1972) is an Indian boxer who won a bronze medal in 1990 Asian Championship. He received Arjuna Award for boxing in 1991. Yadav represented India 19 times in international events from 1989 to 1994.

Dadabhoy Havewala

Dadabhoy Rustomji "Dady" Havewala (sometimes spelt Havewalla) (27 November 1908 – 21 July 1982) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1934 to 1941. Havewala became famous in India before he played first-class cricket. In the final of the Times of India Shield in Bombay in December 1933, he scored 515 (with 32 sixes and 56 fours) as well as taking 11 wickets.