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Dharambir Singh
Dharambir Singh (born 10 December 1990) is an Indian sprinter, who has been banned for avoiding a compulsory drug test. In July 2016, he set a new national record in India when he won the 200 metres race at the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru. 50 seconds qualifying threshold for the 200 metres race in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Dharampal singh Gudha
Dharampal Singh Gudha, also known as Dharam Pal Singh or Dharampal Singh Gujjar, is an Indian runner who has controversially claimed to be the world's oldest marathon runner at 120.
Dilip Gavit
Dilip Mahadu Gavit (born 21 April 2003) is an Indian para-athlete competing in the T47 classification. He has the gold medal in the 400 m T47 race in the 2022 Asian Para Games and the 100 m T47 race in the 2026 Commonwealth Games. He also represented 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Dutee Chand
Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian former sprinter who specialized in the women's 100 m and 200 m events. She is the third Indian woman ever to qualify for the women's 100 m event at the Olympics, and has represented India at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
Edward Sequeira
Edward Sequeira (born 6 February 1942), popularly known as Eddie, is a retired rhythmic middle distance runner from India. Essentially a half miler doing the metric mile for stamina, Sequeira also excelled in the 5,000 metres. Born on 6 February 1940 in Bombay, Eddie studied at: St.
Eldhose Paul
Eldhose Paul (born 7 November 1996) is an Indian athlete who competes in triple jump. In 2022, he became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the triple jump at the World Athletics Championships. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in men's triple jump.
Eric Prabhakar
Eric Prabhakar (23 February 1925 – 10 September 2011) was an Indian sprinter. He competed in the men's 100 metres event at the 1948 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals. He was also a Rhodes Scholar and he subsequently worked for Burmah-Shell Oil and UNESCO as well as being an active sports administrator in India.
Fauja Singh
Fauja Singh (died 14 July 2025) was a British Indian marathon runner. At the time of his birth in Punjab province in British India, birth certificates were not typically issued, so his age could not be verified by third parties. Later in life, he became a marathon runner, participating in marathons all over the world.
Florence Barla
Florence Barla (born 2001) is an Indian athlete from Jharkhand. She competes in 400m and she is named in the Indian athletics team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.
Ganapathi Krishnan
Ganapathi Krishnan (born 24 June 1989) is an Indian racewalker from Kone Goundanur, a village in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu state, India. He was selected to represent India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 20 kilometres walk.
Gayathri Govindaraj
Gayathry Govindharaj (born 27 April 1991) is an Indian athlete who competes in the 100 metres hurdles and triple jump events. She was supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a not-for-profit foundation that identifies and supports Indian athletes. She works with the Indian Income Tax department.
Geeta Zutshi
Geeta Zutshi (born 2 December 1956) is a former Indian track and field athlete. She established several national and Asian running records in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events. Zutshi won the women's silver medals for the 800 m in 1982, and for the 1500 m in both 1978 and 1982.
Girisha Nagarajegowda
Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda (born 26 January 1988), also known as Girish N. Gowda is paralympic high jumper from India. He was born with a disability in the left leg.
Gomathi Marimuthu
Gomathi Marimuthu is an Indian track and field middle-distance runner who won the gold medal in the women's 800 m at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar. She was born on 8 February in the year 1989 in Tamil Nadu.
Gopal Saini
Gopal Saini (born 1954) is a former Indian middle-distance runner. He held the national record in 3000 meters Steeplechase which was unbeaten for 37 years. 80 at the 2018 National Open Championships in Bhubaneswar.
Govindan Lakshmanan
Govindan Lakshmanan (born 5 June 1990 in Sokkurani, Pudukottai district, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian distance runner. On the track, he mostly competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but has also run the half marathon competitively.
Gulveer Singh
Gulveer Singh (born 1 June 1998) is an Indian long-distance runner. He is a Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. He has won two gold medals in the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships, a silver and bronze in the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medal in the 2022 Asian Games.
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (born 6 June 1939, in Punjab Nangli, Amritsar) is a former Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in decathlon. He participated in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in 110 hurdles, high jump and decathlon. 07 seconds.
Gurindervir Singh
Gurindervir Singh (born 24 December 2000) is an Indian sprinter. He is the current national record holder for the 60 m and 100 m. 09 at the 2026 Federation Cup in Ranchi.
Gurmeet Kaur
Gurmeet Kaur Rai (born 20 June 1970) is a retired female javelin thrower from India. 64 metres) on 17 July 2000 at a meet in Bangalore, which was the national record until 2014, when it was beaten by Annu Rani.
Gurmeet Singh
Gurmeet Singh (born 1 July 1985) is an Indian former athlete who specialized in the 20 km race walk event. Singh has represented India in the 20 km race walk event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He currently serves as a coach at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.
Gurpreet Singh
Gurpreet Singh is an Indian racewalker. He qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 after winning the Indian 50km racewalking championship with a time of 3:59:42 (his personal best). He competed in the 50km racewalking event in the Tokyo Olympics, but failed to finish due to cramps, withdrawing after 35km.
Gyan Bhalla
Gyan Bhalla (born 22 April 1910, date of death unknown) was an Indian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
H. M. Jyothi
Hiriyur Manjunath Jyothi (born 1 July 1983) is an Indian sprinter and Commonwealth games medalist. She competes in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4×100 metres relay categories. 42 seconds in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4×100 metres relay, respectively.
Hakam Singh
Hakam Singh (died 14 August 2018) was an Indian athlete who won the gold medal at the 1978 Asian Games in 20 kilometre race walk. He also won a gold in the Asian Track and Field Meeting held at Tokyo in 1979. He is a recipient of the Dhyan Chand Award.
Hamida Banu
Hamida Banu (1959 or 1960 – 7 December 2024) was an Indian athlete. She won a silver medal in 4 × 400 m relay in the 1982 Asian Games. Banu died at a hospital in Udaipur, on 7 December 2024, at the age of 64.
Hamza Chatholi
Hamza Chatoli (born 1 November 1981) is an Indian athlete who competes in the 1500 metres event. In the 2007 Asian Indoor Games, he won the gold medal in beating defending champion Abubaker Ali Kamal of Qatar and set a new games record.
Harbans Lal
Harbans Lal (born 11 April 1938) is an Indian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Hardeep Kaur
Hardeep Kaur (born 17 February 1977) is an Indian hammer thrower. She grew up in Lehel and took up the hammer throw in 1996. She finished fifth at the 2000 Asian Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2002 Asian Championships , finished fourth at the 2002 Asian Games, fifth at the 2003 Asian Championships, sixth at the 2006 Asian Games, tenth at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and fourth at the 2010 Asian Games.
Hari Chand
Hari Chand (1 April 1953 – 13 June 2022) was an Indian long-distance runner. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics, and held the national record in the 10,000 metres for 32 years.
Hari Shankar Roy
Hari Shankar Roy (born 4 April 1986) is an Indian track and field athlete from West Bengal who specialises in the high jump. 58 in) set on 28 September 2004 in Singapore during the Asian All-Stars Athletic Championship. Which was broken by Tejaswin Shankar on 10 November 2016 in Coimbatore at the National Jr athletics championships, as a 17 year old.
Hari Singh
Hari Singh (born 1961) is a former marathon runner from India. He ran at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and finished in 42nd among 67 entrants in the men's marathon with a time of 2:34:20. He also competed at the 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, finishing in 123rd with a time of 1:10:58.
Harmilan Bains
Harmilan Bains (born 23 July 1998 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India) is an Indian track athlete. She is a double silver medalist in the 800m and 1500m events at the Asian Games. She is a gold medalist at the Asian Indoor Championships.
Harminder Singh
Harminder Singh (born 9 May 1984) is a retired Indian race walker. He was placed sixth at the 2010 Asian Games and won the bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, all in the 20 kilometre event.
Harveen Srao
Harveen Srao (born 1986) is an Indian sport shooter. She won a silver medal in the Women's 10 metre air pistol team in the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
Harwant Kaur
Harwant Kaur (born 5 July 1980) is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter. She won the silver medal at the 2002 Asian Championships, finished fourth at the 2003 Asian Championships and seventh at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In addition she competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and was ranked 13th in the qualifying rounds.
Henry Rebello
Henry Malcolm Rebello (17 November 1928 – 27 August 2013) was an Indian triple jumper. He competed in India's first independent Olympic appearance in 1948 in London. He retired as a Group Captain in 1980 from the Indian Air Force.
Himashree Roy
Himashree Roy (born 15 March 1995) is an Indian athlete. She won the bronze medal in the 100 meters women's relay race along with Merlin K Joseph, Srabani Nanda and Dutee Chand in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships which concluded on July 9, 2017. She was born in Paschim Mallik Para, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal on 15 March 1995.
Ilyas Babar
Mohammed Ilyas Babar (1926 – 30 July 2002) was an Indian athletic coach. Babar was born in Gulbarga in Karnataka. He became an outstanding university athlete in Hyderabad and was the state champion in 110m hurdles between 1950 and 1957, and in long jump.
Inderjeet Singh
Inderjeet Singh (born 19 October 1988) is an Indian athlete specializing in the shot put. He won the gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships as he was a good man 2015. 70 m, his personal best at that time.
Indrajeet Patel
Indrajeet Patel (born 15 January 1994) is an Indian long-distance runner who competes in distances ranging from 3000 metres to the half marathon. He won the national title in the 10,000 metres in 2012. He was the 5000 metres champion at the 2014 All-India Inter-State Championships and is twice a winner at the Mumbai Half Marathon.
Irfan Kolothum Thodi
Naib subedar Irfan Kolothum Thodi (born 8 February 1990) is an Indian athlete and Indian Army junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) from Malappuram, Kerala. Irfan had competed in the Federation Cup at Patiala, clocking a personal best of 1:2:09 in 2012. At the London 2012 Olympics, he set the Indian national record in the 20 km walk with a timing of 1:20:21 and ranked 10th.
Ivan Jacob
Ivan Jacob (15 July 1925 – 5 February 2009) was an Indian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Jacob won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1954 Asian Games.
Jagdev Singh
Jagdev Singh (born 1931) is an Indian hurdler. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Jagdish Bishnoi
Jagdish Bishnoi (born 20 May 1972) is an Indian javelin thrower. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the men's javelin throw.
Jagmal Singh
Jagmal Singh (born 20 March 1923) is an Indian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Jagmohan Singh
Jagmohan Singh (1 April 1932 – 17 November 2020) was an Indian hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Singh died on 17 November 2020 at the age of 88.
Jagseer Singh
Jagseer Singh Mahar is an Indian Para athlete competing in Men's 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump events in the F46 category. In 2010, he was the first and only Indian player to win a gold medal in the first Asian Para Games held in Guangzhou China. Honoured with Arjuna Award in 2010.