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Jaideep Deswal
Jaideep Singh Deswal (born 30 December 1989) is an Indian athletics competitor, representing India at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, in the discus throw event under F42 classification. He underwent training at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, for the Games. He is supported by GoSports Foundation through the Para champions programme.
James Hall
James Stanton Hall (2 January 1903 – 20 May 1929) was an Indian sprinter. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.
Jata Shankar
Jata Shankar (born 20 June 1972) is an Indian sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Jauna Murmu
Jauna Murmu (born 16 August 1990) is an Indian sprint runner and hurdler from Odisha who specializes in 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles. She belongs to Mayurbhanj District of Odisha. She has received coaching from Arun Kumar Das and Subash Chandra Dasmohapatra.
Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha
Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha (born 14 January 1978) is an Indian former heptathlete. Her personal best of 6211 points, achieved in 2004, is a national record. Shobha represented India in heptathlon event at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Jayanti Behera
Jayanti Behera (born 11 June 1999) is a track & field paralympic athlete who represents India in the Women's 200m, 400m, and 800m event. She is a world youth champion in the TR 400m event and she has also won the gold medal at the recent National Para Athletics Championships 2018 in Panchkula. She is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.
Jesse Sandesh
Jesse Sandesh (born 22 October 1995) is an Indian athlete who competes in high jump. He is named as part of the Indian team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. He made it to the finals on October 4, 2023.
Jeswin Aldrin
Jeswin Aldrin (born 24 December 2001) is an Indian long jumper who holds the national record with a jump of 8.42 m. Aldrin represented India at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the men's long jump event.
Jim Vickers
James Henry "Jim" Vickers (7 December 1922 – 6 December 2016) was an Indian hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Jincy Phillip
Jincy Phillip (born 12 April 1977) is an Indian sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a gold and silver medal, at the 2002 and the 1998 Asian Games respectively.
Jinson Johnson
Jinson Johnson (born 15 March 1991) is an Indian former middle-distance runner. 24 set at 2019 ISTAF Berlin. He was honored with the Arjuna Award in 2018.
Jisna Mathew
Jisna Mathew (born 7 January 1999) is an Indian track and field sprinter who specializes in 400 m events. She represented India in 2016 Rio Olympics.
Jithin Thomas
Jithin C. Thomas (born 1 June 1990) is an Indian high jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2013 Asian Championships.
Jora Singh
Jora Singh (born 1 January 1979) is an Indian track and field athlete from Haryana who specializes in the decathlon. Jora held the Indian National record of 7502 points set during the Federation Cup held in New Delhi on 2 March 2006 before being broken by Bharatinder Singh in 2011. He broke Kulwinder Singh's previous mark of 7325 points, registered in Chennai in August 2005.
Joseph Abraham
Joseph Abraham (born 11 September 1981) is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. 51 seconds set during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka on 26 August 2007. At Osaka, Abraham became the first Indian male athlete to clear the opening round of an event in the World Athletics Championships when he reached the 400m hurdles semifinals.
Jugraj Singh
Jugraj Singh Maan (born 1950), also spelled Jagraj Singh Maan, is an Indian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He played Olympics in 1972 Munich [West Germany].
Jyothi Yarraji
Jyothi Yarraji (born 28 August 1999) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in 100 m hurdles. She is the national record holder in 100 m hurdles. Yarraji is a two-time Asian champion, having won gold medals in the 100m hurdles at the 2023 and 2025 editions of the Asian Championships.
Jyothika Sri Dandi
Jyothika Sri Dandi (born 16 July 2000) is an Indian sprinter. In 2023, she became Indian national champion over 400 metres.
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian politician and former sportswoman. She served as member of parliament of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from the Krishnagar constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha. She was defeated in the 2009 Indian general election by the actor turned politician Tapas Paul of the Trinamool Congress.
K J Manoj Lal
K. J. Manoj Lal (born 16 May 1978) is an Indian Olympic athlete from Kerala. He was coached by Thankachan Mathew and represented India at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He ran 400 metres in 46.01 seconds.
K. K. Premachandran
K. K. Premachandran was an Indian track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters event. He won a silver medal in the 400 meters event in the 1982 Asian Games and was hailed as the successor to Milkha Singh.
K. Krishna Mohan
K. Krishna Mohan (born 21 August 1984) is an Indian track and field athlete who became the first Indian to break the 14 second barrier in 110 metre hurdles. He held the national record of 13.96 seconds for 110 meter hurdles, which was set at the 48th National Open Athletic Championship held in Kochi on 10 September 2008.
K. M. Beenamol
Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, popularly known as K. M. Beenamol (born 15 August 1975, from Kombodinjal, Idukki district, Kerala) is an Indian international athlete.
K. M. Binu
Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Binu (born 20 December 1980) is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala who specializes in 400 metres and 800 metres. 32 sec in the Commonwealth games, Gold coast 2018 sec. 73 s at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
K. S. Jeevan
Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh (born 26 January 1993) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He was part of the Indian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team that won the silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games. 48 in the heats of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay of 2018 Asian Games.
Kachnar Chaudhary
Kachnar Chaudhary is an Indian track and field athlete and police inspector who specializes in shot put. In 2016, she set the national record for under-18 girls in shot put. Chaudhary has represented India in several competitions, including the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei and the 2019 South Asian Games, where she won a bronze medal.
Kamaljeet Sandhu
Kamaljeet Kaur Kooner nee Sandhu (born 20 August 1948) is an Indian athlete who won gold medal at the 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in the women's 400 m race. 3 seconds. She is the first Indian woman athlete to win an individual gold medal at Asian games.
Kamalpreet Kaur
Kamalpreet Kaur Bal (born 4 March 1996) is an Indian discus thrower. 59 m set in 2021. Kamalpreet represented India in the women's discus throw event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she finished sixth in the finals.
Karan Hegiste
Karan Hegiste (born 23 March 2002) is an Indian sprinter. He was a gold medallist at the 3rd Asian Youth Games. He also represented Team India in the 100m race in that event.
Kartik Kumar
Kartik Kumar (born 12 May 1999) is an Indian long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 m event at the 2022 Asian Games. In November 2025, Kumar was issued with a three-year ban backdated to April 2025 by the United States Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for methandienone, stanozolol, clostebol, and testosterone.
Kashinath Naik
Kashinath Naik (born 12 May 1983) is an Indian professional javelin thrower. 29 meters. He holds the post of Naib Subedar in the Indian Army.
Kavita Raut
Kavita Tungar (née Raut, born 5 May 1985) is an Indian long-distance runner from Nashik, Maharashtra. She holds the current national record for 10 km road running with a timing of 34:32 as well as the current national record in the half marathon with a timing of 1:12:50. She won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the first individual track medal by an Indian woman athlete at the Commonwealth Games.
Kenneth Powell
Kenneth Lawrence Powell (20 April 1940 – 11 December 2022), popularly known as "The Gentleman Sprinter", was an Indian track and field athlete from the state of Karnataka. He competed in the 1964 Olympics and the 1970 Asian Games. He was a recipient of the Government of India's Arjuna Award in 1965 and Government of Karnataka's Rajyotsava Award in 2018.
Kheta Ram
Kheta Ram aka Khetha Ram / KhetaRam (born 20 September 1986) is an Indian athlete and two time Asian Championships finalist who represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon event. He finished 26th in the men's marathon at the Rio Olympics. He is also in the Indian Army.
Khushbir Kaur
Khushbir Kaur (born 9 July 1993) is an Indian athlete, a 20-kilometre racewalker. 2 mi) walk race at the 2012 Asian Junior Athletics Championships held at Colombo, Sri Lanka. She participated in the 2013 World Championships in the 20 km walk category.
Kiran Baliyan
Kiran Baliyan (born 6 March 2000) is a shot putter, hailing from Meerut.
Kiran Pahal
Kiran Pahal (5 August 2000) is an Indian athlete from Haryana. She specialises in 400 metres run. She is the second athlete from India to go sub-51sec in 2024.
KM. Chanda
Kumari Chanda (16 August 2001) is an Indian middle-distance runner. She won a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships women's 800 metres.
Kripal Singh Batth
Kirpal Singh Batth (born 19 May 1992) is an Indian discus thrower.
Krishan Kumar
Krishan Kumar (born 12 October 1997) is an Indian athlete. He competes in 800m event. He is named in the Indian athletics team for the 800m event for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.
Krishna Poonia
Krishna Poonia (born 5 May 1977) is an Indian politician and former discus thrower. A former Commonwealth Games Champion, she represented India in the women's discus throw event at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In recognition of her contributions to Indian athletics, she received the Arjuna Award in 2010 and the Padma Shri in 2011.
Kshipra Joshi
Kshipra Joshi (born 1994) is a former Indian rhythmic gymnast who competed in the 2010 Gymnastics World Championships and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Kshipra now a coach at Premier rhythmic gymnastics academy. She is also recognised as an International level judge by the International Gymnastics Federation.
Kumaravel Premkumar
Kumaravel Premkumar (born 2 June 1993) is an Indian long jumper from Tamil Nadu. He is the national record-holder in both the indoor and outdoor long jump. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and a silver at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships.
Kunhu Muhammed
Kunhu Muhammed Puthanpurakkal (born 5 March 1987) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He participated in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In July 2016, Muhammed was part of the relay team that broke the national 4 × 400 metres relay at Bangalore and qualified for the Olympics.
Kutty Saramma
Kalavati 'Kutty' Saramma (born 25 February 1971) is an Indian former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres event. She was also a part of the Indian 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay teams. She is a winner of the G. V. Raja Award, which was awarded to her in 1991–92 and in 1993, she was awarded the Arjuna Award by the government of India.
Labh Singh
Labh Singh (born 25 April 1939) is an Indian athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Lal Chand
Lal Chand (born 19 July 1928) is an Indian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Lalit Mathur
Lalit Mathur (born 18 December 1994) is an Indian sprinter. He was part of India's six-member 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.