India's athletes, on one page.

Joshna Chinappa

Joshna Chinappa (born 15 September 1986) is an Indian squash player. She became the youngest Indian national champion at the age of 14. She is a two-time World Champion and four-time Asian Champion.

Jovel Martins

Jovel Martins (born 15 August 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Churchill Brothers in the I-League.

Joy Ferrao

Joy Ferrao (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian footballer who plays as a forward for Dempo S.C. in the I-League. Joy Ferrao was originally a youth player for Vasco SC and broke into the first-team in 2010 and became the top scorer for club and the whole league during the 2010 I-League 2nd Division.

Joy Zinto

Joy Jivankumar Zinto (born 7 August 1965) is a former international cricketer who represented the American national team between 1998 and 2002. He was born in India, and played first-class cricket there before emigrating to the United States. Zinto was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Joydeep Banik

Joydeep Banik (born 25 February 1993) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Tripura in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 6 March 2017. He made his first-class debut for Tripura in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 14 December 2018.

Joydeep Bhattacharjee

Joydeep Bhattacharjee (born 28 December 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Tripura in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 13 December 2015. He made his Twenty20 debut for Tripura in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 31 January 2017.

Joydeep Karmakar

Joydeep Karmakar (Bengali: জয়দীপ কর্মকার; born 7 September 1979) is an Indian sports shooter from Kolkata, West Bengal. Starting his sports career in 1989, he represented India in rifle prone events in various championships. He became a Junior National Champion in his first Nationals in 1994.

Joydeep Mukherjee

Joydeep Mukherjee (born 5 February 1967) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Bengal. He took up various coaching roles after his playing career.

Joyner Lourenco

Joyner Monte Lourenco (born 8 September 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender.

Judah Reuben

Judah Reuben (21 January 1922 – 13 November 2006) was an Indian cricket umpire. Reuben began umpiring first-class cricket in 1960, and made his Test debut in 1969. He umpired ten Test matches between 1969 and 1977.

Jude Menezes

Jude Sebastian

Jude Felix Sebastian (born 26 January 1965) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. He has capped over 250 matches, including 2 World Cups, 2 Asian Games, and 3 Champions Trophy tournaments.

Judit Cleetus

Judit Peter (born 1 November 1987) is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team as a wicket-keeper. In July 2018, she was named in the UAE squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut against the Netherlands in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.

Jugraj Singh

Jugraj Singh (born 22 April 1983) is a former Indian field hockey player whose playing career was cut short by a 2003 car accident. Born in 1983 to a Sikh family in Punjab, the former Punjab policeman was a self-coached, drag-flicker defender who later became a coach. A product of the Surjeet Singh Hockey Academy in Jalandhar and the Air India Hockey Academy in Delhi, Singh played left fullback for the Punjab Police team in Jalandhar; he made his international debut in the 2001 under-18 Asia Cup in Ipoh.

Jugraj Singh

Jugraj Singh (born 11 December 1996) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a defender for the Indian national team.

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].

Juhi Dewangan

Juhi Dewangan (born 25 May 1994) is an Indian badminton player.

Juhi Singh

Juhi Singh (born 29 July 2007) is an Indian professional footballer from Delhi, who plays as a defender for the Indian Women's League club Garhwal United and the India national football team.

Juli Kishan

Juli Kishan (born 8 May 1999) is an Indian professional footballer from Odisha, who plays as a defender for the Indian Women's League club Nita and the India women's national football team. She has also played for Odisha Police and East Coast Railways.

Justin Stephen

Justin Stephen (born 1988) is an Indian footballer who played as a centre back.

Jwala Gutta

Jwala Gutta (born 7 September 1983) is an Indian badminton player. Beginning in the late 1990s, she represented India at international events in both mixed and women's doubles formats. She has a total of 316 match wins in both the disciplines—the most by any Indian—and peaked at no.

Jyoshna Sabar

Jyoshna Sabar (born 25 October 2008) is an Indian weightlifter. She broke the Asian Youth Record at the 2024 Asian Youth Championships, lifting a total of 135 kg in the 40 kg category.

Jyothi Edula

Edula Jyothi Reddy (born 30 May 2002) is an Indian field hockey player from Telangana. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a midfielder. She plays for Railway Sports Promotion Board and Telangana Hockey in the domestic tournaments.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam

Jyothi Surekha Vennam (born 3 July 1996) is an Indian archer. She competes in the compound discipline, a non-Olympic event debuting at the 2028 LA Olympics. She has won gold medals at the World Championships, World Cup, Asian Games and the Asian Championships.

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.

Jyoti

Jyoti (born 17 December 1985) is an Indian wrestler. She represented India in the women's freestyle 75 kg category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in which she placed fourth.

Jyoti

Jyoti Rumavat (born 11 December 1999) is an Indian field hockey player from Haryana. She plays as a forward for the national team. Rumavat plats for Soorma Hockey Club in Hockey India League.

Jyoti Ann Burrett

Jyoti Ann Burrett (born 18 September 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays for the FD Women's League club Royal Rangers. She started her career with Delhi state team, and has played for Kickstart and Hans Capital in the Indian Women's League.

Jyoti Chhatri

Jyoti Chhatri (born 8 March 2003) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team. She hails from Panposh in Odisha. She is a product of Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre.

Jyoti Chouhan

Jyoti Chouhan (born 6 July 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Ligat Nashim First Division club Bnot Netanya and the India national football team.

Jyoti Dutta

Jyoti Dutta (26 April 1926 – 7 January 2010) was an Indian cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Bengal in 1958/59.

Jyoti Randhawa

Jyotinder Singh Randhawa (born 4 May 1972) is an Indian professional golfer. He plays on the Asian Tour where he won eight times between 1998 and 2009. He was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009.

Jyoti Shukla

Jyoti Shukla (born 17 July 1996) is a handball player from Uttar Pradesh. She plays for the India women’s National Handball team as a line player. She plays for Uttar Pradesh in the domestic events.

Jyoti Singh

Jyoti Singh (born 6 October 2004) is an Indian hockey player from Haryana. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a defender. She played for JSW Soorma Hockey Club in the Women's Hockey India League 2025.

Jyoti Sunita Kullu

Jyoti Sunita Kullu (born 9 September 1978 in Sundargarh, Odisha) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She made her international debut for India in 1996 in Delhi at the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. In 2002, she became the top scorer of the Champions Challenge tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa, with five goals in six matches.

Jyoti Yadav

Jyoti Prasad Yadav (born 26 September 1977) is an Indian first class cricketer from Allahabad. A left-handed middle order batsman, Yadav plays for and captains Uttar Pradesh. He made his first class debut in 1994/95 playing for Uttar Pradesh against Kerala in the KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow.

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.

Jyotish Das

Jyotish Das (born 6 January 1973) is an Indian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Bengal in 1999/00.

Jyotshna Polavarapu

Jyotshna Polavarapu (born 22 December 1988) is an Indian badminton player. She plays both doubles and mixed doubles. She partnered Pradnya Gadre earlier for women's doubles events.

Jyotsna Patel

Jyotsna Patel (also Jyotsana Patel) is a former Test cricketer who represented India. She was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and played two Test matches for India. Jyotsna's experience as a cricketer includes playing at the national level representing India against Australia, New Zealand, and the West Indies from 1974 to 1978.

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 Lalrinfela

Khiangte Lalrinfela (born 11 March 2000), commonly known by his nickname Mafela, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Odisha.

K Lalthathanga

Lalthathanga Khawlhring (born 30 March 1998), commonly known as Puitea, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Indian Super League club Odisha.

K Priyanka

Priyanka K (born 2001) is an Indian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master, which she earned in 2019.

K. B. Ramaswamy

K. B. Ramaswamy (born 20 February 1929) is a former Indian cricket umpire. In an international umpiring career that started in 1976, Ramaswamy stood in eight Test matches between 1976 and 1983 and two ODI games, in 1982.

K. D. Singh

Kunwar Digvijay Singh (2 February 1922 – 27 March 1978), popularly known as "Babu", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He is widely known for his passing ability and is considered by many to be the greatest dribbler of the game comparable only to Dhyan Chand.

K. G. Lakshminarayan

K. G. Lakshminarayan (born 31 March 1953) is a former Indian cricket umpire. At the international level, he has only stood in one ODI game, in 2002.