India's athletes, on one page.

Raju Bhavsar

Raju Bhavsar is a former Indian kabaddi player. He has played for national kabaddi team and represented in international tournaments for almost eight years.

Raju Gaikwad

Raju Eknath Gaikwad (born 25 September 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for I-League 3 club Diamond Harbour FC. Gaikwad primarily plays as a centre back, but can also play as a full back and is a long throw specialist.

Raju Kulkarni

Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni (born 25 September 1962) is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Bombay as a pace and swing bowler. He took 8 for 111 in the semi-final of the Ranji Trophy in 1982–83, and played in his first One Day International in December 1983 against West Indies.

Raju Mukherjee

Satyabrata Mukherjee (born 23 October 1950), better known as Raju Mukherjee, is an Indian former cricket player, coach, selector, match referee and writer. He is the author of the book Eden Gardens: Legend and Romance.

Raju Sethi

Raju Sethi (born 22 June 1962) is an Indian former cricketer. He played thirteen first-class matches for Delhi between 1978 and 1984.

Raju Tolani

Raju Tolani (born 24 November 1960) is an Indian bridge player. He graduated from IIT BHU. He is the managing director of Schmolz + Bickenbach.

Rajvardhan Hangargekar

Rajvardhan Hangargekar (born 10 November 2002) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. He made his Twenty20 debut on 16 January 2021, for Maharashtra in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Rajwinder Kaur

Rajwinder Kaur (born 21 April 1980) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Kaur finished seventh in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat.

Rajwinder Kaur

Rajwinder Kaur (born 26 August 1984) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In November 2011, she married Gurwinder Singh, a Chandigarh-based engineer.

Rajwinder Kaur

Rajwinder Kaur (born 2 April 1984) is an Indian judoka. She won the bronze medal in the +78 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2018, she competed in the women's +78 kg event at the Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Rajwinder Kaur

Rajwinder Kaur (born 19 November 1998) is an Indian field hockey player and a former member of Indian women's hockey team. She hails from Punjab. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments.

Rajwinder Singh

Rajwinder Singh (born 7 May 1989) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Punjab.

Rajyashree Kumari

Rajyashree Kumari (born 4 June 1953) is a former competition shooter from India. She is the daughter of Dr. Karni Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, daughter of Maharaja Maharani Sushila, She is the chairperson of the Maharaja Ganga Singhji Trust and the owner of the Lalgarh Palace.

Rakesh Dhruv

Rakesh Vinubhai Dhruv (born 12 May 1981) is a former Indian cricketer who played for Gujarat in Indian domestic cricket. He was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He represented the India A cricket team in 2013.

Rakesh Krishnan

Rakesh Krishnan (born 23 July 1983) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who has played for Bengal. He was born in Calcutta.

Rakesh Kumar

Rakesh Kumar (born 15 April 1983) is a former Indian professional Kabaddi player and Coach. He was the vice-captain of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 2007 World Cup at Panvel, India. In 2011, in recognition of his achievements in the sport, he was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India.

Rakesh Kumar

Rakesh Kumar (born 13 January 1985) is an Indian compound para-archer. He won a bronze medal in the mixed team compound event at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. Kumar has also won gold medals at the 2022 Asian Para Games and the 2023 World Championships in the same event.

Rakesh Kumar Patra

Master Chief Petty Officer Rakesh Kumar Patra (born 25 February 1992) is an Indian male artistic gymnast and India's National Coach, representing his nation at international competitions. He competed 5 world championships, including 2011,2013 , 2014,2015,2017. 3 Asian games and 3 commonwealth games and 5 time India champion.

Rakesh Kumar Yadav

Rakesh Kumar Yadav (born 1 February 1981) is an Indian track and field athlete from Uttar Pradesh who specializes in Hammer throw. 16m in the discipline on 17 July 2003 during the Second National Athletic Circuit Meet in Bangalore. 13 metre mark of Ishtiaq Ahamed set there in the year 2000.

Rakesh Manpat

Rakesh Manpat is an Indian shooter from Bangalore. He completed his education from Jain University where he was in the junior division of NCC. In 2006, at 16, he became a Junior state champion, winning all gold medals.

Rakesh Masih

Rakesh Masih (born 18 March 1987) is an Indian footballer who played as a defender for the India national team.

Rakesh Mohanty

Rakesh Mohanty (born 19 September 1985) is an Indian cricketer. He played 19 first-class and 19 List A matches between 2004 and 2014. He played for the Odisha under-16 team.

Rakesh Parikh

Rakesh Parikh (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Baroda. As of January 2016, he is a member of the Indian junior team selection committee.

Rakesh Patel

Rakesh Bhanuprasad Patel (born 3 October 1978 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India), is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Ahmedabad Rockets in the Indian Cricket League. Patel, primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler, played 66 first-class matches for Gujarat and Baroda before signing for the ICL, where he first played for the Mumbai Champs before moving to the newly formed Rockets team. He scored six half-centuries at first-class level and took 234 wickets.

Rakesh Shukla

Rakesh Chandra Shukla (4 February 1948 – 29 June 2019) was an Indian cricketer.

Rakesh Solanki

Rakesh Solanki (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Baroda in domestic cricket. He is a left-hand batsman and occasional off-break bowler. He made his first-class debut for Baroda in the 2002/03 season.

Rakshit Kumar

Rakshit Dagar (born 16 October 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gokulam Kerala in the I-League.

Rakshitha Raju

Rakshitha Raju (born 15 January 2001) is an Indian runner, who is visually impaired. She takes part in the women's 1500 metres T11 category. She was selected for the Indian team that took part in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games.

Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj

Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj (born 4 April 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She won two BWF international titles winning the Slovenia Open and India International in 2024.

Rakshitta Ravi

Rakshitta Ravi (born 24 April 2005) is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Ralte Lalthuammawia

Lalthuammawia Ralte (born 28 November 1992), known as Mawia, is an Indian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bengaluru.

Ram Baboo

Ram Baboo (born 20 March 1999) is an Indian race walker. He won a bronze medal in the 35 km race walk mixed event at the 2022 Asian Games. Baboo met the qualification standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics but did not secure a berth, finishing fourth among athletes from his country, which was restricted to three entries.

Ram Dayal

Ram Dayal (born 29 October 1988) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Jammu & Kashmir.

Ram Gupta

Ram Babu Gupta (17 July 1935 – 27 April 2008) was an Indian cricket umpire who officiated in nearly three dozen international matches. He stood in 11 Test matches between 1986 and 1988 and 24 ODI games between 1985 and 1990. In 1987 he became the first Indian to officiate in a Cricket World Cup final.

Ram Kumar

Ram Malik

Ram Malik (born 10 March 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Mohun Bagan in the I-League.

Ram Mehar

Ram Mehar (born 24 May 1934) is an Indian athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Ram Prasad Ram

Ram Prasad Ram (born 11 December 1936) is an Indian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Bengal in 1963/64.

Ram Punjabi

Papan Panjabi (10 June 1928 – 25 February 2018) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in seven Test matches between 1978 and 1981 and two One Day Internationals in 1982.

Ram Singh Yadav

Ram Singh Yadav (born 7 November 1984) is an Indian marathon runner. Ram represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London. He achieved the B qualification standard (2:18:00) by clocking a time of 2:16:59 at the 2012 Mumbai Marathon, which is also his best performance in this event.

Ramachandran Ramesh

Ramachandran Ramesh (born 20 April 1976), also known as R. B. Ramesh, is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM) from Chennai who won the 2002 British Championship and the 2007 Commonwealth Championship.

Ramakant Achrekar

Ramakant Vitthal Achrekar (1932 – 2 January 2019) was an Indian cricket coach from Mumbai. He was most famous for coaching young cricketers at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai, most notably Sachin Tendulkar and Amol Muzumdar. He had also been a selector for the Mumbai cricket team.

Ramakant Desai

Ramakant Bhikaji Desai (20 June 1939 in Bombay – 27 April 1998 in Mumbai) was an Indian cricketer who represented India in Test cricket as a fast bowler from 1959 to 1968. Ramakant Desai was an Indian fast bowler, who stood 5 feet 4 inches tall, earning him the nickname "Tiny". He made his Test debut against West Indies in 1958–59 took 4/169 in 49 overs.

Ramakrishnan Ramkumar

Ramakrishnan Ramkumar (born 27 March 1980) is a first-class cricketer who played for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He was born in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. Ramkumar is a left-hand batsman and left-arm orthodox bowler.

Ramakrishnan Sridhar

Ramakrishnan Sridhar (born 16 July 1970), commonly known as R Sridhar, is a former Indian first-class cricketer and the former fielding coach of the Indian national cricket team. He played for Hyderabad cricket team from 1989/90 to 2000/01, before taking up cricket coaching in 2001.

Ramalingam Rohit

Ramalingam Rohit (born 3 May 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 6 March 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2017–18 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 25 January 2018.

Raman Bishnoi

Raman Bishnoi (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 9 December 2019, for Chandigarh in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy. He made his List A debut on 25 February 2021, for Chandigarh in the 2020–21 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Raman Chahar

Raman Chahar (born 3 December 1988) is an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Rajasthan. He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 2010-11 Ranji Trophy on 10 November 2010.