Asian Games 2023: List of Indian debutants who won medal

The Asian Games 2023, held in the vibrant city of Hangzhou, China will be etched in India's sporting history as a momentous occasion. India's contingent secured a record-breaking 107 medals, and what sets this achievement apart is the remarkable contribution of debutante athletes.

Avinash Sable secured a gold medal in the 3000m Steeplechase and added another feather to his cap with a silver medal in the 5000m, showcasing his immense potential. Another young prodigy, Ojas Deotale, made headlines with his outstanding achievements in archery. Deotale clinched a remarkable hat-trick of gold medals in the men's individual, team, and mixed-team compound archery events. 

Let's take a look at all the debutants who returned to India with a medal around their neck.

Archery 

• Dhiraj Bommadevara(Men's recurve)
• Tushar Shelke(Men's recurve)
• Bhajan Kaur(Women's recurve)-18
• Simranjeet Kaur(Women's recurve)
• Prathamesh Jawkar(Men's Compound)-20
• Ojas Deotale(Men's Compound)
• Aditi Swami(Women's Compound)-17
• Parneet Kaur(Women's Compound)-18

Athletics

• Kishore Jena(Men's Javelin)
• Praveen Chitravel(Men's Triple Jump)
• Ajay Saroj(Men's 1500)
• Muhammed Afsal(Men's 800)
• Karthik Kumar(Men's 10000)
• Gulveer Singh(Men's 10000)
• Avinash Sable(Men's 3000 SC)
• Tejaswin Shankar(Men's Decathlon)
• Ram Baboo(Men's Racewalk)
• Nihal William(Men's Relay)
• Rahul Baby(Men's Relay)
• Muhammad Ajmal(Men's Relay)
• Amoj Jacob(Men's Relay)
• Mijo Kurian(Men's Relay)
• Rajesh Ramesh(Men's Relay)
• Arul Rajalingam(Men's Relay)
• Ancy Sojan(Women"s Long Jump)
• Parul Chaudhary(Women's 3000 SC)
• Kiran Baliyan(Women's Shot Put)
• Vithya Ramraj(Women's 400 H)
• Nandini Agasara(Women's Heptathlon)
• Harmilan Bains(Women's 800)
• Jyoti Yarraji(Women's 100 H)
• Soniya Baishya(Women's Relay)
• Florence Barla(Women's Relay)
• Subha Venkateshan(Women's Relay)
• Aishwarya Mishra(Women's Relay)
• Himanshi Malik(Women's Relay)
• Jisna Mathew(Women's Relay)

Badminton

• Lakshya Sen(Men's team)
• Mithun Manjunath(Men's team)
• Dhruv Kapila(Men's team)
• MR.Arjun(Men's team)

Boxing

• Narendra
• Preeti
• Parveen
• Nikhat Zareen
• Lovlina Borgohain

Shooting

• Arjun Cheema
• Sarabjot Singh
• Shiva Narwal
• Divyansh Panwar
• Rudranksh Patil
• Aishwary Tomar
• Adarsh Singh
• Vijayveer Sidhu
• Swapnil Kusale
• Anantjeet Naruka
• Gujoat Khangura
• Prithviraj Toindaman
• Zoravar Singh
• Divya Subbaraju
• Palak
• Esha Singh
• Ashi Chouksey
• Mehuli Ghosh
• Ramita
• Rhythm Sangwan
• Manini Kaushik
• Sift Kaur
• Rajeshwari Kumari

Golf: Aditi Ashok

Squash

• Abhay Singh
• Anahat Singh

Sailing

• Vishnu Saravanan
• Eabad Ali
• Neha Thakur

Wrestling

• Aman,
• Deepak Punia,
• Antim Panghal
• Sunil Kumar
• Sonam Malik

Equestrian: Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwala, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela

Hockey:

Men's team: Abhishek, Gurjant Singh, Hardik Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Shamsher Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma

Women's team: Nisha Warsi, Sonika, Ishika Chaudhary, Bichu Devi, Sangita Kumari, Vaishnavi Phalke, Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete 

Kabaddi:

Men's team: Nitesh Kumar, Parvesh, Sachin, Vishal Bhardwaj, Arjun Deshwal, Aslam Inamdar, Naveen Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Nitin Rawal, Akash Shinde

Women's team: Akshima, Jyoti, Pooja, Pushpa Rana, Nidhi Sharma, Sushma Sharma, Snehal Shinde