List of Indian sportswomen

This List of Indian Sportswomen includes Indian female sportspersons who brought laurels for the country at the international stage.

Indian professional badminton player P.V.Sindhu.

• Anjali Bhagwat, Shooting - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award. ^[1]
• Anju Bobby George, Long Jump ^[2]
• Apurvi Chandela, Air rifle shooting
• Anisa Sayyed, Shooting
• Anjum Chopra, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Anmol Kharb, Badminton
• Anuradha Biswal, Track and field
• Aparna Popat, Badminton - Conferred with Arjuna Award ^[3]
• Asha Agarwal, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Ashwini Ponnappa, Badminton - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Ashwini Nachappa
• Bobby Aloysius, Track and field ^[4]
• Beenamol, Track and field - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Bula Choudhury, Swimming - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Chekrovolu Swuro, Archery - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Chhanda Gayen, Mountaineering - first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
• Dipa Karmakar, Gymnastics - Came fourth in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Conferred with Khel Ratna
• Babita Kumari Phogat, Wrestling
• Deepika Kumari, Archery - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Deepika Thakur, Hockey - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Dola Banerjee, Archery - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Divya Singh, Basketball
• Dronavalli Harika, Chess - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Dutee Chand, Track and Field
• Esha Singh, Shooting sports
• Geeta Zutshi, Track and field - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Geeta Phogat, Wrestling
• Geetika Jakhar, Wrestling - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Joshna Chinappa, Squash ^[5]
• Harwant Kaur, Track and field
• Hima Das, Track and field
• Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, Track and field - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Jhulan Goswami, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Jwala Gutta, Badminton - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Kamaljeet Sandhu, Track and field - Conferred with Padma Shri
• Kavita Chahal, Boxing - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Kavita Raut, Track and field
• Koneru Humpy, Chess - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award. ^[6]
• Karnam Malleswari, Weightlifting - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award, bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney lifting 110 kg. ^[7]
• Kunjarani Devi, Weightlifting - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award.
• Krishna Poonia, Track and field
• Krushnaa Patil, Mountaineering
• Mary D'Souza Sequeira, is a field hockey player, conferred with Dhyan Chand Award.
• Mary Kom, Women's boxing - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• M D Valsamma, Track and field - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Prajusha Maliakkal, Track and field
• Manjeet Kaur, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Madhumita Bisht, Badminton - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Mithali Raj, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Neelam Jaswant Singh, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Neetu Chandra, Taekwondo - First Indian actress to compete in two international games
• Neha Aggarwal, Table tennis
• Nisha Millet, Swimming - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Prashanti Singh, Basketball - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award
• P. V. Sindhu, Badminton - Conferred with Padma Bhushan, Arjuna Award
• Pinki Pramanik Track and field
• Poulomi Ghatak, Table Tennis - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Pragnya Mohan, Triathlon
• Pritam Rani Siwach, Hockey - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Rahi Sarnobat, Shooting
• Manu Bhaker, Shooting
• Reeth Abraham, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Tayabun Nisha, Track and field.
• Renubala Chanu, Weightlifting
• Razia Sheikh, Track and field
• Santhi Soundarajan, Track and field - Winner of 11 International Medals for India and 50 for her home state Tamil Nadu.
• Saina Nehwal, Badminton - Conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Sakshi Malik, Wrestling - Won bronze medal at Rio Olympics 2016.
• Sania Mirza, Tennis - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Sandhya Agarwal, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Sarjubala Devi, Boxer - 2011 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships gold medalist.
• Sonam Malik, Wrestling
• Shikha Tandon, Swimming - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Shiny Abraham, Track and field - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• J. J. Shobha, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Seema Antil, Track and field
• Smriti Mandhana, Cricket - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Soma Biswas, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Stephie D'Souza, Track and field - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Sumitra Nayak, Rugby
• Sunita Rani, Track and field - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, Chess - Conferred with Arjuna Award
• Unnati Hooda, Badminton
• P. T. Usha, Track and field - Conferred with Padma Shri, Arjuna Award.
• Tania Sachdev, Chess - Conferred with Arjuna Award ^[8]

See also

• List of Mount Everest records of India
• Sport in India
• Sneh Rana: Woman Cricketer of India

References

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3. "Aparna Popat Profile". studyrays.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
4. "The Hindu : It's Bobby Aloysius' day". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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6. "Humpy beats Judit Polgar by three months". Chess News. 31 May 2002. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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