Do India's Medals Come From Haryana? Statistically Verifying Deepender Hooda's Claims

Published 4 August 2026 · local

Do India's Medals Come From Haryana? Statistically Verifying Deepender Hooda's Claims Published By, Last Updated: August 04, 2026, 15:18 IST After Deepender Singh Hooda questioned

Do India's Medals Come From Haryana? Statistically Verifying Deepender Hooda's Claims Published By, Last Updated: August 04, 2026, 15:18 IST After Deepender Singh Hooda questioned Gujarat hosting the 2030 CWG, here is a look at Haryana's dominance in Olympics, Asian Games and CWG medal tallies over the years. Rapid Read Preeti Pawar, Neeraj Chopra and Jaismine Lamboria were some of Haryana's top athletes at 2026 CWG (Picture credit: AP) Haryana’s Member of Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda on Monday went viral after he claimed that Gujarat shouldn’t have been awarded the 2030 Commonwealth Games, even though most Indian medallists come from the state of Haryana, while athletes from Gujarat did not even bag a single medal in this CWG. Notably, the centenary edition of the CWG will be hosted in Ahmedabad in 2030, only the second time India has hosted the mega-event, the last time being 2010, when it was held in the national capital. Haryana athletes bagged 10 out of India’s 39 medals at the 2026 CWG, which included seven of the 13 gold medals that India won. These athletes were Sharmila Dhankar (Women’s shot put F57), boxers Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Sakshi Chaudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Panghal, Neeraj Chopra, Narender Berwal and Seema Kaliramna. But has Haryana historically been India’s most successful sporting state? Let’s take at India’s recent performance in multi-sport events 2024 Paris Olympics At the Paris edition of the event, India won six medals, one of them being a team medal from hockey. Among the remaining five, four were from Haryana athletes, namely Neeraj, Manu Bhaker, Sarabjot Singh and Aman Sehrawat. Athlete Sport Medal State Neeraj Chopra Athletics (Javelin Throw) Silver Haryana Manu Bhaker Shooting (10m Air Pistol) Bronze Haryana Manu Bhaker & Sarabjot Singh Shooting (10m Air Pistol Mixed Team) Bronze Haryana Aman Sehrawat Wrestling (Men’s Freestyle 57kg) Bronze Haryana Abhishek Nain Hockey (Men’s Team) Bronze Haryana Swapnil Kusale Shooting (50m Rifle 3 Positions) Bronze Maharashtra 2023 Asian Games (deferred from 2022) At the Hangzhou edition of the event, India won a whopping 106 medals, 38 of them being team medals from shooting, cricket, etc.

Among the remaining 68, 16 were from Haryana athletes, namely Neeraj, wrestlers Aman and Deepak Punia and shooters Palak Gulia and Ramita Jindal, among others. Athlete Sport Event Medal Neeraj Chopra Athletics Men’s Javelin Throw Gold Annu Rani Athletics Women’s Javelin Throw Gold Parul Chaudhary Athletics Women’s 5000m Gold Palak Gulia Shooting Women’s 10m Air Pistol Team Gold Palak Gulia Shooting Women’s 10m Air Pistol Individual Gold Ramita Jindal Shooting Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team Silver Aditi Gopichand Swami Archery Women’s Compound Team Silver Seema Punia Athletics Women’s Discus Throw Bronze Preeti Pawar Boxing Women’s 54kg Bronze Narender Berwal Boxing Men’s +92kg Bronze Parveen Hooda Boxing Women’s 57kg Bronze Priti Lamba Athletics Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Bronze Antim Panghal Wrestling Women’s 53kg Bronze Kiran Wrestling Women’s 76kg Bronze Aman Sehrawat Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 57kg Bronze Sunil Kumar Wrestling Greco-Roman 87 kg Bronze In addition to these individual medallists, multiple Haryana athletes were members of India’s medal-winning teams in hockey, cricket, kabaddi, archery, shooting and athletics relay events, taking the state’s overall contribution to 33 medals at the Games. Punjab was second-best on the list, winning 32 medals. 2022 Birmingham CWG At the Birmingham edition of the event, Haryana had 15 individual medallists and six team medallists, belonging to cricket and hockey. Out of the individual medallists, eight were gold medal winners. India won 61 medals in total, which had six team event medals. Athlete Sport Event Medal Bajrang Punia Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 65kg Gold Sakshi Malik Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 62kg Gold Deepak Punia Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 86kg Gold Ravi Kumar Dahiya Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 57kg Gold Naveen Kumar Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 74kg Gold Vinesh Phogat Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 53kg Gold Nitu Ghanghas Boxing Women’s 48kg Gold Amit Panghal Boxing Men’s 51kg Gold Anshu Malik Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 57kg Silver Sagar Ahlawat Boxing Men’s +92kg Silver Abhishek Hockey Men’s Team Silver Rohit Tokas Boxing Men’s 67kg Bronze Jaismine Lamboria Boxing Women’s 60kg Bronze Pooja Gehlot Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 50kg Bronze Pooja Sihag Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 76kg Bronze Deepak Nehra Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 97kg Bronze Savita Punia, Udita Duhan Hockey Women’s Team Bronze 2021 Tokyo Olympics At the Tokyo Olympics, India won seven medals, including a historic hockey team bronze.