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The first Indian Athlete to qualify for Olympics 2020 is:

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Think “first ticket to Tokyo 2020” — it belongs to racewalker K.T. Irfan.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • K.T. Irfan
  • Jinson Johnson
  • Tintu Lukka
  • Sunita Rani
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The Correct Option is A

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K.T. Irfan, an Indian racewalker, became the first athlete from the country to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by clearing the qualifying time in the men's 20 km race walk at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Japan in March 2019.

  1. K.T. Irfan: The first Indian to book his Tokyo 2020 spot.
  2. Jinson Johnson: A middle distance runner, not the first qualifier.
  3. Tintu Lukka: An 800m specialist, also not the first.
  4. Sunita Rani: A retired long distance runner from an earlier era.

K.T. Irfan is therefore the correct answer.

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Olympic qualification for track and field events works by meeting a fixed time or distance standard, so checking who cleared their event's benchmark earliest points to the first qualifier.

  1. K.T. Irfan: Clocked 1 hour 20 minutes 57 seconds in the men's 20 km race walk in March 2019, beating the qualifying mark of 1 hour 21 minutes well ahead of the main track season, making his qualification the earliest among Indian athletes.
  2. Jinson Johnson: His qualifying performances in middle distance events came through the regular track season, later than March 2019.
  3. Tintu Lukka: Similarly tied to the standard track and field qualifying season rather than an early-year meet.
  4. Sunita Rani: Not part of this qualifying cycle at all, having already ended her competitive career.

Irfan's early 2019 race walk performance made him the first to clear the Olympic benchmark among these athletes.

So the correct answer is K.T. Irfan.

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