5. Sandeep Tomar
Discipline: Wrestling, 57kg freestyle
The 24-year-old Sonepat wrestler became the fourth wrestler and the third in the freestyle category to earn a Rio Olympics quota when he won a bronze medal at the first Olympic Qualifying event in Mongolia earlier this year. The Indian Navy officer was a National junior champion in 2011. Tomar has won a gold medal at the 2016 Asian Championships. Tomar began his senior journey with a gold medal at the National Wrestling Championships in 2012. Tomar kept facing stiff competition from senior wrestlers in his category but worked hard to find this way to the top.