Sandeep Kumar (racewalker)
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 Sandeep Kumar in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 May 1986 Mahendragarh, Haryana,[1] India | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | racewalking | ||||||||||||||
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Sandeep Kumar (born 1 May 1986) is an Indian racewalker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.
He also participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics where he finished in 35th at the 50 kilometres race walk with a time of 4:07:55.[2][3] He participated in 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 20 kilometres race walk and finished 23rd.
He currently hold the national records for both 50km and 20km race walking.In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games,he won a bronze in the men's 10,000m racewalk event.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Road to Rio: Sandeep Kumar Poonia aims to put India on global race walking map at Olympics". Firstpost. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Men's 50 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Sandeep Kumar finishes 34th in 50km Race Walk". India Today. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "CWG 2022: Sandeep Kumar wins bronze in men's 10,000m racewalk". The_Times_of_India. 7 August 2022.
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