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Sapana Sapana
Personal information
Born (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 36)
Sport
Country India
SportTrack and field
Updated on 29 August 2015

Sapana Sapana (born 2 January 1988) is a female racewalker from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[1] She has qualified to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2][3] She set a national record in the 20 km walk at the 2015 National Games with at time of 1:40:35.70.[4][5]

Punia is also a sub-inspector in the Rajasthan Police.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b Amsan, Andrew (30 December 2015). "Boosted by Rio ticket, Sapna Punia eyes better timing". India Today. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b Mukherjee, Debayan (13 May 2016). "Race walker Sapna off to Poland to train ahead of Rio Games". Times of India. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ Vinod, A. (12 February 2016). "National Games: Dutee Chand sprints to glory". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ^ Express Web Desk (1 August 2016). "Sapna Punia Profile". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 August 2016.


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