Sandeep Kumar (race walker)
 Sandeep in 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sandeep Kumar Punia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||||||||
| Branch |  Indian Army | ||||||||||||||
| Service years | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | Subedar | ||||||||||||||
| Unit | Jat Regiment | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Race walk | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ronald Weigel | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 10 km race walk: 38:49.21 NR (2022) 50 km race walk: 3:55:59 NR (2017) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sandeep Kumar Punia (born 1 May 1986) is an Indian race walker. Sandeep represented India in the 50 km race walk event at the 2016 Rio Olympics and in the 20 km race walk event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[2] In the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he won a bronze in the 10 km race walk event.[3]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
