Ajay Kumar Saroj

Ajay Kumar Saroj

Saroj at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born	1 May 1997 (1997-05) (age 28) Allahabad, India [1]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 & 1500 m
Coached by	Jaswinder Bhatia [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m – 1:49.05 (2017) 1500 m – 3:38.24(2023) [2]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   India Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou 1500 m Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Bangkok 1500 m 2017 Bhubaneswar 1500 m 2019 Doha 1500 m South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu 1500 m 2016 Guwahati 1500 m 2016 Guwahati 800 m Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat 1500 m Asian Youth Games 2013 Nanjing 1500 m

Ajay Kumar Saroj (born 1 May 1997) is an Indian middle-distance runner. He won gold medals in the 1500 m event at the 2016 South Asian Games and the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. He also won Gold medal in 1500 m event at South Asian Games 2019.

Early life

Ajay Kumar Saroj hails from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. Saroj is the youngest of three brothers, and has three sisters. His father is a farmer and his mother is a housewife. He took up athletics at age 15. ^[1]

Career

Noticing his lack of interest in academics, his family encouraged him to take up sport at a young age. An avid learner, he used to watch the Olympic Games on television to learn the nuances of athletics. Beginning his career on track with 400m, Saroj, on the suggestion of his coach, shifted his focus to 1500m & 800m.

He is currently supported by the GoSports Foundation through the GoSports Long Term Athlete Development Programme. ^[3]

References

1. Ajay Kumar Saroj is gunning for Bahadur Prasad’s 1995 national record in the 1500m after Odisha win. scroll.in
2. "Ajay Kumar SAROJ". World Athletics.
3. "Our Programmes". GoSports Foundation. Retrieved 18 June 2019.

External links

• Ajay Kumar Saroj at World Athletics
• Ajay Kumar Saroj at Olympedia