Gurmeet Singh (race walker)

Gurmeet Singh

Personal information
Born	(1985-07-01) 1 July 1985 (age 40) [1] Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	20 km race walk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1:20:29 (Nomi, 2016)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   India Asian Race Walking Championships 2016 Nomi 20km walk 2012 Nomi 20km walk 2013 Nomi 20km walk 2014 Nomi 20km walk

Gurmeet Singh (born 1 July 1985) is an Indian former athlete who specialized in the 20 km race walk event. Singh has represented India in the 20 km race walk event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. ^[2] He currently serves as a coach at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.

Early and personal life

Singh was born in a small village in the Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand. He considers his cousin Surjit Singh, who was a discus thrower, his inspiration for choosing athletics.

Singh is married to Deepmala Devi, also a 20 km race walker. ^[3]

Career

Singh won a silver in the National Junior Championships in 2000. He finished fifth in the 2001 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Brunei. ^[4]

His career turned around in late 2010, when he started training at Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru centre under the coach Ramakrishnan Gandhi.

In March 2012, he walked a time of 1:21:31 at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan. ^[3] He was one of the three Indian athletes who qualified for the 2012 London Olympics in 20 km race walk event with an 'A' qualification standard (1:22:30). ^{[5] [6]} He achieved this berth in the 18th Dublin International Grand Prix in Ireland after finishing sixth with a time of 1:22:05. ^[7]

In March 2016, he clinched a gold medal in the Asian Race Walking Championships finishing in 1:20:29. He also participated in the 20 km race walk event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

References

1. "Gurmeet Singh IAAF profile". iaaf.org. IAAF . Retrieved 26 June 2012.
2. "Olympedia – Gurmeet Singh". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
3. "The loneliness of the long-distance walkers". The Hindu. 7 July 2012.
4. "Gurmeet Singh". intoday.in India Today. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
5. "Berth for Baljinder, silver for Gurmeet". The Hindu . thehindu.com. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
6. "10 Mittal Champions qualify for London Olympics Games 2012". mittalchampionstrust.com. Mittal Champions Trust. 31 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
7. "Victories go to China and Finland in Dublin". iaaf.org. IAAF. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2012.

External links

• Gurmeet Singh at World Athletics