Harinder Pal Sandhu

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Harinder Pal Sandhu
Full nameHarinder Pal Singh Sandhu
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Residence Chennai, India
Born (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989 (age 34)
Chandigarh, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
RetiredActive
PlaysRight Handed
Coached byMajor Maniam & Cyrus Poncha
Racquet usedWilson
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 47 (April, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 115 (March, 2020)
Title(s)8
Tour final(s)14
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
World Doubles Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016 DarwinMixed doubles
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Incheon Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Hangzhou Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Guangzhou Team
South Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Nepal Singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 NepalTeam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 India Singles
Last updated: 13 April 2022.

Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (born 31 March 1989 in Chandigarh), known as Harinder Pal Sandhu, is an Indian professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 47 in April 2018. [1] [2]

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He was a part of the Indian team, who won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon. [3] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the first match 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4 against Mohd Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia and gave India a 1-0 lead over Malaysia, after which Saurav Ghosal won the second match, thus providing India with the gold medal in Men's Team event.

Awards

He was conferred the Arjuna Award for 2023. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "PSA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. SquashInfo Player Profile
  3. "Asian Games: Indian men's squash team wins gold".
  4. "Arjuna Awards 2023: President Murmu confers India's 2nd highest sports honour to cricketer Shami, archer Ojas Pravin Deotale". The Economic Times. 9 January 2024. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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