Harvinder Singh (archer)

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Harvinder Singh
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Singh in 2021
Personal information
Born25 February 1991 (1991-02-25) (age 34)
Kaithal, Haryana, India
Medal record
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Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Paralympic Games
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Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Individual recurve open
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Individual recurve open
Asian Para Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta Individual recurve open W2/ST
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Doubles recurve

Harvinder Singh (born 25 February 1991) is an Indian paralympic archer. [1] He is a double Paralympic medalist having won the gold at 2024 Paris and the bronze at 2020 Tokyo in the men's singles recurve archery event. [2] His medals were the first Paralympic gold and bronze archery medals for India. [3] [4]

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In January 2025, Harvinder Singh was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, by the Government of India. [5] [6]

Early life

Singh was born in Kaithal, Haryana. He is supported by sports NGO, Olympic Gold Quest. [7]

Career

Singh won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games and the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. [8] At the 2022 Asian Para Games, he was a part of the team that won the bronze medal. [9]

At the Para Archery World Ranking event in 2024, he won a bronze medal at Czech Republic. At the World Archery Oceania Para Grand Prix, he won a bronze at Australia. [10]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SINGH Harvinder". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Date of Birth: 25 Feb 1991 / Place of birth: KAITHAL
  2. ↑ "Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India's first ever archery medal at Paralympics". The Telegraph. India. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India's first-ever medal in archery". The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India's first archery medal". The Indian Express. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Padma Award Winners 2025 Full List: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri". Bru Times News.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards 2025 announced". pib.gov.in.
  7. ↑ "Para Archery | OGQ". ogq.org. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "Tokyo Paralympics, archery: India's Harvinder Singh wins bronze with thrilling win in a shootoff". Scroll.in. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Harvinder Singh | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Padma awards 2025 Live updates: Winners to be announced today". The Hindu. 25 January 2025. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
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