| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Indian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1999 Bahuara village, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||||||||
| Branch |  Indian Army | ||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 2021 - present | ||||||||||||||
| Rank |  Naib Subedar | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Race walk | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ronald Weigel | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 35 km race walk : 2:29:56 NR (2023) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ram Baboo (born 20 March 1999) is an Indian race walker. He won a bronze medal in the 35 km race walk mixed team event at the 2022 Asian Games. [3] [4]
Baboo was born in Bahuara village, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. His achievement received widespread coverage as he was working as a daily wage labourer and a waiter at a hotel even as he was training for athletics. [4] He did his schooling from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya [5] and did 6 months training at Major Dhyanchand Sports College, Saifai and then moved to Bhopal for his training. [6]
Baboo established a new national record in the Men's 35 km race walk event at the 2022 National Games in India. [7]
He qualified for 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [8] But he missed out on the final berth as each country is allowed only three berths and he finished as the fourth athlete to pass the Olympic standard. [9]
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