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| National team |  India | ||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1911-1933 British India | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
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Ranjit Singh is an Indian athlete. He won a gold medal in the men's 800 metres at the 1951 Asian Games. [1] [2]
Devendra Jhajharia is an Indian Paralympic javelin thrower competing in F46 events. He is the first Indian Paralympics player to win two gold medals at the Paralympics. He won his first gold in the javelin throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, becoming the second gold medalist at the Paralympics for his country. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won a second gold medal in the same event, bettering his previous record. Devendra is currently being supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He becomes India's most decorated Paralympic player by winning his third medal, a silver at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at Tokyo. In 2024, he was elected president of the Paralympic Committee of India.
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Ranjit Singh in small village of punjab He served in indian army in mahar regiment from 1977 to 1992. He is an Indian racewalker. He represented india in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in moscow (russia) and finished 18 place out of 80 participants .He won silver medal in 1981 asian athletics championships held in Tokyo japan.he was three times national champion in india and 5 times service’s champion in indian army. After retired from indian army. He joined sports authority of india as a national athletics coach. He trained Indian athletes from 1993 to 2017 in india and overseas. He produced more than 100 national level athletes and international level athletes during his career.
Ramaswamy Gnanasekaran is an Indian sprinter. He was the gold medalist in the 200 metres in the 1978 Asian Games. He later became a coach. He was given the Arjuna Award for athletics in 1978-79.
Tajinderpal Singh Tooor is an Indian shot putter who is a two-time Asian champion, an Asian Games gold-medallist, four time national champion, an Olympian and the current Asian record holder in Asian and national record of 21.77m.
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Parsa Singh is an Indian athlete. He won a silver medal in Javelin throw in the 1951 Asian Games.
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