Sapana Punia

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Sapana
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Full nameSapana Punia
Born (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 (age 37)
Sport
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Sport Track and field
Updated on 29 August 2015

Sapana, also known as Sapana Punia (born 2 January 1988) is a female racewalker from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. She competed in the Women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. [1] She competed in the 20 km walk at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil but did not finish. [2] [3] [4] She set a national record in the 20 km walk at the 2015 National Games with at time of 1:40:35.70. [5] [6]

Punia is also a sub-inspector in the Rajasthan Police. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Amsan, Andrew (30 December 2015). "Boosted by Rio ticket, Sapna Punia eyes better timing". India Today . Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Mukherjee, Debayan (13 May 2016). "Race walker Sapna off to Poland to train ahead of Rio Games". The Times of India . Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rio 2016: Race Walkers Sandeep, Khushbir, Sapana Disappoint India". News18 . Indo-Asian News Service. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Vinod, A. (12 February 2016). "National Games: Dutee Chand sprints to glory". The Hindu . Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Express Web Desk (1 August 2016). "Sapna Punia Profile". The Indian Express . Retrieved 12 August 2016.


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