Ranjit Singh (athlete) explained

Ranjit Singh
Nationality:Indian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Racewalking
Birth Date:25 November 1957

Ranjit Singh (born 25 November 1957) in small village of punjab (Jindwari,Anandpur Sahib district Ropar)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 .[1] 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 the Indian army. After he retired from the 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.

Notes and References

  1. Ranjit Singh Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115914/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/ranjit-singh-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 2 December 2017.