Sandeep Kumar (racewalker) explained

Sandeep Kumar Poonia
Birth Date:1 May 1986
Birth Place:Mahendragarh, Haryana,[1] India
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Sport:Track and field
Event:racewalking
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Sandeep Kumar (born 1 May 1986) is an Indian racewalker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.

He also participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics where he finished in 35th at the 50 kilometres race walk with a time of 4:07:55.[2] [3] He participated in 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 20 kilometres race walk and finished 23rd.

He currently hold the national records for both 50km and 20km race walking.In the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games,he won a bronze in the men's 10,000m racewalk event.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Road to Rio: Sandeep Kumar Poonia aims to put India on global race walking map at Olympics . 31 August 2017 . . 21 July 2016 . https://archive.today/20170831180448/http://www.firstpost.com/sports/road-to-rio-sandeep-kumar-indias-top-race-walker-at-2016-rio-olympics-2883732.html . 31 August 2017 . live . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Men's 50 kilometres walk heats results. IAAF . 29 August 2015.
  3. Web site: August 19, 2016. Rio 2016: Sandeep Kumar finishes 34th in 50km Race Walk. 2021-07-26. India Today. en.
  4. Web site: CWG 2022: Sandeep Kumar wins bronze in men's 10,000m racewalk.. 2022-08-07. The_Times_of_India. en.