Sandeep Kumar Poonia | |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1986 |
Birth Place: | Mahendragarh, Haryana,[1] India |
Country: | |
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]