Sapana Punia Explained

Sapana
Fullname:Sapana Punia
Birth Date:2 January 1988
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Sport:Track and field
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Updated: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.

Notes and References

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