Sarwan Singh Explained

Sarwan Singh
Fullname:Sarwan Singh
Birth Place:Punjab, British India
Nationality:Indian
Sport:Track and field
Event:110 metres hurdles
Country:India

Sarwan Singh (born between 1927 and 1929) is a former Indian athlete who competed in the 110 metres hurdles. He won a gold medal at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila in the event.[1] Forgotten for the rest of his life, he is said to have resorted to begging before receiving a pension of .[2]

Singh is also credited for having discovered the athlete Paan Singh Tomar, during his time as a Naik in the Bengal Engineer Group.[3] Upon retiring from service in 1970, he drove taxi for nearly two decades.

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  1. Web site: Vinayak. Ramesh. Brijnath. Rohit. Our forgotten heroes. India Today. 15 August 2016. 8 March 1999.
  2. Web site: Anantharaman. Vineet. Sarwan Singh, India's forgotten athletics hero. sportskeeda.com. 15 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140527230310/http://www.sportskeeda.com/athletics/forgotten-heroes-india-sarwan-singh-athletics. 27 May 2014. 25 May 2014.
  3. Web site: Duggal. Saurabh. Man who spotted the runner in Pan Singh. Hindustan Times. 15 August 2016. 23 March 2012.