Amritpal Singh

Amritpal Singh
Personal information
Full name Amrit Pal Singh
Nationality Indian
Born June 10, 1983 (1983-06-10) (age 28)
Sangrur, Punjab, India
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st)
Sport
Country  India
Sport Track and field athletics
Event(s) Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) outdoor: 8.08 m
(16 March 2004, Indian record)
Updated on September 19, 2009.

Amritpal Singh (born 6 October 1983) is an Indian track and field athlete from Punjab who specializes in long jump. He holds the current national record of 8.08 metres in long jump.[1] On 16 March 2004, Amritpal broke one of the oldest national records in Indian athletics – T. C. Yohannan's 3-decade-old record in the long jump – by leaping to a distance of 8.08 metres in the 10th Federation Cup Athletics Championships at the Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.[2]

Born on 6 October 1983 in Sangrur district of Punjab in India, Amritpal is only the third Indian to go beyond the magical eight-metre mark in the long jump; the others being T. C. Yohannan of Kerala and Sanjay Kumar Rai (8.02m and 8.03m in 2000) of Uttar Pradesh.[3] He works for Punjab Police as an Inspector.

Though Amritpal had passed the qualifying norm of 8.05 m for the 2004 Athens Olympics, he was left out because of unsatisfactory form and fitness.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009". Athletics Federation of INDIA. http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php. Retrieved 2009-09-05. 
  2. ^ "Amritpal betters Yohannan record". The Hindu. 2004-03-17. http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031707572000.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
  3. ^ "Amritpal Singh lowers 30-year mark". rediff.com. 2004-03-16. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/mar/16ath.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 
  4. ^ "AFI's list of athletes for Athens". The Hindu. 2004-08-10. http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/10/stories/2004081001071900.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-19. 

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