Arpinder Singh (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. He was a gold medallist at the

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. He also claimed a bronze medal at the

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Career

In June 2014, Singh beat his previous best of 16.84 metres by jumping 17.17 metres at the 2014 National Inter-State Championships in

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. In the process, he beat the national record previously held by

Renjith Maheshwary Renjith Maheśwary (born 30 January 1986 in Kottayam, Kerala) is an Indian triple jumper. He finished fourth at the 2006 Asian Games and won the 2007 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2011 World Champ ...

and also secured a qualification for the

where he won the bronze medal. The record was again broken by Maheshwary in 2016. On August 29, 2018 which is celebrated as National Sports Day in India he won gold medal in triple jump event in 18th Asian games. He covered the distance of 16.77 metres to bag the gold medal. He became the second Indian sportsperson to achieve this landmark. Before him Mohinder Singh Gill won gold medal in triple jump event in 1970 Bangkok Asian games event.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Arpinder Living people 1992 births Indian male triple jumpers Athletes from Punjab, India Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games gold medalists for India Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games