Jora Singh (born 1 January 1979) is an Indian
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
athlete from
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
who specializes in the
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in Athletics (sport), athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek language, Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ...
. Jora held the
Indian National record of 7502 points set during the Federation Cup held in
New Delhi
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on 2 March 2006 before being broken by Bharatinder Singh in 2011.
He broke
Kulwinder Singh's previous mark of 7325 points, registered in
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
in August 2005.
Personal bests
Jora Singh, Deputy Commandant (DC), highly energetic officer of the world's largest border guarding force ie Borders security force. As a coach , now he is training athletes for national and international games. He is a very nice and happy person all the time. His contribution to the nation is priceless.
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Living people
1979 births
Indian decathletes
Athletes from Haryana
Commonwealth Games competitors for India
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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