Manish Singh Rawat (born 5 May 1991) is a male Indian

racewalker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. He competes in the 20 km and the 50 km events and is employed by the Uttarakhand State Police. He has been part of the Indian racewalking squad for the past 3 years. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

in Beijing, China. Manish Singh also completed his 20 km race in 1 hour 20 minutes and 50 seconds at the IAAF Race Walking challenge in April 2015. He is a landless agriculture labourer from Uttarakhand who has also worked as a waiter for a living.Beyond the medal race: The inspiring Manish Singh Rawat story that we almost missed
Sports Keeda (2016-08-16). Retrieved on 2017-02-12. He is currently being supported by the

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through the

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Athlete Mentorship Programme.Race walker Rawat eyes success at Rio Olympics - Times of India
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 March 2016). Retrieved on 2017-01-01.

Career

Born in a family of modest means, Manish walked 7 km each way to school. He secured his berth for the Rio Olympics after making the qualification mark, clocking 1:22:50, at the IAAF Racewalking Challenge, finishing 9th. At the Rio Olympics, Manish finished a commendable 13th in the 20 km race walking category ahead of higher ranked opponents.Rio 2016 20km walk men - Olympic Athletics
. Rio2016.com. Retrieved on 1 January 2017.

Achievements

''New Delhi Indian Race Walking championships '' ''Gold Coast Commonwealth Games '' ''Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games ''

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* 1991 births Living people Indian male racewalkers World Athletics Championships athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic athletes of India People from Chamoli district Athletes from Uttarakhand Asian Games competitors for India Commonwealth Games competitors for India {{India-athletics-bio-stub

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