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Baljinder Singh (born 18 September 1986) is an Indian athlete who competes in the
20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight un ...
event. He has qualified in the
20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight un ...
event at the
London Olympics 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. His personal best in this event is 1:22:12. Baljinder clocked a time of 1:25:39 in the 20 km walk event at the London Olympics and finished 43rd.


Personal life

He hails from Dera Bassi a town in the Mohali district near
Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which a ...
,
Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and ...
. He got his sports training at
Sports Authority of India The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is the apex national sports body of India, established in 1982 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of Government of India for the development of sports in India. SAI has 2 Sports Academic institution ...
,
Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...
centre under the tutelage of Ramakrishnan Gandhi.


See also

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Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk The men's 20 kilometres race walk at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London took place on 4 August on a route along The Mall and Constitution Hill in central London. Robert Heffernan and Grzegorz Sudol took the early lead, soon joined by Y ...


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* * * Living people 1986 births Indian male racewalkers Athletes from Punjab, India People from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for India Asian Games competitors for India {{India-athletics-bio-stub