Inderjeet Singh

Inderjeet Singh

Personal information
Full name	Inderjeet Singh
Nationality	Indian
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot Put
Team	India
Medal record Representing  India Men's athletics Asian Games 2014 Incheon Shot Put Asian Athletics Championships 2015 Wuhan Shot Put
Updated on 23 August 2015.

Inderjeet Singh (born 19 October 1988) is Indian athlete specializing in the shot put.^[1] He won the gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2015. He competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade and won silver medal with a throw of 19.70 metre which was his personal best at that time.He is currently supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company.^[2]

He bettered the mark with a throw of 19.89 m in Indian National Games on 17 August 2013 at Patiala. On 2 October 2014, he won a bronze medal at 2014 Asian Games in Shot Put event with a throw of 19.63 m.^[3] Inderjeet Singh bagged a Gold Medal at the Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series in Bangkok, on 22 June 2015 with a throw of 19.83 m.^[4] This was Inderjeet's second gold in an international event this month, having won the shot put event at the Asian Championships in Wuhan, China on 3 June 2015,^[5] with a throw of 20.41m which is a new championship record.

Inderjeet Singh has qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by achieving qualification mark with a throw of 20.65 m in May 2015 at 19th Federation Cup.^[6]

He is currently coached by Pritam Singh, younger brother of another Indian shot putter Shakti Singh.

In July 2016 Singh failed a drug test for a banned substance.^[7]

Personal life

He is a native of [Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar] in [Punjab, India|Punjab]. He is an alumnus of Delhi Public School Nigahi & belonging 2006 batch, one of most prestigious school in Coal India campus. He later moved to Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh along with his family, where his father Gurdayal Singh was working in Northern Coalfields Limited. His father's death in 2007 put the family in financial strain but with his family's support, he continued to focus on Athletics.^[8]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  India
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	2nd	Shot put	19.70 m
2014	Asian Games	Incheon, South Korea	3rd	Shot put	19.63 m
2015	Asian Championships	Wuhan,	1st	Shot put	20.41 m CR
	Asian Grand Prix	Bangkok,	1st	Shot put	19.85 m CR
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	Shot put	20.27 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	11th	Shot put	19.52 m

References