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{{Short description|Indian athlete (1927–2007)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Parduman Singh Brar
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[Shot put]], [[Discus throw]]
| club = Services
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|10|15}}
| birth_place = Bhagta Bhai, [[Bhatinda district|Bhatinda]]<br>[[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| country = [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|03|22|1927|10|15|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bhagta Bhai, Bhatinda, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
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| medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1954 Asian Games|1954 Manila]] | Shot put}}
{{MedalGold| [[1954 Asian Games|1954 Manila]] | Discus}}
{{MedalGold| [[1958 Asian Games|1958 Tokyo]] | Shot put}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1958 Asian Games|1958 Tokyo]] | Discus}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1962 Asian Games|1962 Jakarta]] | Discus}}
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'''Parduman Singh Brar''' (15 October 1927 – 22 March 2007) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] athlete who specialized in [[shot put]] and [[discus throw]] events. He was one of the few Indians to have won multiple medals at the [[Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Parduman battles for life with little financial help coming |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/parduman-battles-for-life-with-little-financial-help-coming/24344/0 |newspaper= The Indian Express |date= 27 February 2007 |accessdate= 15 August 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
Brar was India's national champion in the shot put and discus throw events in the 1950s. He won his first national shot put event in [[Madras]] in 1958 and won the national discus throw events in 1954, 1958 and 1959. In the [[1954 Asian Games]] in [[Manila]], he won gold medals in the shot put and discus throw events, thus becoming the first athlete in Asia to achieve the feat. He continued his performance in the [[1958 Asian Games]] in [[Tokyo]], winning a gold in the shot put event and bronze in the discus throw event. In his last games appearance in [[1962 Asian Games|1962]] in [[Jakarta]], he won a silver medal in discus throw, thus completing his medal tally of five medals in three Asian games events. He was given the [[Arjuna Award]] by the Government of India in 1999 recognizing his contribution to Indian sports.<ref name="Brar" />

==Death==
Brar, [[Paralysis|paralysed]] after an accident in the early 1980s, died on 22 March 2007 in his native village in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] after prolonged illness.<ref name="Brar">{{cite news |title= Parduman Singh dead |url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/23/stories/2007032310571900.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070331044622/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/23/stories/2007032310571900.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 31 March 2007 |date= 23 March 2007 |newspaper= [[The Hindu]] |accessdate= 15 August 2013}}</ref> Poverty stricken, he died penniless.<ref>{{cite news |title= Parduman's case raises many questions |url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99may22/spr-trib.htm#1 |publisher= tribuneindia |date= 22 May 1999 |accessdate= 15 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= From the Editor |url= http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/chaitanya-kalbag-on-london-olympics-cyber-attacks-rate-cut/1/24330.html |publisher= Business Today |date= 13 May 2012 |accessdate= 15 August 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Asian Games Champions Athletics Shot Put Men}}
{{Asian Games Champions Athletics Discus Throw Men}}
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[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Athletes from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Indian men shot putters]]
[[Category:Indian men discus throwers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games athletes for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1954 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for India]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:People from Punjab Province (British India)]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]]

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