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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Sandeep Kumar<br />
| image = Sandeep Kumar 2013.jpg<br />
| imagesize = 150px<br />
| caption = Sandeep in 2013<br />
| fullname = Sandeep Kumar Punia<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mahendragarh]], [[Haryana]], India<ref name="Road to Rio">{{cite news |title=Road to Rio: Sandeep Kumar Poonia aims to put India on global race walking map at Olympics |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/road-to-rio-sandeep-kumar-indias-top-race-walker-at-2016-rio-olympics-2883732.html |accessdate=31 August 2017 |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=21 July 2016 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170831180448/http://www.firstpost.com/sports/road-to-rio-sandeep-kumar-indias-top-race-walker-at-2016-rio-olympics-2883732.html |archivedate=31 August 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]<br />
| event = [[Race walk]]<br />
| coach = [[Ronald Weigel]]<br />
| pb = ''[[10 km race walk]]'': 38:49.21 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Indian}}''' ([[Alexander Stadium|2022]])<br>''[[50 km race walk]]'': 3:55:59 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Indian}}''' ([[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|2017]])<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]]<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres walk|10km walk]]}}<br />
| module = {{Infobox military person<br />
| embed = yes<br />
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| branch = {{army|India}}<br />
| serviceyears = 2006–present<br />
| unit =[[Jat Regiment]]<br />
| rank =[[Subedar]]<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Sandeep Kumar Punia''' (born 1 May 1986) is an Indian [[racewalking|race walker]]. Subedar Sandeep Serving in Jat Regiment (16) Indian Army represented India in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 km race walk]] event at the [[2016 Rio Olympics]] and in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km race walk]] event at the [[2020 Tokyo Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 19, 2016 |title=Rio 2016: Sandeep Kumar finishes 34th in 50km Race Walk |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/rio-olympics-2016/india-olympics/story/rio-olympics-2016-sandeep-kumar-race-walk-336163-2016-08-19 |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> In the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]], he won a bronze in the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres walk|10 km race walk]] event.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CWG 2022: Sandeep Kumar wins bronze in men's 10,000m racewalk.|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2022/indiabirmingham/cwg-2022-sandeep-kumar-wins-bronze-in-mens-10000m-racewalk/articleshow/93410445.cms|date=2022-08-07|website=[[The_Times_of_India]]|language=en}}</ref><br />
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