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{{short description|Indian racewalker}}
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| name = Sapana
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| fullname = Sapana Punia
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|1|2|df=yes}}
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| country = {{flagcountry|India}}
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| sport = [[Track and field]]
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| show-medals = yes
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| updated = 29 August 2015
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'''Sapana''', also known as '''Sapana Punia''' (born 2 January 1988) is a female [[Racewalking|racewalker]] from [[Jaipur]], Rajasthan, India. She competed in the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk|Women's 20 kilometres walk event]] at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]] in Beijing, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-20KR-W-f----.RS6.pdf |title=Women's 20 kilometres walk heats results|publisher=IAAF | accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref> She competed in the [[20 kilometres race walk|20 km walk]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil but did not finish.<ref name="India Today">{{Cite news |author=Amsan, Andrew |title=Boosted by Rio ticket, Sapna Punia eyes better timing |work=[[India Today]] |date=30 December 2015 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/boosted-by-rio-ticket-sapna-punia-eyes-better-timing-279711-2015-12-30 |access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{Cite news |author=Mukherjee, Debayan |title=Race walker Sapna off to Poland to train ahead of Rio Games |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=13 May 2016 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/Race-walker-Sapna-off-to-Poland-to-train-ahead-of-Rio-Games/articleshow/52259078.cms |accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rio 2016: Race Walkers Sandeep, Khushbir, Sapana Disappoint India |work=[[News18]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]] |date=20 August 2016 |url=http://www.news18.com/news/olympics/rio-2016-indias-sandeep-kumar-finishes-35th-in-50km-race-walk-1283265.html |accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref> She set a national record in the 20 km walk at the 2015 National Games with at time of 1:40:35.70.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Vinod, A. |title=National Games: Dutee Chand sprints to glory |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 February 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/national-games-dutee-chand-sprints-to-glory/article6883265.ece |accessdate=26 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | author= Express Web Desk | title= Sapna Punia Profile| newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] | date= 1 August 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/sapna-punia-women-20km-walk-2923869 |accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref>

Punia is also a sub-inspector in the [[Rajasthan Police]].<ref name="India Today" /><ref name="Times of India" />

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Indian women race walkers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Jaipur]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for India]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]
[[Category:Indian women police officers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian police officers]]
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