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{{short description|Indian shot putter}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
'''Sourabh Vij''' (born 14 June 1987) is an [[India]]n [[shot put]]ter. He won gold at the second [[Commonwealth Youth Games]]. In 2006 he won an [[Asian Junior Championships in Athletics|Asian Junior]] silver medal and represented India at the [[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics]].

After appearances at the [[Asian Indoor Games]], he came to prominence in 2010 with an unratified [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]]-beating throw of 20.65 metres. Second place at the national championships guaranteed him a spot at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in his hometown of [[New Delhi]]. His test from the championships came back positive for the banned substance [[methylhexaneamine]], however, and he was banned from competition, missing the Games.

==Career==
Born in [[New Delhi]], Vij won his first medal at the [[2004 Commonwealth Youth Games]], where his mark of 18.45 metres brought him the shot put [[gold medal]] (India's second athletics gold of the competition along with [[Hari Shankar Roy]]).<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cyg.htm Commonwealth Youth Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-05.</ref> He began competing as a junior with a 6 kg implement in 2005. His first successes came the following year: he won the national junior championships, took a [[silver medal]] at the [[2006 Asian Junior Athletics Championships]] and represented India at the [[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics]] in [[Beijing]], where he finished seventh in the shot put final.<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ind/athcode=206964/index.html Vij Sourabh Profile]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-09-05.</ref> He moved up into the senior ranks the following year and finished ninth at the [[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|2007 Asian Indoor Games]]. He returned to the competition two years later and his throw of 18.38 m at the [[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|2009 Asian Indoor Games]] brought him a fifth-place finish.

He earned himself a place in the main national team in the buildup to the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in his hometown of Delhi. Having consistently thrown over 20 metres that season, he surpassed [[Shakti Singh (athlete)|Shakti Singh]]'s decade-old [[List of Indian records in athletics|Indian record]] of 20.42 m by some distance with a put of 20.65 m to win at the Delhi State Annual Athletics Championships. However, the mark could not be ratified as the meeting did not conduct any of the necessary [[doping test]]s or have an official from the [[Athletics Federation of India]] present.<ref>Sharma, Siddhartha (2010-07-24). [http://www.indianexpress.com/news/off-the-record-vij-betters-national-mark/651008/ Off the record: Vij betters national mark]. ''Indian Express''. Retrieved on 2010-09-05.</ref> The following week he competed at the Asian All-Star Meet – a test event for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] competition. He had a best mark of 19.09 m and finished runner-up behind [[Om Prakash Singh (athlete)|Om Prakash Singh]].<ref>[http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57860.html Locals provide the highlights as Asian All-Star meeting tests Commonwealth Games track]. [[IAAF]] (2010-07-31). Retrieved on 2010-09-05.</ref> At the [[Indian Inter-State Championships]] in August he was again runner-up to Singh, but threw a more-impressive 19.91 m – eight centimetres off the winning mark.<ref>Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-08-09). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=57941.html Three national records fall at Indian Inter-State Championships]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-09-05.</ref> His plans to represent his nation at the Commonwealth Games in his hometown finished abruptly as his doping test at the championships came back positive for the banned substance [[methylhexaneamine]] (a stimulant).<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article609551.ece Saurabh Vij tests positive]. ''[[The Hindu]]'' (2010-09-03). Retrieved on 2010-09-05.</ref> The failed test was one of seven positive results for the drug, coming at the same time as those for [[discus throw]]er [[Akash Antil]] and six wrestlers, including [[Rajiv Tomar]].<ref>Buncombe, Andrew (2010-09-04). [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indians-fail-drugs-tests-in-new-blow-for-delhi-games-2070123.html Indians fail drugs tests in new blow for Delhi Games]. ''[[The Independent]]''. Retrieved on 2010-09-05.</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{IND}}
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games|Commonwealth Youth Games]]
|[[Bendigo, Australia]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Shot put (6 kg)
|18.45 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[[2006 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
|[[Macau]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Shot put (6 kg)
|19.62 m
|-
|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|7th
|Shot put (6 kg)
|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put|19.75 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]
|12th
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put|17.96 m]]
|-
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games|Asian Indoor Games]]
|[[Macau]]
|9th
|Shot put
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games#Shot put|16.75 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games|Asian Indoor Games]]
|[[Hanoi, Vietnam]]
|5th
|Shot put
|[[Indoor athletics at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games#Shot put|18.38 m]]
|-
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|9th
|Shot put
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|18.09 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2010
|[[2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Tehran, Iran]]
|5th
|Shot put
|[[2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#Shot put|17.22 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Delhi, India]]
|6th
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's shot put|18.60 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Guangzhou, China]]
|6th
|Shot put
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's shot put|18.98 m]]
|-
|2011
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Kobe, Japan]]
|4th
|Shot put
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's shot put|18.72 m]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in athletics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{iaaf name|206964}}

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from New Delhi]]
[[Category:Indian male shot putters]]
[[Category:Doping cases in athletics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Indian sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Athletes from Delhi]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]

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