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{{Medal|Competition| [[Asian Games]] }} | {{Medal|Competition| [[Asian Games]] }} | ||
{{Medal|Silver| [[Rowing at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]] | | {{Medal|Silver| [[Rowing at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]] | [[Rowing at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's eight|Eight]]}} | ||
{{Medal|Bronze| [[Rowing at the 2022 Asian Games|2022 Hangzhou]] | [[Rowing at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's coxless four|Coxless four]]}} | |||
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'''Punit Kumar''' is an Indian rower. He won | '''Punit Kumar''' (born 8 August 1994) is an Indian rower from Uttar Pradesh. He is named in the Indian rowing team for the 2022 [[Asian Games]] at [[Hangzhou]], [[China]]. He competes in the men's coxed eight event. He was part of the team that won the silver medal in the [[Rowing at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's eight|Coxed eight]] event in the [[2022 Asian Games]].<ref name="The Times of India 2023 t806">{{cite web |date=24 Sep 2023 |title=Hangzhou Asian Games: Indian athlete Punit Kumar bags silver medal in men’s coxed eight event — Sports |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/sports/other-sports/hangzhou-asian-games-indian-rowers-bags-silver-medal-in-mens-coxed-eight-team-event/videoshow/103905749.cms |access-date=25 Sep 2023 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="ANI News 2023 o358">{{cite web |date=24 Sep 2023 |title="Achieved everything we had worked hard for": Indian Rower Punit Kumar after winning silver in Men's Coxed Eight |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/others/achieved-everything-we-had-worked-hard-for-indian-rower-punit-kumar-after-winning-silver-in-mens-coxed-eight20230924142321/ |access-date=25 Sep 2023 |website=ANI News}}</ref><ref name="Desk 2023 w906">{{cite web |last=Desk |first=TOI Sports |date=25 Sep 2023 |title=Asian Games: Indian rowers win bronze in Men's Four event |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023/india-asian-games/asian-games-indian-rowers-win-bronze-in-mens-four-event/articleshow/103918915.cms?from=mdr |access-date=25 Sep 2023 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> | ||
The Indian team consisted of [[Neeraj Maan]], [[Naresh Kalwaniya]], [[Neetish Kumar]], Charanjeet Singh, [[Jaswinder Singh (rower)|Jaswinder Singh]], [[Bheem Singh]], Punit Kumar and [[Ashish (rower)|Ashish]] Guliyan. [[Dhananjay Pande]] was the coxswain of the team. All the Indian team members are from the Indian Army and have trained at the Army Rowing Node facility in Pune for over a year. | |||
== Early life == | |||
Punit hails from Kakra, Shahpur block, [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Early childhood he played kabaddi. But due to financial difficulties at home, he joined Army at the age of 18, where Punit took up rowing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-24 |title=Asian Games: Meet the Family of Eight rowers that opened India’s medal account |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/asian-games-meet-the-family-of-eight-rowers-that-opened-indias-medal-account-8954349/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> | |||
== Career == | |||
Punit took part in the following championships:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rowing KUMAR Punit - The 19th Asian Games |url=https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/rowing/athlete-profile-n2001772-kumar-punit.htm |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=info.hangzhou2022.cn}}</ref> | |||
* 2023: Men's coxed four in the Rowing World Cup, Zagreb. | |||
* 2023: Men's coxed four in the Rowing World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland. | |||
* 2022: Men's coxed eight in the Rowing World Cup at Poznan. | |||
* 2022: Men's coxed four in the Rowing World Cup, Belgrade. | |||
* 2022: Men's coxed four in the Asian Championships, Rayong, Thailand. | |||
* 2021: Men's coxed four in the Asian Championships, Rayong, Thailand | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Asian Games medalists in rowing]] | [[Category:Asian Games medalists in rowing]] | ||
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]] | [[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]] | ||
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]] | |||
[[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]] | [[Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games]] | ||
[[Category:Living people]] | [[Category:Living people]] | ||
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] | ||