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| Born | 13 November 1994 Khosa Pando, Moga district, Punjab, India[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 21.49m (2021) NR,AR[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tajinderpal Singh Toor (born 13 November 1994) is an Indian shot putter and works for Indian Navy as petty officer, who holds the outdoor national record of 21.49m.
Early life
Toor was born on 13 November 1994 in Khosa Pando village in Moga district, Punjab. Hailing from a family of farmers, he switched from cricket to shot put at the insistence of his father.[1]
Career
In June 2017, Toor recorded his personal best outdoor throw of 20.40m at the Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships in Patiala, but fell short of the World Championships qualification standard of 20.50m.[3] In the following month, he won the silver medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar with a throw of 19.77m, missing out on the gold medal by 0.03m.[4]
Toor finished eighth in the final of the 2018 Commonwealth Games with a throw of 19.42m.[5]
On 25 August 2018, Toor won gold at the 2018 Asian Games with a 20.75m throw, breaking the Games record and the national record.
Toor qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by throwing 21.49m at the Indian Grand Prix IV on June 21st 2021, clearing the 21.10m entry standard. This throw also rewrote the national as well as Asian records.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "TOOR Tajinderpal Toor". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ "Tajinderpal Singh Toor qualifies for Tokyo Olympics, improves own national record with 21.49m throw". Times Now. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ↑ "Fed Cup: Neeraj wins gold with meet record". The Tribune. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ Selvaraj, Jonathan (8 July 2017). "Asian Athletics Championships: Anas wins gold, Dutee bags bronze on day 2". ESPN.in. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ↑ "CWG 2018: Muhammed Anas puts himself in Milkha Singh's shoes in Gold Coast". The Indian Express. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.