Amritpal Singh (long jumper)

Amritpal Singh
Personal information
Full name	Amrit Pal Singh
Nationality	Indian
Born	10 June 1983 (age 40); Sangrur, Punjab, India
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Track and field athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Long jump: 8.08 m (Outdoor); (New Delhi 2004)
	Updated on 9 September 2013.

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Amritpal Singh (born 6 October 1983 in Sangrur, Punjab) is an Indian track and field athlete from Punjab who specializes in long jump. He held the national record from 2004 to 2013.^[1]

Career[edit]

Singh, with an 8.08 metres jump at the 10th Federation Cup Athletics Championships in New Delhi on 16 March 2004, bettered the 30-year record held by T. C. Yohannan.^[2] It was eventually bettered by Kumaravel Premkumar in 2013 with a jump of 8.09 meters.^[1]

Singh is one among four Indians to go beyond the eight-metre mark; the others being T. C. Yohannan (in 1974), Sanjay Kumar Rai (in 2000).^[3] and Kumaravel Premkumar in 2013.^[1] He works for Punjab Police as an Inspector.^{[citation needed]}

Though Singh had passed the qualifying norm of 8.05 m for the 2004 Athens Olympics, he was left out because of unsatisfactory form and fitness.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Premkumar jumps 8.09 m, breaks nine-year-old long jump mark". The Indian Express. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
↑ "Amritpal betters Yohannan record". The Hindu. 17 March 2004. Archived from the original on 3 July 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
↑ "Amritpal Singh lowers 30-year mark". Rediff. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2009.
↑ "AFI's list of athletes for Athens". The Hindu. 10 August 2004. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2009.

External links[edit]

Amritpal Singh at World Athletics

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[Record-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Premkumar jumps 8.09 m, breaks nine-year-old long jump mark". The Indian Express. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

[hindu_mar04-2] "Amritpal betters Yohannan record". The Hindu. 17 March 2004. Archived from the original on 3 July 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2009.

[rediff_mar04-3] "Amritpal Singh lowers 30-year mark". Rediff. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2009.

[hindu_aug04-4] "AFI's list of athletes for Athens". The Hindu. 10 August 2004. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2009.

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