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Charanjeet Singh (rower)
Charanjeet Singh (born 25 November 1997) is an Indian rower from Punjab. He is named in the Indian rowing team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[1][2] He was part of the men's coxed eight team that won the silver medal in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.[3][4]
The Indian team consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar and 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[edit]
Charanjeet hails from a farmer's family in Bathinda, Punjab.[5]
Career[edit]
Charanjeet took part in the following tournaments:
- 2023: Silver medal at the Men's coxed eight event in the 2022 Asian Games.
- 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 lightweight four in the Asian Championships, Rayong, Thailand.
- 2021: Men's coxed four in the Asian Championships, Rayong, Thailand.
- 2019: Men's lightweight four in the Asian Championships, Chungju, Korea.
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References[edit]
- ↑ Sportstar, Team (2023-09-19). "India Rowing squad for Asian Games 2022: Squad, team news, performance before Hangzhou". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ Subrahmanyam, V. V. (2023-07-03). "Asian Games". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Hangzhou Asian Games: Indian athlete Punit Kumar bags silver medal in men's coxed eight event | Sports - Times of India Videos". The Times of India. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ ANI (2023-09-24). ""Achieved everything we had worked hard for": Indian Rower Punit Kumar after winning silver in Men's Coxed Eight". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ↑ "Farming gave me strength: Punjab's rowing silver-winner". The Times of India. 2023-09-25. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-10-01.