Jaswinder Singh (rower)
Jaswinder Singh (born 8 August 1997) is an Indian rower from Punjab. 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 Coxed eight event in Asian Games. the 2022 Asian Games.[1][2][3][4] He also got a bronze in the men's four.
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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 lifeEdit
Jaswinder hails from a farmer's family in the Kalera village of Dhuri block, Sangrur, Punjab. He joined army in 2017 as a sepoy to support his family.[1]
CareerEdit
Jaswinder took part in the following championships:[5]
- 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.
- 2015: Men's coxed eight in the Asian Championships, Beijing, China.
- 2015: Men's coxed four in the Asian Championships, Beijing, China.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Khanna, Bharat (25 Sep 2023). "Farming Gave Me Strength: Pb's Rowing Silver-winner — Chandigarh News". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
- ↑ Desk, TOI Sports (25 Sep 2023). "Asian Games: Indian rowers win bronze in Men's Four event". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
- ↑ "Hangzhou Asian Games Indian rowers clinch silver medal in Men's Coxed Eight Team event". The Hindu. 24 Sep 2023. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
- ↑ "Congratulations to Indian rowing team player Jaswinder Singh who won a silver medal in the Asian Games Pipa News". PiPa News. 25 Sep 2023. Retrieved 25 Sep 2023.
- ↑ "Rowing SINGH Jaswinder - The 19th Asian Games". info.hangzhou2022.cn. Retrieved 2023-10-01.