Sandeep Kumar (racewalker): Difference between revisions

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{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}

{{Medal|Bronze| [[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres walk|10,000m walk]]}}

'''Sandeep Kumar''' (born 1 May 1986) is an Indian [[racewalking|racewalker]]. He competed in the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 kilometres walk event]] at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]] in Beijing, China.

He also participated in the [[2016 Rio Olympics]] where he finished in 35th at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|50 kilometres race walk]] with a time of 4:07:55.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-50KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Men's 50 kilometres walk heats results|publisher=IAAF | accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 19, 2016|title=Rio 2016: Sandeep Kumar finishes 34th in 50km Race Walk|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/rio-olympics-2016/india-olympics/story/rio-olympics-2016-sandeep-kumar-race-walk-336163-2016-08-19|access-date=2021-07-26|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> He participated in [[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] in the [[20 kilometres race walk]] and finished 23rd.

 

He currently hold the national records for both 50km and 20km race walking.In the [[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games]],he won a bronze in the men's 10,000m racewalk event.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CWG 2022: Sandeep Kumar wins bronze in men's 10,000m racewalk.|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2022/indiabirmingham/cwg-2022-sandeep-kumar-wins-bronze-in-mens-10000m-racewalk/articleshow/93410445.cms|date=2022-08-07|website=[[The_Times_of_India]]|language=en}}</ref>

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