Navdeep Singh (athlete)
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| Born | 11 November 2000 Panipat,Haryana,India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Vipin Kasana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 2024 Paris  2020 Tokyo 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Navdeep Singh (born 11 November 2000) is an Indian para-athlete and javelin thrower.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[2] He has also been a bronze medalist at the World Championships.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Navdeep Singh hails from Panipat, Haryana, India.[4] His father was a farmer in the village and also ran a milk dairy in the city.
He did his graduation from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University.
Career
[edit]In 2017, Singh won the gold medal for India in the men's javelin F41 event at Asian Youth Para Games, Dubai.[5] He proceeded to win the gold medal at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2021 in Dubai.[6][7]
Singh finished fourth in javelin throw F41 at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[8] He is also a Income tax inspector.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Javelin thrower Navdeep finishes fourth in F41 event". sportstar.thehindu.com. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (7 September 2024). "Paris 2024 Paralympics: Navdeep's silver medal upgraded after gold medallist Sadegh Beit Sayah of Iran gets disqualified". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Who is Navdeep? India's 1st Paralympic medallist in F41 category". India Today. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Navdeep Singh: Once ridiculed for height, income tax inspector wins India's seventh gold at Paralympics 2024". Firstpost. 8 September 2024. Archived from the original on 8 September 2024.
- ^ "World Para Athletics: Navdeep, Arvind win 2 quotas, India win 4 gold". IMDb. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Navdeep, Arvind win gold to secure quotas for Tokyo Paralympic Games". The Indian Express. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "World Para Athletics: Navdeep, Arvind win 2 quotas, India win 4 gold". MorungExpress. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Once taunted for his height, javelin thrower Navdeep Singh wins India's seventh gold". The Indian Express. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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