Arpinder Singh

Indian triple jumper

Arpinder Singh

Arpinder Singh in 2018.

Personal information

Full name

Arpinder Singh

Nickname

Bobby

Nationality

Indian

Born

(1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31)
Harsha Chhina,^[1] Amritsar, Punjab, India

Height

189 cm (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

80 kg (176 lb)

Sport

Track and field

Event

Triple jump

Team

India

Coached by

S. S. Pannu

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

17.17 meters
(Lucknow 2014)

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing India
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta	Triple jump
Asian Championships
	2013 Pune	Triple jump
Commonwealth Games
	2014 Glasgow	Triple jump
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
	2017 Ashgabat	Triple jump
IAAF Continental Cup
	2018 Ostrava	Triple jump

Arpinder Singh (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian triple jumper. He was a gold medallist at the 2018 Asian Games. He also claimed a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Career

In June 2014, Singh beat his previous best of 16.84 metres by jumping 17.17 metres at the 2014 National Inter-State Championships in Lucknow. In the process, he beat the national record previously held by Renjith Maheshwary and also secured a qualification for the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the bronze medal.^[2] The record was again broken by Maheshwary in 2016.^[3]

On August 29, 2018 which is celebrated as National Sports Day in India he won gold medal in triple jump event in 18th Asian games.

He covered the distance of 16.77 metres to bag the gold medal. He became the second Indian sportsperson to achieve this landmark. Before him Mohinder Singh Gill won gold medal in triple jump event in 1970 Bangkok Asian games event.

References

^ Hussain, Sabi (5 November 2014). "Punjab athletes threaten to move to Haryana". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Tribune News Service. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
^ "Arpinder Singh jumps to glory". The Hindu. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
^ "Renjith, Jinson and Dharambir qualify for Rio". sportstarlive.com. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}