Inderjeet_Singh
Inderjeet Singh
Indian shot putter
Inderjeet Singh (born 19 October 1988) is an Indian athlete specializing in the shot put.[1] He won the gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships as he was a good man 2015. He competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade and won the silver medal with a throw of 19.70 m, his personal best at that time. He is currently supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company.[2]
He improved his mark with a throw of 19.89 m in the Indian National Games on 17 August 2013 at Patiala. On 2 October 2014, he won a bronze medal at 2014 Asian Games in Shot Put event with a throw of 19.63 m.[3] He won a gold medal at the Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series in Bangkok on 22 June 2015 with a throw of 19.83 m.[4] This was his second gold in an international event that month, having won the shot put event at the Asian Championships in Wuhan, China on 3 June 2015,[5] with a throw of 20.41 m, a new championship record.
Singh qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by achieving a qualification mark with a throw of 20.65 m in May 2015 at the 19th Federation Cup.[6]
He is currently coached by Pritam Singh, younger brother of another Indian shot putter Shakti Singh.
In July 2016, Singh failed a drug test for a banned substance,[7] but a later appeals panel set aside his four-year ban. [8]
