The 24-year-old Indian athlete Akshdeep Singh will participate in the Paris 2024 Olympics. He will compete in the men’s 20km race walking event.
Akshdeep Singh’s Latest World Rankings (Highest World Rankings)
Men’s 20km race walking: 25 (12)
Men’s overall ranking: 634 (444)
Aksdeep Singh Early life
Akshdeep Singh was born on 22nd November 1999. He is from Kahneke village in Punjab’s Barnala district. His father is a farmer. Akshdeep started racing to join the army, but he eventually became an athlete.
Three national records
The one-time national champion, Akshdeep, holds three national records. Apart from the men’s 20km walk national record, the Indian athlete also shines with the national records of the men's 10km walk and men’s 15km walk events.
How did Akshdeep Singh qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics?
Akshdeep Singh was the first Indian athlete to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics when he set a new national record to win the men’s 20km race walk event (1:19:55) in the National Open Race Walking Championships 2023 in Morabadi, Ranchi. The Paris 2024 Olympics qualifying standard for the men’s 20km race walk event is 1 hour 20 minutes and 10 seconds.
Later, during the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships 2024 in Antalya, Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh secured an Indian Paris 2024 Olympics quota for the marathon race walk mixed relay event by finishing in 18th place after clocking 3:05:03. This event will make its Summer Olympics debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics, where Priyanka Goswami will partner with Suraj Panwar in this event.
Akshdeep Singh’s participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics
Akshdeep Singh will compete in one event at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and the event is the men’s 20km race walk.
