The 23-year-old Indian athlete Suraj Panwar is ready for the Paris Olympics 2024. He will participate in the marathon race walking mixed relay team event (along with Priyanka Goswami). This event will make its Summer Olympics debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Suraj Panwar’s Latest World Rankings (Highest World Rankings)
Men’s 20km race walking: 69 (28)
Men’s overall ranking: 1477 (824)
Suraj Panwar was born on 2nd April 2001. He is from Karbari Grant village in Uttarakhand. His father Udai Singh Panwar was a forest guard who was killed on duty while attempting to stop the illegal logging of trees. Suraj’s mother Poonam worked at the forest department’s nursery.
In his career, Suraj has never participated in the marathon race walking mixed relay team event.
How did Suraj Panwar qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics?
In the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championship 2024 in Antalya, Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh booked one Indian Paris 2024 Olympics quota in the marathon race walk mixed relay event after finishing the race in 18th place by clocking 3:05:03.
During the Indian Open Race Walking Competition 2024 in Chandigarh, Suraj Panwar (1:19:44) breached the Paris 2024 Olympics qualification standard in the men’s 20km race walk event (1:20:10) along with Servin (1:20:03) and Arshpreet Singh (1:20:04). However, the results were declared invalid by the World Athletics citing some technical issues.
However, it was later decided that Priyanka Goswami and Suraj Panwar would partner in the marathon race walking mixed relay team event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Suraj Panwar’s participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics
Suraj Panwar will compete in one road competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics. He will battle in the marathon race walking mixed relay team (along with Priyanka Goswami).
