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Hometown: Kaithal, Haryana
Marital Status: Unmarried
Age: 31 Years
Some Lesser Known Facts About Harvinder Singh
- Harvinder Singh is an Indian Para archer who turned the primary Indian to win a medal in archery at Paralympics when he received a bronze on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
- He grew up in a middle-class farming family in a small village Guhla Cheeka close to Kaithal in Haryana, the place he did his major education.
- At the age of only one, his legs stopped working correctly when a physician administered him an injection after he suffered from dengue; the injection had an opposed impact.
- After finding out at a village college as much as the tenth normal, he went to Kaithal metropolis to pursue his additional research.
- Harvinder was impressed to pursue archery after he noticed archery occasions on the 2012 London Olympics. Soon, he began attending coaching classes on the bottom whereas he was pursuing his commencement at Punjabi University in Patiala.
- He continued his archery apply for 5 years throughout which he participated and received medals at varied state and national-level tournaments.
- In 2017, he received the chance to characterize India for the primary time at a world occasion when he participated within the 2017 World Archery Para Championships, held in Beijing, during which he was positioned on the seventh place.
- In 2018, Harvinder Singh received a gold within the Men’s Individual Recurve Open occasion on the 2018 Asian Para Games, turning into the primary athlete from India to win a gold medal at a serious para competitors. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate him on his achievement.
Harvinder Singh’s masterful archery abilities and his relentless hardwork have introduced India a Gold Medal within the Men’s Individual Recurve Open occasion at Asian Para Games 2018. Congrats Harvinder! We are pleased with you! pic.twitter.com/45AJmLMRu6
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 16, 2018
- In 2019, he certified for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics after he participated within the 2019 World Archery Para Championships, held within the Netherlands.
- On 3 September 2021, Harvinder notched up India’s first-ever archery medal within the Paralympics. In the semifinals, in an intense five-setter (25-28, 24-24, 25-25, 25-24, 24-26), he misplaced to world quantity 10 Kevin Mather of the USA 6-4.