Davinder Singh Kang

{{short description|Indian javelin thrower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}

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| image = Davinder Singh.jpg

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| caption = Kang with the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships

| name = Davinder Singh Kang

| event = Javelin throw

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|12|18}}

| birth_place = Chak Shakur, Jalandhar district, Punjab, India{{Cite news |last=Grewal |first=Indervir |date=14 July 2017 |title=King Kang roars |work=The Tribune |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/king-kang-roars/436462.html |access-date=12 August 2017}}

| country = India

| pb = 84.57m (Patiala 2017)

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{{Medal|Sport|Men's Javelin throw}}

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{{Medal|Competition|Asian Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2017 Bhubaneshwar|Javelin}}

|updated = 12 August 2017

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Davinder Singh Kang (born 18 December 1988) is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw event. Kang won the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships with a throw of 83.29m.{{Cite news |last=Amsan |first=Andrew |date=12 August 2017 |title=Worlds Championship’s finals qualification ‘no big deal’ for Davinder Singh Kang |work=The Indian Express |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/worlds-finals-qualification-no-big-deal-for-davinder-singh-kang-javelin-throw-4792722/ |access-date=12 August 2017}} At the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in August 2017, he became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships with a throw of 84.22m, the seventh best mark in the qualification round.{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Rohan |date=11 August 2017 |title=World Championships: Davinder Singh Kang becomes first Indian to qualify for javelin throw finals |work=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/world-championships-davinder-singh-kang-first-indian-qualify-javelin-throw-finals/1/1023696.html |access-date=12 August 2017}}{{Cite news |last=Misra |first=Sundeep |date=11 August 2017 |title=IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Davinder Singh Kang defies odds to create history, Neeraj Chopra falls short |work=Firstpost |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-2017-davinder-singh-kang-defies-odds-to-create-history-neeraj-chopra-falls-short-3918125.html |access-date=12 August 2017}}