Ranjit Singh (race walker)

{{short description|Indian racewalker}}

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| nationality = Indian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Racewalking

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|11|25|df=yes}}

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{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|1981 Tokyo|20 km walk}}

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Ranjit Singh (born 25 November 1957) in small village of punjab (Jindwari,Anandpur Sahib district Ropar )He served in indian army in mahar regiment from 1977 to 1992 . He is an Indian racewalker. He represented india in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in moscow (russia) and finished 18 place out of 80 participants .{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/ranjit-singh-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115914/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/ranjit-singh-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ranjit Singh Olympic Results |accessdate=2 December 2017}} He won silver medal in 1981 Asian athletics championships held in Tokyo, Japan. He was three times national champion in India and 5 times service's champion in the Indian army. After he retired from the Indian army, he joined sports authority of India as a national athletics coach. He trained Indian athletes from 1993 to 2017 in India and overseas. He produced more than 100 national level athletes and international level athletes during his career.