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Bajrang Lal Takhar (Template:Lang-hi) (born 5 January 1981 in Sikar district, Rajasthan) is an Indian rower who won the first individual rowing Gold medal for India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou. Takhar is a Naib Subedar in the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the Indian Army.
Rowing career
Bajrang Lal won the first individual rowing silver medal for India at the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha[1] He contested in the men's single sculls rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals. He finished with a rank of 21.
He then went on to bag gold at the Asian Championships in Korea last year 2007. He won the quota place by winning gold at the Asian qualifying championships in Shanghai.[1]
He has won two gold medals in the single and double scull races in South Asian Games 2006.
In November 2010, he won the first individual rowing Gold medal for India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou.
Awards
- 2008 - Arjun Award by Govt of India.[2]
- 2013 - Padma Shri India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.[3]
Rowing records of Takhar
- 16/08 Men's Single Sculls Final Ranking (21st)
- 15/08 Men's Single Sculls Final D 7:09.73 (3rd)
- 13/08 Men's Single Sculls Semifinal - Heat 3 7:23.00 (4th)
- 11/08 Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinal - Heat 4 7:19.01 (5th)
- 09/08 Men's Single Sculls Preliminary Round - Heat 4 7:39.91 (3rd)
External links
References
- ^ a b http://www.zeenews.com/news461184.html
- ^ Dainik Navjyoti
- ^ "Padma Awards". pib. January 27, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
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- Living people
- 1981 births
- Indian male rowers
- Sportspeople from Rajasthan
- Rajasthani people
- Olympic rowers of India
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Sikar district
- Military personnel from Rajasthan
- Asian Games gold medalists for India
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Asian Games medalists in rowing
- Rowers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Rowers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Rowers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
- Asian rowing biography stubs
- Indian sportspeople stubs
- Indian military personnel stubs