Harvinder Singh (archer)

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Harvinder Singh
Singh in 2021
Personal information
Born25 February 1991 (1991-02-25) (age 34)
Kaithal, Haryana, India
Medal record
Men's para archery
Representing  India
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Individual recurve open
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Individual recurve open
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Individual recurve open W2/ST
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Doubles recurve

Harvinder Singh (born 25 February 1991) is an Indian paralympic archer.[1] He is a double Paralympic medalist having won the gold at 2024 Paris and the bronze at 2020 Tokyo in the men's singles recurve archery event.[2] His medals were the first Paralympic gold and bronze archery medals for India.[3][4]

In January 2025, Harvinder Singh was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, by the Government of India.[5][6]

Early life

Singh was born in Kaithal, Haryana. He is supported by sports NGO, Olympic Gold Quest.[7]

Career

Singh won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games and the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.[8] At the 2022 Asian Para Games, he was a part of the team that won the bronze medal.[9]

At the Para Archery World Ranking event in 2024, he won a bronze medal at Czech Republic. At the World Archery Oceania Para Grand Prix, he won a bronze at Australia.[10]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "SINGH Harvinder". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Date of Birth: 25 Feb 1991 / Place of birth: KAITHAL
  2. ^ "Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India's first ever archery medal at Paralympics". The Telegraph. India. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India's first-ever medal in archery". The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Paralympics: Harvinder Singh wins bronze, India's first archery medal". The Indian Express. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Padma Award Winners 2025 Full List: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri". Bru Times News.
  6. ^ "Padma Awards 2025 announced". pib.gov.in.
  7. ^ "Para Archery | OGQ". ogq.org. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Tokyo Paralympics, archery: India's Harvinder Singh wins bronze with thrilling win in a shootoff". Scroll.in. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 December 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Harvinder Singh | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Padma awards 2025 Live updates: Winners to be announced today". The Hindu. 25 January 2025. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.


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