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{{Short description|Indian racewalker (born 1999)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{infobox sportsperson
| full_name = Akshdeep Singh Dhillon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|11|22}}
| birth_place = [[Barnala district|Barnala]], [[Punjab, India]]
| alma_mater = [[Punjabi University]]
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance =
| branch = {{Navy|India}}
| serviceyears = 2022–present
| rank = [[Petty officer]]
}}
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = [[20 km race walk]]
| pb = 1:19:37.56 {{AthAbbr|NR}} ([[Chandigarh|2024]])
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]]
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Race Walking Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Nomi, Ishikawa|2023 Nomi]]|[[Asian Race Walking Championships#Results|20km walk]]}}
}}
'''Akshdeep Singh Dhillon''' (born 22 November 1999) is an Indian [[Sport of athletics|athlete]] who competes in the [[20 kilometres race walk|20 km race walk]] event and holds the national record.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Already qualified for Olympics, race walker Akshdeep breaks own national record in men's 20km event and make new national record 1:19:38 seconds |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/already-qualified-for-olympics-race-walker-akshdeep-breaks-own-national-record-in-mens-20km-event-2870546 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Deccan Herald }}</ref> Akshdeep represented India in the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|men's 20 km race walk]] event at the [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris Olympics]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=30 January 2024 |title=Already qualified for Paris 2024 Olympics, race walker Akshdeep breaks own NR in men's 20km event |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/paris-2024-olympics-qualified-akshdeep-race-walk-national-record-mens-20km-event-national-open-news/article67793132.ece |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Sportstar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=5 March 2023 |title=From dream of joining Army, Punjab’s Akshdeep Singh makes a mark in race-walking |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/akshdeep-singh-race-walking-paris-2024-olympics-berth-national-record/article66583295.ece |access-date=26 June 2024 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
In January 2022, Akshdeep won the inter-university gold in [[Moodabidri|Moodbidri]] and the [[Khelo India University Games]] in May at [[Bengaluru]].<ref name=":1" /> In October 2022, he won a silver medal at the National Open Athletics Championships at [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]] in [[Bengaluru]].<ref name=":1" />

On 14 February 2023, he won the gold medal in the 20 km race walk at the Indian Race Walking Championships at [[Ranchi]] clocking 1:19:55.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Akshdeep SINGH {{!}} Profile {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/india/akashdeep-singh-14792584 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> Later, on 19 March 2023, he took part in the 47th All Japan Race Walking Meet and finished 12th.

Akshdeep and [[Priyanka Goswami]] qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed marathon walk relay|mixed marathon walk relay]], finishing 18th in the [[World Race Walking Team Championships|World Race Walking Team Championship]] in [[Antalya]], Turkey on 21 April 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 April 2024 |title=Paris Olympics: Akshdeep, Priyanka secure Mixed Marathon Race Walking relay spot |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/paris-olympics-akshdeep-priyanka-secure-mixed-marathon-race-walking-relay-spot-2529924-2024-04-21 |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=India Today }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nag |first=Utathya |date=21 April 2024 |title=Priyanka Goswami-Akshdeep Singh secure marathon race walk mixed relay Paris 2024 Olympics quota for India |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/world-athletics-race-walking-team-championships-2024-india-results |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=www.olympics.com}}</ref> The Indian duo clocked 3:05:03 to meet the qualifying mark. On 30 January 2024, he set the [[List of Indian records in athletics|National record]] at the 11th National Race Walking Championships at [[Chandigarh]] clocking 1:19:37.56.<ref name=":2" /> At the [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris Olympics]], Akshdeep logged a DNF ([[did not finish]]) in the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|men's 20 km race walk]] event.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com|akshdeep-singh}}

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[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian men race walkers]]
[[Category:Athletes from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for India]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]

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Md at 12:10, 24 April 2026