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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Amritpal Singh<br />
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| fullname = Amrit Pal Singh<br />
| nickname = <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|6|10}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sangrur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], India<br />
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| height = 1.83 m<br />
| weight = 80 kg<br />
| country = {{flagcountry|India}}<br />
| sport = [[Track and field athletics]]<br />
| event = [[Long jump]]<br />
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| pb = '''Long jump''': 8.08 m ({{small|Outdoor}})<br>([[New Delhi]] 2004)<br />
| updated = 9 September 2013<br />
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'''Amritpal Singh''' (born 6 October 1983 in [[Sangrur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]) is an [[India]]n [[track and field]] athlete from [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] who specializes in [[long jump]]. He held the national record from 2004 to 2013.<ref name="Record">{{cite news |title= Premkumar jumps 8.09 m, breaks nine-year-old long jump mark |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/premkumar-jumps-8.09-m-breaks-nineyearold-long-jump-mark/1151611/ |newspaper= The Indian Express |date= 6 August 2013 |accessdate= 9 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Singh, with an 8.08 metres jump at the 10th Federation Cup Athletics Championships in [[New Delhi]] on 16 March 2004, bettered the 30-year record held by [[T. C. Yohannan]].<ref name="hindu_mar04">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031707572000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703105255/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/17/stories/2004031707572000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-07-03|title=Amritpal betters Yohannan record|date=2004-03-17|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref> It was eventually bettered by [[Kumaravel Premkumar]] in 2013 with a jump of 8.09 meters.<ref name="Record" /><br />
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Singh is one among four Indians to go beyond the eight-metre mark; the others being T. C. Yohannan (in 1974), [[Sanjay Kumar Rai]] (in 2000).<ref name="rediff_mar04">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/mar/16ath.htm|title=Amritpal Singh lowers 30-year mark|date=2004-03-16|publisher=[[rediff.com|Rediff]]|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref> and [[Kumaravel Premkumar]] in 2013.<ref name="Record" /> He works for [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab Police]] as an Inspector.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}<br />
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Though Singh had passed the qualifying norm of 8.05 m for the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]], he was left out because of unsatisfactory form and fitness.<ref name="hindu_aug04">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/10/stories/2004081001071900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825052723/http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/10/stories/2004081001071900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-08-25|title=AFI's list of athletes for Athens|date=2004-08-10|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-19}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1983 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male long jumpers]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Punjab, India]]<br />
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