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| name = Baljinder Singh<br />
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| nationality =[[India]]n<br />
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| event = [[20 kilometres race walk]]<br />
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|9|18}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dera Bassi]], [[Punjab, India]]<br />
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'''Baljinder Singh''' (born 18 September 1986) is an Indian [[Sportsperson|athlete]] who competes in the [[20 kilometres race walk]] event. He has qualified in the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 kilometres race walk]] event at the [[London Olympics 2012]]. His personal best in this event is 1:22:12.<ref>{{cite web|title= Biography of Baljinder Singh |url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=ind/athcode=264557/index.html|accessdate=10 July 2012|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF)}}</ref><br />
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Baljinder clocked a time of 1:25:39 in the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk|20 km walk]] event at the London Olympics and finished 43rd.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He hails from Dera Bassi a town in the [[Mohali district]] near [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab, India]]. He got his sports training at [[Sports Authority of India]], [[Bangalore]] centre under the tutelage of Ramakrishnan Gandhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=An introduction to Indian long distance walkers|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article3614805.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The loneliness of the long-distance walkers |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article3613051.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204063607/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article3613051.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=7 July 2012 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{World Athletics}}<br />
* {{Olympics.com profile|baljinder-singh}}<br />
* {{SR/Olympics profile|si/baljinder-singh-1}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian men race walkers]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:People from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Olympic athletes for India]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games]]<br />
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