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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian javelin thrower}}<br />
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{{Infobox athlete<br />
| image = Davinder Singh.jpg<br />
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| caption = Kang with the bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships<br />
| name = Davinder Singh Kang<br />
| event = [[Javelin throw]]<br />
| club =<br />
| collegeteam =<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|12|18}}<br />
| birth_place = Chak Shakur, [[Jalandhar district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grewal |first=Indervir |date=14 July 2017 |title=King Kang roars |work=The Tribune |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sport/king-kang-roars/436462.html |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref><br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| pb = 84.57m (Patiala 2017)<br />
| medaltemplates =<br />
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Javelin throw]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneshwar]]|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw|Javelin]]}}<br />
|updated = 12 August 2017<br />
}}<br />
'''Davinder Singh Kang''' (born 18 December 1988) is an Indian [[track and field]] athlete who competes in the [[javelin throw]] event. Kang won the bronze medal at the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's javelin throw|2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] with a throw of 83.29m.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Amsan |first=Andrew |date=12 August 2017 |title=Worlds Championship’s finals qualification ‘no big deal’ for Davinder Singh Kang |work=The Indian Express |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/worlds-finals-qualification-no-big-deal-for-davinder-singh-kang-javelin-throw-4792722/ |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref> At the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw|2017 World Championships in Athletics]] in August 2017, he became the first Indian to qualify for the final of the javelin throw event at the [[World Athletics Championships]] with a throw of 84.22m, the seventh best mark in the qualification round.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Rohan |date=11 August 2017 |title=World Championships: Davinder Singh Kang becomes first Indian to qualify for javelin throw finals |work=India Today |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/world-championships-davinder-singh-kang-first-indian-qualify-javelin-throw-finals/1/1023696.html |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Misra |first=Sundeep |date=11 August 2017 |title=IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017: Davinder Singh Kang defies odds to create history, Neeraj Chopra falls short |work=Firstpost |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-2017-davinder-singh-kang-defies-odds-to-create-history-neeraj-chopra-falls-short-3918125.html |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1988 births]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male javelin throwers]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Jalandhar]]<br />
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for India]]<br />
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