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{{short description|Indian swimmer}}
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| birth_place = [[Munirka]] Village, [[South West Delhi]], India
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'''Khajan Singh''' (also '''Khajan Singh Tokas''') (born 6 May 1962) is an [[India]]n swimmer, who remained national swimming champion of [[India]], and won a silver medal at the [[1986 Asian Games]] in [[Seoul]]. He was awarded an [[Arjuna Award]] by [[Government of India]] in 1984.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm List of Award winners up to 2004]</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born on 6 May 1964 in [[Munirka]] village, Khajan went to study at the Government Senior Secondary School, [[Sarojini Nagar]], in Delhi.

==Career==
He made his debut in competitive swimming by winning five Gold Medals at the National School Championships in 1981-82. Six-Footer Khajana entered the National Aquatics Championship at Delhi in 1982 and outclassed all competitors by winning five Gold, two Silver and one Bronze. The following year at the Nationals in Trivandrum, he stroked his way to seven Gold, two Silver and one Bronze.

Again in the National Aquatic Championship at Ahmedabad in 1987, he not only won seven Gold Medals but also created a national record in the 100 metres freestyle with a timing of 55.21 seconds, breaking his own record of 55.34 seconds set in the [[1984 South Asian Games]] at [[Kathmandu]]. He was the undisputed king at the 1988 Nationals at Calcutta making an unprecedented haul of eight individual Gold, five of them gleaming with the additional lustre of new records. He also contributed to a Silver and a Bronze for the police relay team. The ace swimmer, master free style and Arjuna Awardee of 1984, Khajan scored Silver at the [[1986 Asian Games]] in Seoul in 200m Butterfly. That was the first time since 1951 that India won a medal at the Asiad.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opening the Pandora's box |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/01/stories/0701011l.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925085111/http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/01/stories/0701011l.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2011 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 September 2001 }}</ref> The next medal in swimming came 24 years later, when [[Virdhawal Khade]] won a bronze in the same event at [[2010 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Khade breaks 24-yr jinx in Asiad pool |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/khade-breaks-24yr-jinx-in-asiad-pool/1/120213.html |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=17 November 2010 }}</ref>

His most outstanding international performance was at the South Asian Federation Games (now known South Asian Games), where he won Gold Medals at Kathmandu in 1984 and seven at [[2004 South Asian Games]] at [[Islamabad]] in 1989. He won a Bronze at the 1988 [[Asian Swimming Championships]] in Beijing and a Silver in the 100 metre butterfly at the world Police Games in 1988.

Khajan represented India in the 12th [[Commonwealth Games]] at Brisbane in 1982, IXth Asian Games at Delhi in 1982, 2nd Asian Swimming Championship at Seoul in 1984, friendly International Game at Moscow in 1984. Coached by Australian coach Eric Arnold, Khajan Singh even took part in the 1988 Olympic at Seoul.

Starting a sports officer in his early career, he presently [[Deputy Inspector General of Police|D.I.G.]] with the [[Central Reserve Police Force]] (CRPF).

==Personal life==
He runs the "Khajan Singh Swimming Academy", located near the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) campus in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Breathing under water|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/05/31/stories/2008053152340400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925085020/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/05/31/stories/2008053152340400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2011 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=31 May 2008 }}</ref>

In 2010, he along with leading sport persons of the past took part in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports tableau on Commonwealth Games – Delhi 2010, at the 61st Republic Day parade in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Focus on Commonwealth Games |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/27/stories/2010012757230100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131211325/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/27/stories/2010012757230100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 January 2010 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 January 2010 }}</ref>

== References ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071028022024/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=724&moduleid=&maincatid=46&subid=0&comid=55]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917164842/http://www.indiansportsnews.com/legends-of-indian-sports/1953-khajan-singh.html Khajan Singh Profile]
* [http://wikimapia.org/2679932/khazan-singh-swimming-academy Khajan Singh Swimming Academy]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian male swimmers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:People from Delhi]]
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers of India]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Indian police officers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Delhi]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1986 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1990 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Male butterfly swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games]]
[[Category:South Asian Games gold medalists for India]]
[[Category:South Asian Games medalists in swimming]]

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