Gopal Saini
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National team | India |
Born | 1954 (1954) Rajasthan, India |
Sport | |
Sport | Middle distance runner |
Gopal Saini (born 1954) is a former Indian middle distance runner. He held the national record in 3000 meters Steeplechase which was unbeaten for 37 years. Saini set the 3000m Steeplechase record (8:30.88) in Tokyo,Japan on 5 June 1981 which was then broken by Avinash Sable by clocking 8:29.80 at the 2018 National Open Championships in Bhubaneswar. Sable set a new national record of 8:11.20 in August 2022 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.Saini represented in 1980 22nd olympic games in Soviet Union for men's 5000m race.[1]
He hails from Rajasthan. He was conferred Arjuna award in 1981 for his achievements. He practiced on terrains for strength of legs. He currently works in SBBJ and also owns a restaurant in Jaipur.
References
- Indian Records
External links
- Gopal Saini at Olympedia
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- 1973: Ichio Sato (JPN)
- 1975: Kunimitsu ItΕ (JPN)
- 1979: Hideki Kita (JPN)
- 1981: Gopal Saini (IND)
- 1983: Zhang Guowei (CHN)
- 1985: Kozu Akutsu (JPN)
- 1987: Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT)
- 1989: Zhang Guowei (CHN)
- 1991: Mohamed Suleiman (QAT)
- 1993: Bahadur Prasad (IND)
- 1995: Saad Al-Asmari (KSA)
- 1998: Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)
- 2000: Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama (QAT)
- 2002: Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT)
- 2003: Abdulaziz Abdelrahman Al-Ameeri (QAT)
- 2005: James Kwalia (QAT)
- 2007: Felix Kibore (QAT)
- 2009: James Kwalia (QAT)
- 2011β2013: Dejenee Regassa (BHR)
- 2015: Mohamad Al-Garni (QAT)
- 2017: Govindan Lakshmanan (IND)
- 2019: Birhanu Balew (BHR)
- 2023: Hyuga Endo (JPN)
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