Harinder Pal Sandhu
Full name | Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Chennai, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chandigarh, India | 31 March 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Major Maniam & Cyrus Poncha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 47 (April, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 115 (March, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated: 13 April 2022. |
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (born 31 March 1989 in Chandigarh), known as Harinder Pal Sandhu, is an Indian professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 47 in April 2018.[1][2]
He was a part of the Indian team, who won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon.[3] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the first match 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4 against Mohd Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia and gave India a 1-0 lead over Malaysia, after which Saurav Ghosal won the second match, thus providing India with the gold medal in Men's Team event.
Awards
[edit]He was conferred the Arjuna Award for 2023.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "PSA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ SquashInfo Player Profile
- ^ "Asian Games: Indian men's squash team wins gold".
- ^ "Arjuna Awards 2023: President Murmu confers India's 2nd highest sports honour to cricketer Shami, archer Ojas Pravin Deotale". The Economic Times. 9 January 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Full list of Arjuna Awards Winners 2023". India Today. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Harinder Pal Sandhu – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2013)
- Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu at the Professional Squash Association (archived)
- Harinder Pal Sandhu at Squash Info