SINGH Shivpal

India

Athletics

Date of Birth: 6 Jul 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Place of birth: VARANASI

Birth Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Men's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group B	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (78.97)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2018	Indonesia	8th (74.11)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	2nd (86.23)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2019	1 x 8th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
8	2019	Javelin Throw	Oslo, NOR	80.87

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
8	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	79.69

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English, Hindi

Coach:

Uwe Hohn [personal], GER

Sporting relatives:

His uncle Jagmohan Singh was a national champion in javelin. His younger brother Nandkishore has also competed in the sport at national level. (olympicchannel.com, 17 Mar 2020; tribuneindia.com, 21 Jul 2018)

Injuries:

He was troubled by elbow pain at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. He was then diagnosed with a hairline fracture in his throwing elbow. (indianexpress.com, 15 May 2019)

He sustained a knee injury in December 2016 and was sidelined for six months. (tribuneindia.com, 21 Jul 2018)

Reason:

He was born to a family of javelin throwers. "I was fat as a kid. Overweight, I would say. I think I was around age 12 when my parents decided to send me to my uncle in New Delhi. They just wanted me to be fit. Javelin was never a goal. One could say javelin was the byproduct since my uncle was a javelin thrower himself. My grandad was into javelin, my uncle Jagmohan is a former national champion, my dad Ramasaray and uncle Shivpujan were good too. So, I don't think it's a surprise that I got into the sport." (olympicchannel.com, 17 Mar 2020; tribuneindia.com, 21 Jul 2018)

Philosophy:

"Winners are those who fail but never quit." (Facebook profile, 01 Jun 2018)

General Interest

General
TRAINING OVERSEAS
He joined a training camp in South Africa at the end of 2018 and trained under coach Uwe Hohn while also recovering from his elbow injury. "Coach simply stopped me from throwing the javelin. I was very troubled. I kept asking 'Coach, can I throw today?' and he kept saying no. I was used to having at least two throwing sessions a week but I only had maybe two sessions over several months when I was in South Africa. At one point I thought I had made a mistake by even going to South Africa." (indianexpress.com, 15 May 2019; espn.in, 24 Apr 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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