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'''Sanjay Kumar Rai''' (born 1 May 1979) is an Indian track and field athlete from [[Uttar Pradesh]], India who specializes in long jump(8.03 meter). He is the Second Indian who went beyond 8 m in Men's Long jump athlete in the qualifying round of 2000 Summer Athletics held in Sydney, at that time he was 21 years old. |
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'''Sanjay Kumar Rai''' (born 1 May 1979) is an Indian track and field athlete from [[Uttar Pradesh]], India who specializes in the [[long jump]] event. He competed at the [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|2000 Sydney Olympic Games]] but did not record a valid jump.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031609/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/sanjay-kumar-rai-1.html Olympic results]</ref> His personal best jump in [[IAAF]] competition is 8.03 m at the [[2000 Asian Athletics Championships]] in Jakarta in 2000, where he won the silver medal.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm 2000 Asian Athletics Championships results]</ref> |
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Later in his career he did not get proper support from IAF when he was injured.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} |
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Latest revision as of 21:08, 31 August 2023
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Sanjay Kumar Rai (born 1 May 1979) is an Indian track and field athlete from Uttar Pradesh, India who specializes in the long jump event. He competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games but did not record a valid jump.[1] His personal best jump in IAAF competition is 8.03 m at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships in Jakarta in 2000, where he won the silver medal.[2]
He has succeeded T. C. Yohannan of Kerala. Later Amritpal Singh (8.08 m) broke his record in the 10th Federation Cup Athletics Championships at the Nehru Stadium in New Delhi in 2004.[citation needed]
Later in his career he did not get proper support from IAF when he was injured.[citation needed]
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External links[edit]
- Sanjay Kumar Rai at World Athletics
- Sanjay Kumar Rai at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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