Ajay Kumar Saroj

Ajay Kumar Saroj
Ajay Kumar Saroj in Bhubaneswar 2017
nation	India
birthday	1st May 1997 (age 23)
place of birth	Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh , India
size	183 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Trainer	Jaswinder Bhatia
status	active
Medal table
Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 1 × 1 × 0 × Asian Championships 1 × 1 × 0 × South Asian Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 Asian Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games gold Ashgabat 2017 1500 m Asian Championships gold Bhubaneswar 2017 1500 m silver Doha 2019 1500 m South Asian Games gold Kathmandu 2019 1500 m Junior Asian Championships gold Ho Chi Minh City 2016 1500 m
last change: December 5, 2019

Ajay Kumar Saroj (born May 1, 1997 in Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh ) is an Indian athlete who specializes in the 800 and 1500 meter run .

Athletic career

Ajay Kumar Saroj gained his first international experience at the 2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing , where he won the bronze medal in the 1,500-meter run in 4: 05.76 minutes. The following year he took part in the Youth Olympic Games there and finished fifth with 3: 46.92 minutes. In 2016 he finished fifth at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha in 3: 47.26 minutes and then won the Asian Junior Championships in Ho Chi Minh City in 3: 57.55 minutes . He qualified for the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz , where he was fifth in 3: 49.52 min. In 2017 he won the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar in 3: 45.85 minutes and the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat in 3: 48.67 minutes. Two years later he had to admit defeat only to Abraham Rotich from Bahrain at the Asian Championships in Doha after 3: 43.18 minutes . At the beginning of December he won the South Asian Games in Kathmandu in 3: 54.18 minutes.

In 2015 and 2018, Kumar Saroya became Indian champion in the 1500 meter run and in 2015 also over 800 meters.

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 1: 49.05 min, September 28, 2017 in Chennai
• 1500 meters: 3: 40.39 min, June 15, 2019 in Nijmegen
  • 1500 meters (hall): 3: 47.26 min, February 20, 2016 in Doha

Web links

Commons : Ajay Kumar Saroj  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ajay Kumar Saroj in the database of World Athletics (English)