Name Bajrang Takhar Weight 81 kg | Height 1.83 m Role Rower | |
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Sub bajrang lal takhar win gold medal in rowing asion games 2010
Bajrang Lal Takhar (Hindi: बजरंग लाल ताखर) (born 5 January 1981 in Sikar district, Rajasthan) is an Indian rower who won the first individual rowing Gold medal for India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou. Takhar is a Naib Subedar in the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the Indian Army.
Contents
- Sub bajrang lal takhar win gold medal in rowing asion games 2010
- Motivational Speech Video Bajrang Lal Takhar Ignite Talks Jaipur
- Rowing career
- Awards
- Rowing records of Takhar
- References
Motivational Speech Video - Bajrang Lal Takhar | Ignite Talks Jaipur
Rowing career
Bajrang Lal won the first individual rowing silver medal for India at the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha He contested in the men's single sculls rowing event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but failed to reach the finals. He finished with a rank of 21.
He then went on to bag gold at the Asian Championships in Korea last year 2007. He won the quota place by winning gold at the Asian qualifying championships in Shanghai.
He has won two gold medals in the single and double scull races in South Asian Games 2006.
In November 2010, he won the first individual rowing Gold medal for India at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou.