Nationality India Country India | Name Indrajeet Patel | |
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Born 15 January 1994 (age 30) ( 1994-01-15 ) Tilikapura Soram, Allahabad, India Event(s) 3000 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres, Half marathon Personal best(s) 3000 m: 8:14.93(Lille 2011)
5000 m: 14:25.61(Ranchi 2011)
10,000 m: 29:41.76(Chennai 2014) | ||
Indrajeet Patel is an Indian athlete - a 3000 metre, 5000 metre, 10,000 metre and half marathon runner. He first came into limelight after winning the Mumbai Half Marathon held at Mumbai, India in 2014. He is the Indian National Youth Champion in the 3000 metre category, and the National Junior Champion in the 5000 metre category. He is also the winner of the Asian Area Qualification Championship held in Singapore on 22 and 23 May 2010 in the 3000 metre category. He clocked 8:16:26 to beat Japan's Nishiike Kazuto
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Indarjeet Patel hails from Allahabad He has notched up junior national records in the 5000 metre event. He qualified for the boys' 3000m final at the IAAF World youth athletics championship in Lille, France. He is a promising athlete with the scope to win a medal for India in major International events.
He is an alumnus of the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Lucknow.
Standard Chartered Mumbai half marathon, 2014
Indarjeet Patel came to the forefront when he won the Mumbai Half marathon in 2014. The 20-year-old from Allahabad clocked 01:04:56 to beat Soji Mathew (01: 05: 45), and Man Singh (01: 06:17).