Manish Singh Rawat

Manish Singh Rawat
Personal information
Born (1991-05-05) 5 May 1991 (age 33)
Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India[1]
Sport
Country India
SportTrack and field
Eventracewalking
Medal record
New Delhi Indian Race Walking championships 2018[2]
Silver medal – second place New Delhi 20Km
Dehradun Indian Police Championships 2017[2]
Gold medal – first place Uttrakhand 20Km

Manish Singh Rawat (born 5 May 1991)[3] is a male Indian racewalker. He competes in the 20 km and the 50 km events and is employed by the Uttarakhand State Police. He has been part of the Indian racewalking squad for the past 3 years.

He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.[4] Manish Singh also completed his 20 km race in 1 hour 20 minutes and 50 seconds at the IAAF Race Walking challenge in April 2015.

He is a landless agriculture labourer from Uttarakhand who has also worked as a waiter for a living.[5]

He is currently being supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.[1]

  1. ^ a b Race walker Rawat eyes success at Rio Olympics - Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2 March 2016). Retrieved on 2017-01-01.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference iaaf.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Manish Singh. olympic.org
  4. ^ "Men's 50 kilometres walk heats results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. ^ Beyond the medal race: The inspiring Manish Singh Rawat story that we almost missed. Sports Keeda (2016-08-16). Retrieved on 2017-02-12.