Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (born 31 March 1989 in Chandigarh), known as Harinder Pal Sandhu, is an Indian professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 47 in April 2018.[1][2]
Full name | Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Chennai, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chandigarh, India | 31 March 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right Handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Major Maniam & Cyrus Poncha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racquet used | Wilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 47 (April, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 115 (March, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour final(s) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 13 April 2022. |
He was a part of the Indian team, who won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon.[3] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the first match 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4 against Mohd Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia and gave India a 1-0 lead over Malaysia, after which Saurav Ghosal won the second match, thus providing India with the gold medal in Men's Team event.
Awards
editHe was conferred the Arjuna Award for 2023.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "PSA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ^ SquashInfo Player Profile
- ^ "Asian Games: Indian men's squash team wins gold".
- ^ "Arjuna Awards 2023: President Murmu confers India's 2nd highest sports honour to cricketer Shami, archer Ojas Pravin Deotale". The Economic Times. 9 January 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Full list of Arjuna Awards Winners 2023". India Today. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
edit- Harinder Pal Sandhu – PSA World Tour profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2013)
- Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu at the Professional Squash Association (archived)
- Harinder Pal Sandhu at Squash Info