Gurnam Singh (runner)
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| Born | August 16, 1931 Punjab, India | |||||||||||
| Died | December 7, 2006 (aged 75) Jakarta, Indonesia | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Gurnam Singh (August 16, 1931 – December 7, 2006) was a former Indonesian track and field athlete who won a bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta. Rusli Lutan described him as "remembered as a unique runner who ran bare-footed."[1]
References
- ↑ Rusli Lutan (2006). "Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism". In Hong, Fan (ed.). Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism: The Asian Games. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 978-0415568500. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
External links
- Gurnam Singh at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2006 deaths
- Sportspeople from Medan
- Indian emigrants to Indonesia
- Indonesian people of Indian descent
- Indonesian men long-distance runners
- Indonesian Sikhs
- Indonesian people of Punjabi descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia
- Asian Games athletes for Indonesia
- Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Competitors at the 1961 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Indonesian sportsmen
- Asian sport of athletics biography stubs
- Indonesian sportspeople stubs