Harinder Pal Sandhu

Harinder Pal Sandhu
Sandhu in 2024
Personal information
Full nameHarinder Pal Singh Sandhu
Born (1989-03-31) 31 March 1989
Chandigarh, India
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country India
HandednessRight Handed
Coached byMajor Maniam & Cyrus Poncha
RetiredActive
Racquet usedWilson
Men's singles
Highest rankingNo. 47 (April, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 115 (March, 2020)
Title8
Tour final14
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing  India
World Doubles Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 DarwinMixed doubles
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2014 IncheonTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouMixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place2018 JakartaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouTeam
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2016 GuwahatiSingles
Silver medal – second place2019 NepalSingles
Silver medal – second place2019 NepalTeam
Updated on 13 April 2022

Harinder Pal Sandhu (born 31 March 1989) is an Indian professional squash player. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 47 in April 2018.[1][2]

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, giving India a 1-0 lead over Malaysia. Saurav Ghosal won the second match, bagging the gold medal for India in the men's team event.

Awards

He was conferred the Arjuna Award for 2023.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "PSA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. ↑ SquashInfo Player Profile
  3. ↑ "Asian Games: Indian men's squash team wins gold". 27 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Full list of Arjuna Awards Winners 2023". India Today. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.