Balraj Panwar

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Born (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 26)
OccupationRower
Allegiance India
Branch Indian Army
Balraj Panwar
Personal information
Born (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 26)
OccupationRower
Military career
Allegiance India
Branch Indian Army
Service years2018–present
Rank Naib Subedar
Sport
SportRowing
Coached by
Medal record
Representing  India
Men's single sculls rowing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paris Olympics 2024 0 0 0
World Asian and Oceanian Olympic 0 0 1
Asian Games 2022 0 0 0
National Games 1 0 0
National rowing championships 2 0 0
Open Sprints National Rowing Championship 0 0 1
Total 3 0 2
Olympic Games
2024 ParisM1X
2024 World Asian and Oceanian Olympics regatta
Bronze medal – third place2024 KoreaM1X
Asian Games
2022 ChinaM1X
Asian Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 HaiphongM1X
World Cup
2023 SwitzerlandM1X
2024 PolandM1X
National Games
2022 GujaratM1X
Gold medal – first place2023 GoaM1X
National Rowing Championship
Gold medal – first place2023 PuneM4X
Gold medal – first place2024 PuneM1X
Open Sprint National Rowing Championship
Bronze medal – third place2024 PuneM1X

Balraj Panwar (born 26 July 1999)[1] is an Indian rower from Kaimla, Haryana.[2] He competes in the men's single sculls. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the men's single sculls[3][4][5] and finished 23rd.

Panwar was born in Kaimla village, Gharaunda subdivision, Karnal, Haryana.[6] His father Randhir Panwar died when he was 10 and his mother Kamala Panwar brought him up and four other siblings by doing odd jobs like picking vegetables, selling milk, working at construction sites or shred wheat.[6] She also worked at a garment factory.[7] He is married and has one child. He joined Indian Army as a sepoy to support his family financially. He was first posted at the Bengal Engineering Group.[8] He is preparing for the Olympics at the Army Training Node at Pune from October 2021.[6][7] He is training under National coach Ismail Baig and 2008 Olympian Bajrang Lal Takhar.[6]

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