Gulveer Singh
Indian long-distance runner (born 1998)
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Gulveer Singh (born 1 June 1998) is an Indian long-distance runner. He is a Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. He has won two gold medals in the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships, a silver and bronze in the 2026 Commonwealth Games, and a bronze medal in the 2022 Asian Games.
Indian Army| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 June 1998 Atrauli, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Military career | |
Branch | Indian Army |
Service years | 2018–present |
Rank | Naib Subedar |
| Unit | The Grenadiers |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
Career
Gulveer Singh won the bronze medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou.[1] In the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships held in Bangkok in July 2023, he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres.[2] In the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, he won gold medals in both men's 5000 and 10,000 metres.[3]
In January 2026, he finished 40th in World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee.[4] On 15 March 2026, he became the first Indian to complete the half-marathon in under an hour, when he completed the New York City Half Marathon in 59 minutes 42 seconds, finishing third.[5] In July 2026, he won the silver medal in the men's 10,000 metres,[6][7] and the bronze medal in the men' 5000 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first Indian to win two medals in track events in a single edition of the Commonwealth Games.[8]
