event birth_place nationality sport birth_date residence article_title name
20 kilometres race walk uttrakhand indian track and field 1 july 1985 jharkhand , india gurmeet singh
 gurmeet singh
gurmeet singh

gurmeet singh -lrb- born 1 july 1985 in uttarakhand , india -rrb- is an indian athlete who competes in the 20 kilometres race walk event .
he is a current indian record holder in the 20 km race walk , which he set in the indian grand prix i in patiala in may 2011 .
gurmeet is sponsored by the mittal champions trust , an initiative run by steel magnate lakshmi n. mittal .
he is one of the three indian athletes who have qualified for the 2012 summer olympics in 20 km race walk event with an ` a ' qualification standard -lrb- 1:22:30 -rrb- .
he achieved this berth in the 18th dublin international grand prix in ireland after finishing sixth with a time of 1:22:05 .
in the event he clocked a time of 1:23:34 and finished 33rd .
