Amit Khatri Athlete Biography: Height, Achievements, Personal Life, Family, Unknown Facts & Social Media

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Amit Khatri Athlete Biography 

The state of Haryana is the athlete-producing factory for India. Many of the great Indian athletes belong to this state and now one more name is added to this list. His Name is Amit Khatri and he is from the Rohtak district of Haryana.

The 18-year-old comes from a military family and made India proud when he won the silver medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in 2021 In Kenya. In his village Islamia, there are many families who have the surname Khatri well Amit has made sure that he stands out from them. He then encouraged Amit to take up athletics as he was very weak.

Name Amit Khatri
Profession Racewalk
Birth Place Rohtak, Haryana
Age 21 years old (as of 2022)
Nationality Indian
Religion Hindu
Category Men’s Racewalking
Highest Ranking 18
Marital Status Single
Father’s Name Suresh Khatri

 

Amit Khatri Athlete Early Life

Amit Khatri was born on 25 December 2003 in the Rohtak district of Haryana. His father Suresh Khatri is a veteran BSF constable. Suresh Khatri would come home on vacation and instead of relaxing he would continue his daily routine of the BSF regiment. He would watch his son just laze around doing nothing.

Amit’s path to success was filled with obstacles. He was not physically strong and his Stamina was low. Many elite coaches rejected him. International race walker Chandan Singh took Khatri under his wing in 2018, and over time, he demonstrated growth before producing swift results.

 

Amit Khatri Athlete Professional Life

Amit khatri athlete bio

After Amit started training under Chandan Singh, he started to improve his physical strength and stamina. He had low hemoglobin hence it was difficult for him to continue after some time. He started training in Ooty to improve his stamina.

He won the gold medal at the Indian U-18 Championship in 2021 by setting the time of 42:15.91. He then created history by becoming the first Indian to win a medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi. He won the silver medal by setting a time of 42:17.94 finishing only seven seconds behind the winner.

This is no small feat by young Amit as he is now certainly one of India’s top athletes. He will represent India in the 10,000-meter race walk at the prestigious Commonwealth Games later this year.

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Amit Khatri Athlete Commonwealth Games 2022

It is a dream come true for Amit to represent India in the commonwealth games at such a young age. No doubt this experience will help him to achieve great things in the future. His father has said in an interview that he wants to show him a cupboard full of medals of his son. Lets’ hope there is a Commonwealth Games Medal in there 

 

Amit Khatri Athlete Records and Achievements

  • Silver Medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in 2021
  • Gold Medal at the Indian U20 Race Walking Meeting in 2020
  • Gold medal at the Indian U20 Federation Cup in 2021

Amit Khatri Athlete Unknown Facts

  • Amit Khat is coached by international Race walker Chandan Singh
  • Indian Race walker Amit Khatri is the first Indian to win a medal at the U-20 World Championship

 

Amit Khatri Athlete Social Media:

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Amit Khatri Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Khatri

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