Shivpal Singh


Shivpal Singh is an Indian javelin thrower.
He finished eighth at the 2018 Asian Games and won the silver medal at the 2019 Asian Championships.
His personal best throw is 86.23 metres, achieved at the 2019 Asian Championships in Doha.
In 2016, Shivpal Singh won the men’s javelin throw event at the Budapest Open athletics in Hungary. He finished eighth in the previous edition of the Asian games as he could only manage one throw off his 3 chances due to an elbow injury. In 2015, he was selected for the junior world championships but was left out of the squad because of the injury. The journey from national championships to the big stage has been quite eventful for the young man from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh