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<p>Removing from <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=Category:Asian_Games_medalists_in_athletics_(track_and_field)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) (page does not exist)">Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)</a> using <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=C:Help:Cat-a-lot&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="C:Help:Cat-a-lot (page does not exist)">Cat-a-lot</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian middle-distance runner}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox sportsperson<br /> | name = Gopal Saini<br /> | image = Gopal saini cropped.jpg<br /> | national_team = {{IND}}<br /> | birth_date = {{birth year|1954}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Rajasthan]], India<br /> | sport = [[Middle distance runner]]<br /> | medaltemplates =<br /> {{MedalSport|Men&#039;s [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}<br /> {{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br /> {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br /> {{MedalGold|[[1981 Asian Athletics Championships|1981 Tokyo]]|5000 m}}<br /> {{MedalSilver|1981 Tokyo|3000 m st.}}<br /> {{MedalBronze|[[1979 Asian Athletics Championships|1979 Tokyo]]|5000 m}}<br /> {{MedalBronze|1979 Tokyo|3000 m st.}}<br /> {{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br /> {{MedalSilver|[[1978 Asian Games|1978 Bangkok]]|3000 m st.}}<br /> {{MedalSilver|[[1982 Asian Games|1982 new delhi]]|3000 m st.}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Gopal Saini&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 1954) is a former Indian [[middle-distance runner]]. He held the national record in 3000 meters [[Steeplechase (athletics)|Steeplechase]] which was unbeaten for 37 years. Saini set the 3000m Steeplechase record (8:30.88) in Tokyo,Japan on 5 June 1981 which was then broken by Avinash Sable by clocking 8:29.80 at the 2018 National Open Championships in [[Bhubaneswar]]. Sable set a new [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 8:11.20 in August 2022 at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]].Saini represented in 1980 22nd olympic games in [[Soviet Union]] for men&#039;s 5000m race.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085445/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/gopal-saini-1.html]<br /> <br /> He hails from [[Rajasthan]]. He was conferred [[Arjuna award]] in 1981 for his achievements.<br /> He practiced on [[terrains]] for strength of legs. He currently works in SBBJ and also owns a restaurant in [[Jaipur]].<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070430022814/http://www.indianathletics.org/RECORDS/sr-indianrecords.htm Indian Records]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{sports links}}<br /> <br /> {{Footer Asian Champions men&#039;s 5000 metres}}<br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Saini, Gopal}}<br /> [[Category:1954 births]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male middle-distance runners]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male steeplechase runners]]<br /> [[Category:Athletes from Rajasthan]]<br /> [[Category:Rajasthani people]]<br /> [[Category:Olympic athletes for India]]<br /> [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]<br /> [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Asian Games]]<br /> [[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Asian Games]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]<br /> [[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for India]]<br /> [[Category:Asian Games athletes for India]]<br /> [[Category:Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games]]<br /> [[Category:Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games]]<br /> [[Category:Asian Athletics Championships winners]]<br /> [[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]<br /> <br /> {{India-athletics-bio-stub}}</div>

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