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Harinderpal Sandhu is an Indian professional squash player. He was a part of the Indian Squash team, which won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon. He had a world ranking of 47 in the year 2014.
Wiki/Biography
Harinderpal Singh Sandhu was born on Friday, 31 March 1989 (age 34 years; as of 2023) in Mohali. His Zodiac sign is Aries. He started playing at Yadavindra Public School, Mohali. He started playing at the age of 10. He was pushed by his teacher A. I Singh to pursue Squash instead of Cricket and Football.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 5″
Weight: 64 kg
Family
Parents & Siblings
Harinder’s father’s name is Harpal Singh Sandhu, an SP with Punjab Police. His mother’s name is Manpreet Kaur Sandhu. He has a brother Maninder Sandhu.
Harinder Sandhu’s (standing) childhood pic with his father and brother
Harinder Sandhu’s childhood Picture with his mother
Wife & Children
Harinder Sandhu got married in March 2021, in a traditional Sikh wedding.
Harinder Sandhu with his wife
Religion
Harinder is born into a Sikh family and follows Sikhism.
Career
Professional squash player
Harinder pal Sandhu started playing at the age of 10. Later at 13, he moved to Chennai with his coach to train in squash at Indian Squash Association (ISA), where he was mentored by Cyrus Poncha, Ashraf Karagui and David Palmer. In 2005 he joined Professional Squash Association (PSA) and turned Pro in the same year. He won the national title in 2019, by beating 8-time champion Saurav Ghosal. He was a part of the Indian team, who won the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games held at Incheon. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won the first match 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4 against Mohd Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia and gave India a 1-0 lead over Malaysia.
Harinder during Malaysia Squash Tour in 2017
Comeback
In 2019, during the CCI International Squash Open in Mumbai in January, Harinder injured his back and could not play. After a gap of 9 months, he made a comeback with the HCL SRFI Indian Tour.
Harinder during a match after his comeback in December 2019
Medals
Gold
- 2023: Asian Mixed Doubles Championship in Hangzhou, China
Silver
- 2014: Asian Games at Incheon in Singles
- 2019: Men’s Singles in South Asian Games in Nepal
- 2019: Men’s Doubles in South Asian Games in Nepal
Bronze
- 2016: Men’s Doubles at South Asian Games in India
- 2018: Men’s Team at Asian Games in Jakarta.
- 2010: Men’s Team at Asian Games in Guangzhou
- 2016: World Doubles Championships in Darwin, Australia
Harinder Sandhu with Dipika Pallikal after winning the gold medal at Asian Mixed Doubles Championship in Hangzhou, China
Achievements
- In 2009, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu won his first two PSA titles at the Indian Challenger Series.
- In 2014, He defeated India’s No.1 squash player Saurav Ghosal in the Indian Nationals and won his first championship title after being runner-up 3 times.
Harinder Sandhu with his trophy
Favourites
- Sportsperson(s): Milkha Singh, Thierry Lincou.
Facts/Trivia
- His hobbies include riding bikes, watching movies and hanging out with his friends.
Harinder Sandhu with Ramit Tandon after practice
- In an interview, talking about making a comeback after a major injury, he said,
Even now, I am a bit scared to play. The pain was so severe [then]. I was training really hard and I was hoping that this season would be the best I’ve ever had. I was hoping to reach the top 30. I had the tournaments and training planned out with [SRFI Secretary] Cyrus Poncha. And suddenly out of the blue, it just snapped. Everything went blank.”
- Harinder is famous for his fitness.
I will adapt, but I’ll never change#Nohashtagneeded pic.twitter.com/AdlH8I0YYP
— Harinder Sandhu (@sandhu_harinder) April 18, 2020
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