Ram Baboo

Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1999

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.50/4'11''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	35km Race Walk Mixed Team IND India	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Smart New World Qiantang River Green Belt	35km Race Walk Mixed Teams Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
27	Men's 35km Walk	2023	Budapest, HUN	2:39:07
World Race Walking Tour
5	Men's 35km Walk	2023	Dudince, SVK	2:29:56

Occupation:

Armed Forces Athlete

Physical Education

Languages spoken:

Indian Army [IND] / Uttar Pradesh [IND]

Basanta Bahadur Rana, IND

He sustained a knee injury that led him to give up running and switch to race walking in 2018. (pib, 04 Oct 2022)

He switched from running to race walking in 2018. He initially wanted to become a marathon runner after being inspired by Indian athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. "It was the 2012 Olympics, and sports were in the limelight. A senior told me, 'You can make a career in sport', and I started training on a track." (hindustantimes, 04 Oct 2022; pib, 04 Oct 2022)

He began race walking after a knee injury forced him to stop running. "The injury wasn't healing because I didn't have money for a good diet. But at that time a coach told me to shift to race walk because it was a less stressful sport for my knees." (sportstar, 04 Oct 2022)

To compete at the Olympic Games. (hindustantimes, 04 Oct 2022)

He trains at the Army Sports Institute in Pune, India. (hindustantimes, 04 Oct 2022)

His mother. (sportstar, 04 Oct 2022)

Additional Information

General
PREVIOUS OCCUPATIONS
He joined his father to work as a manual labourer in Uttar Pradesh, India, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Previously he worked as a waiter and also stitched jute bags for courier agencies. "The hardest moment of my life was when I was a waiter. I was very unwell at that time, but I was still working because I needed the money. It taught me what human life is all about. I used to dig roads as I worked under the MNREGA [Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act] where I used to do a lot of digging to make new roads in Uttar Pradesh. That will stay with me forever. The [COVID-19] lockdown period was tough for us and it has made me more determined to achieve my goals. I often think how even after being a national-level athlete one does not get full-time support, only when you become a star and Olympian does financial help come your way. The race walking got me a job in the Indian Army and I am hopeful that because of my achievements in sports I would be able to break the poverty line of my family in the coming times." (pixstory, 19 Feb 2023; timesofindia, 05 Oct 2022; hindustantimes, 04 Oct 2022; pib.gov.in, 04 Oct 2022; sportstar.thehindu男子棍术, 04 Oct 2022)

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event