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Whether it is during competitions, training or simple chats or get togethers, he was always jolly and full of life. "He was a happy-go-lucky and positive man full of energy. He even dabbled in politics, joining the Aam Aadmi Party in 2013, before shifting allegiance to the Bhartiya Janata Party the next year. "He will remain an inspiration for years to come as he is a great example of an athlete who gave his best on the international platform in the 11 years that he competed at the highest level," said Athletics Federation of India president Adille J Sumariwalla in his tribute.īut his sporting journey ended after he took the entertainment plunge starting with small roles, which was followed by national fame. Infact, It was India's maiden medal in field events at Commonwealth Games and only the second in athletics after Milkha Singh's 440 yard gold in 1958. His hammer throw silver remains the only one that an Indian has won in the event at the Commonwealth Games. IMAGE: Praveen Kumar Sobti as Bheem in Mahabharat. He also won a discus throw silver in the 1974 Asian Games. He won a hammer throw bronze in the 1966 Asian Games and a silver in the same discipline in the Commonwealth Games that year. Sobti's discus throw gold medals in the Asiad came in the 19 editions. He came up with his career-best efforts in the two Olympics - 60.84m in hammer throw (1968) and 53.12m in discus throw (1972). Sobti dominated the discus and hammer throw events for many years during the 1960s and '70s, winning medals in three Asian Games, one Commonwealth Games and taking part in two Olympics - the 1968 Mexico editions and the ill-fated 1972 Games in Munich where Israeli athletes were massacred by a Palestinian terrorist group. And as they mourned his demise his former team-mates recalled the "caring, jolly man" that Sobti was.
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He was a former BSF soldier and also won four medals, including two gold, in the Asian Games for India. The 74-year-old breathed his last in New Delhi on Monday evening following a cardiac arrest, and it was hardly a surprise to see tributes pouring in from all quarters, his name etched in public memory for the brilliant portrayal of Bheem in the B R Chopra magnum opus.īut the towering man from Punjab's Sarhali Kalan town was much more than that.
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Playing the character of Bheem in the blockbuster television series Mahabharat made him a household name but much before that, Praveen Kumar Sobti was an athlete par excellence and remains India's first and only hammer throw medal winner at the Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Sports Authority of India/Twitter He went on to defend his discus throw gold at the Asian Games in 1970 and claimed the silver at the 1974 edition in Tehran. He also won a silver in hammer throw at the Commonwealth Games 1966 in Jamaica earlier that year. IMAGE: Praveen Kumar Sobti won the gold medal in the discus throw at the Asian Games 1966 held in Bangkok and clinched a bronze in hammer throw at the same edition.