January 07, 2019

AMK Champions Reign at the Punjab Special Olympics


AMK athletes won 30 medals at the 21st Punjab State Special Olympic Games, and AMK won the Overall Championship Trophy for Best Institute of the State in Sports, for the 13th year in a row.


Held from 7th to 9th December 2018 at Guru Nanak Public School, Ludhiana (Punjab) and organized by Special Olympics Bharat (Punjab Chapter), the event saw 550 athletes from 59 Special Schools of Punjab participate.


A contingent of 24 members including 19 special athletes from AMK participated in the 21st Punjab State Special Olympics and won 22 Gold Medals, 7 Silver Medals and 1 Bronze Medal in athletics.


All the athletes were welcomed home by the AMK staff and students where a celebration, including bhangra and sweets, took place to mark the occasion.


These results are a reflection of all the hard work and commitment of our athletes and TEAM AMK. The athletics results are as follows:


S.No Name of the Students Athletic Event & Position
1 Baksho 100 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
200 M Dash - 1st (Gold)
2 Amanjot Kaur 25 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
SLJ - 1st (Gold)
3 Gurinder Singh 25 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
50 M Walk - 2nd (Silver)
4 Tanveer Kaur 25 M Walk - 2nd (Silver)
50 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
5 Arshdeep Kaur 25 M Walk - 2nd (Silver)
50 M Walk - 3rd (Bronze)
6 Jashanpreet Kaur 100 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
100 M Dash - 1st (Gold)
7 Aditya Kaushal 100 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
200 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
8 Ravijeet Singh 25 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
50 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
9 Dev Kumar Shot Put - 1st (Gold)
RLJ - 1st (Gold)
10 Ravi Puri 200 M Walk - 2nd (Silver)
400 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
11 Neha 100 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
400 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
12 Jaskaran Kaur 25 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
SLJ - 1st (Gold)
13 Dilpreet Singh 100 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
200 M Walk - 1st (Gold)
14 Amanpreet Singh 100 M Walk - 2nd (Silver)
Shot Put - 1st (Gold)
15 Vikas Kumar 25 M Walk - 2nd (Silver)
50 M Walk - 2nd (Silver)
16 Amanpreet Singh Bocce (Team Game - Male) - Participation
17 Anmol Mittal Bocce (Team Game - Male) - Participation
18 Naresh Kumar Bocce (Team Game - Male) - Participation
19 Dharampreet Singh Bocce (Team Game - Male) - Participation
Tags: Education
January 07, 2019

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