What is Tajinderpal Singh's record in Asian Games history?

Tajinderpal Singh Toor has won three consecutive medals at the Asian Games.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor took the field in Japan on September 26, aiming to win a gold medal at the Asian Games for the third consecutive time.

No Indian track and field athlete had ever done this before in the same event. He came very close. His best throw was 20.64 metres, good enough to win him a medal, his third Asian Games medal in a row. But this time, it was silver, not gold.

Iran’s Mohammadreza Tayebise threw the shot put even farther, 20.81 metres, and broke a record Toor himself set in 2018. Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Tolu came third with 20.48 metres.

Toor may not have secured the gold he targeted, but for a 31-year-old athlete with an already decorated career, his silver medal remains a significant achievement. To understand why this silver medal matters so much, let’s look back at his full Asian Games record.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor’s record at Asian Games

Gold in 2018 Jakarta Games

Toor’s Asian Games journey started in Jakarta, and it started with a bang. He was only 23 years old then. In his first and fourth attempts, he threw the shot put 19.96m each time.

Then, in his fifth attempt, he did something amazing. He threw it 20.75m. This earned him the gold medal and also broke India’s national record, which had stood at 20.69m in Om Prakash Karhana’s name for six years.

It was also a new Asian Games record. China’s Liu Yang won silver with 19.52m, and Kazakhstan’s Ivan Ivanov won bronze with 19.40m.

Gold in 2022 Hangzhou Games

Five years later, at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Toor was the champion everyone expected to win again, and he did, but it was not easy.

He started badly, with a couple of foul throws in a row — throws that don’t count. This could have worried anyone, but Toor stayed calm. In his sixth and final attempt, he threw the shot put 20.36m, enough to win gold.

Saudi Arabia’s Mohamed Daouda Tolo came second with 20.18m, and China’s Yang Liu came third with 19.97m. This win made Toor a two-time Asian Games champion. He became one of only four Indian shot-putters to win gold medals at consecutive Asian Games.

Silver in 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Games

This year, in Nagoya, everyone expected Toor to make history with a third gold medal in a row. But the road to this competition was not smooth.

Earlier in the year, he threw a season-best 21.03m in Delhi in April. But then, just 12 days before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, he got injured.

It was a Grade-1 tear in his calf muscle. Because of the injury, he finished fifth at the Commonwealth Games, with a 20.27m throw. He worked hard to recover and came to the Asian Games as the two-time defending champion.

In Nagoya, he threw 20.64m, his best throw since the injury, and this was enough to beat Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Tolu and win a medal. However, Iran’s Mohammadreza Tayebise produced an outstanding 20.81m throw, surpassing Toor’s Games record set in 2018.

Toor may not have won the gold medal, but he secured a medal at the Asian Games for the third consecutive time—a rare achievement in the sporting world.

Toor comes from a farming family in a small village called Khosa Pando in Punjab. As a child, he actually wanted to play cricket, not shot put. Today, he is a two-time Olympian and a three-time Asian Games medal winner.

This time in Nagoya, he didn’t get the gold medal he hoped for. But once again, he showed that he is one of the toughest and most consistent athletes India has ever produced.

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