Khajan S Tokas

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Khajan Singh Tokas

True to his name (also pronounced as Khazan) which means treasure and talent, Khajan Singh is the most versatile of the three national level swimmers produced by the Tokas swim clan of Munirka village in Delhi, the other two being Dharmpal and Mohinder. Born on 6 May 1964, Khajan went to study at the Government Senior Secondary School, Sarojini Nagar, in Delhi and made his debut in competitive swimming by bagging five Gold Medals at the National School Championships in 1981-82.

Six-Footer Khajana entered the National Aquatics Championship at Delhi in 1982 and outclassed all competitors by winning five Gold, two Silver and one Bronze. The following year at the Nationals in Trivandrum, he stroked his way to seven Gold, two Silver and one Bronze.

Again in the 42nd National Aquatic Championship at Ahmedabad in 1987, he not only won seven Gold Medals but also created a national record in the 100 metres freestyle with a timing of 55.21 seconds, breaking his own record of 55.34 seconds set in the 1985 SAF Games at Kathmandu. He was the undisputed king at the 1988 Nationals at Calcutta making an unprecedented haul of eight individual Gold, five of them gleaming with the additional lustre of new records.

He also contributed to a Silver and a Bronze for the policy relay team. The ace swimmer, master free style and Arjuna Awardee of 1984,Khajan bagged Silver at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. That was the first time since 1951 that India bagged a medal at the Asiad.

His most outstanding international performance was at the South Asian Federation Games where he won Gold Medals at Kathmandu in 1985 and seven at Islamabad in 1989. He won a Bronze at the 1988 Asian Swimming Championship in Beijing and a Silver in the 100 metre butterfly at the world Police Games in 1988.

Khajan represented India in the 12th Commonwealth Game at Brisbane in 1982, IXth Asian Games at Delhi in 1982, 2nd Asian Swimming Championship at Seoul in 1984 friendly International Game at Moscow in 1984. Coached by Australian coach Eric Arnold, Khajan Singh even part in the 1988 Olympic at Seoul.