Ratiram Saini

Ratiram Saini (born 15 February 1986) is an Indian long-distance athlete who specializes in the 5,000-metre and 10,000-metre events. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the 10,000-metre final at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships held in Pune, India.

Saini works as an electrical technician for Northern Railway in Lucknow.

Early life Rati Ram Saini grew up in the village of Dera, located near the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. During his youth, he regularly ran in hilly terrain while taking his family's buffaloes for grazing.

He won gold medals at the USIC Cross Country Championships in Denmark (2016) and Berlin, and also won a gold medal at the South Asian Cross Country Championship in Bhutan. By 2022, he had won five international medals in cross-country events, including four gold medals.