Nishad Kumar
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 24) Amb, Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | high jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nishad Kumar (born 3 October 1999) is an Indian paralympian and high jumper.[1] He made his first Paralympic Games appearance in 2020 Tokyo representing India and went onto claim silver medal in the men's high jump T47 category with a new Asian record of 2.06m.[2] In the 2022 Asian Para Games, he won a gold medal in the men's high jump T47[3] at Hangzhou, China. He is currently being supported by OGQ.
Personal life
Nishad is from Baduan village of Amb[3] sub-division in Una District, Himachal Pradesh. His father was a farmer. His mother, a state-level volleyball player and a discus thrower, was his inspiration. At the age of six,[4] his right hand was severed accidentally by a grass-cutting machine in his family farm.[5][3] He did his college in DAV College, Sector 10 in Chandigarh. He later pursued his higher education at the Himachal Pradesh University.[citation needed] He is studying for a PE at Lovely Professional University.[6][7]
In early 2021, he tested positive for COVID-19.[8]
Career
He took up the sport of para-athletics in 2009. In November 2019, he won the bronze medal in the men's T47 category at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships and, as a result, he qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[9] He won the gold medal in T46 category at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix which was held in Dubai.[8]
He also became the second Indian to win a medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after Bhavina Patel when he clinched a silver in the T47 category high jump event along with an Asian Record.[8][10] He incredibly shared the silver medal with Dallas Wise of USA who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m.[5][11]
References
- ^ "Nishad Kumar". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Day 5: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump; Bhavinaben Patel wins table tennis silver, Vinod Kumar wins bronze in discus throw". Sportstar. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Nishad Kumar bags high jump silver to add 2nd medal in India's tally". India Today. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar wins silver medal in T47 high jump event, creates Asian Record". Hindustan Times. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021. - ^ a b c PTI. "Indians win four gold to begin Para Asian Games campaign in style". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Sharda, Deepankar (6 September 2021). "Yet to receive a job offer from HP govt: Nishad Kumar". www.tribuneindia.com/. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ a b Nitin Sharma (29 August 2021). "Lost right hand in fodder-cutting machine, Nishad Kumar wins silver at Paralympics". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "NISHAD KUMAR". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Web Desk (29 August 2021). "Nishad Kumar wins silver in men's high jump T47, second medal for India in Paralympics". english.madhyamam.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Paralympics 2020 - Nishad Kumar wins silver in men's high jump". The Hindu. PTI. 29 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Dubai 2019 Results - Event Overview - Men's High Jump T47". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ Naveen Peter (29 August 2021). "Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar soars to silver in high jump, Vinod Kumar wins bronze in discus". Olympics. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump". ESPN. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- "Athletics - Men's High Jump - T47 Schedule - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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- : Murlikant Petkar (1972 Heidelberg)
- : Devendra Jhajharia (2 titles, 2004 Athens, 2016 Rio de Janeiro)
- : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
- : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo)
- : Sumit Antil (2020 Tokyo)
- : Manish Narwal (2020 Tokyo)
- : Pramod Bhagat (2020 Tokyo)
- : Krishna Nagar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Bhimrao Kesarkar (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York)
- : Joginder Singh Bedi (1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York)
- : Girisha Nagarajegowda (2012 London)
- : Deepa Malik (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
- : Bhavina Patel (2020 Tokyo)
- : Nishad Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Yogesh Kathuniya (2020 Tokyo)
- : Devendra Jhajharia (2020 Tokyo)
- : Mariyappan Thangavelu (2020 Tokyo)
- : Praveen Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo)
- : Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (2020 Tokyo)
- : Joginder Singh Bedi (2 titles, 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York)
- : Rajinder Singh Rahelu (2004 Athens)
- : Varun Singh Bhati (2016 Rio de Janeiro)
- : Sundar Singh Gurjar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Singhraj Adhana (2020 Tokyo)
- : Sharad Kumar (2020 Tokyo)
- : Avani Lekhara (2020 Tokyo)
- : Harvinder Singh (2020 Tokyo)
- : Manoj Sarkar (2020 Tokyo)