Yogesh Kathuniya
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Nationality | Indian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27) Bahadurgarh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Para-athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | F56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yogesh Kathuniya (born 3 March 1997) is an Indian Paralympic athlete who specializes in the discus throw. He represented India at 2020 Summer Paralympics where he won a silver medal in the men's discus throw F56 event.[1][2]
Early life
Kathuniya was born to housewife Meena Devi and her husband Gyanchand Kathuniya, a soldier with the Indian Army. At the age of 9, Yogesh developed Guillain–Barré syndrome. He studied at Indian Army Public School in Chandigarh where his father served in army at Chandimandir Cantonment. His mother learnt physiotherapy, and within 3 years, at the age of 12 he regained muscle strength to walk again. He later attended Kirori Mal College in Delhi, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Commerce and joined para games.[3]
Career
In 2016, Kathunia started in para sports after Sachin Yadav, General Secretary of the students' union at Kirori Mal College motivated him to take up sports by regularly showing him videos of para athletes.[3] In 2018, he set a world record in F36 category by throwing the disc to 45.18 m at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin.[3]
Kathuniya represented India in the men's discus throw F56 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.[1][4] In 2021 November, the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, awarded Kathuniya the Arjuna Award for his silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Athletics - KATHUNIYA Yogesh". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Yogesh Kathuniya". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Mother became physio to help Yogesh get back on his feet, now he is India's hope in Paralympics, Indian Express, 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics Live Updates: Yogesh Kathuniya secure silver medal". SportsTiger. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Yogesh Kathuniya Biography: Early Life, Career, Paralympics 2020, Awards, achievements, Records". Srnsk. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
External links
- Yogesh Kathuniya on Instagram
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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)
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: 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)
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: 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)