Nishad Kumar

Indian Paralympic athlete

Nishad Kumar

Personal information

Nationality

Indian

Born

(1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 24)
Amb, Himachal Pradesh, India

Sport

Paralympic athletics

Disability class

T47

Event

High jump

Medal record

Men's Para-athletics

Representing India
Paralympic Games
	2020 Tokyo	High jump T47
	2024 Paris	High jump T47
World Championships
	2023 Paris	High jump T47
	2024 Kobe	High jump T47
	2019 Dubai	High jump T47
Asian Para Games
	2022 Hangzhou	High jump T47

Nishad Kumar (born 3 October 1999) is an Indian paralympian from Himachal Pradesh. He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the high jump T47 category.^[1] He won the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at Tokyo and retained his silver at the 2024 Summer Olympics at Paris.^[2]

Early life and education

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] He is supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a sports NGO.

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 men's high jump T47 category along with an Asian Record.^[8]^[10] He shared the silver medal with Dallas Wise of USA who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m.^[5]^[11]

In the 2022 Asian Para Games, he won a gold medal in the men's high jump T47^[3] at Hangzhou, China.

References

^ "Nishad Kumar". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ "Paralympics 2024 highlights: Nishad Kumar retains Silver medal in Men's High Jump-T47". The Economic Times. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
^ ^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.