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Sharad Kumar (born 1 March 1992) is an Indian para high jumper and a former world no. 1. Born in Muzaffarpur, he made his International debut at the 2010 Asian Para Games. At the 2014 Asian Para Games, he won the gold medal in the high jump ( T42 ), breaking a 12-year Asian Games record, and reclaimed the world no. 1 position.
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Sharad Kumar was born on Sunday, 1 March 1992 (age 21 years; as of 2021) in Muzaffarpur city of Bihar, India. His zodiac sign is Pisces. At the age of 2, Sharad was diagnosed with polio after a paralysis attack that completely paralysed his left leg. The reason for the cause was the administration of spurious polio medicine at a local eradication d...
Sharad Kumar was fond of sports since childhood, thus his passion did not let his disabilities to act as a barrier in his sports career. He used to play various sports with his classmates in his school and never felt the difference between abled and differently-abled until the day his class teacher did not allow him to participate in an athletic ev...
Gold
1. 2014:Asian Para Games held in Incheon, South Korea 1. 2018:Asian Para Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia
Silver
1. 2017:World Para Athletics Championships held in London
Bronze
1. 2021: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan
Sharad Kumar, in 2012, was found positive for a banned drug just before the final event of the 2012 Malaysian Open Para-athletics Championships following which NADA (National Anti Doping Agency) banned his participation in any sports events for two consecutive years. Sharad Kumar, during an interview, explained his situation as,
Tennis Player:Roger FedererFood:Curry RiceActor: Shah Rukh KhanActress:Jennifer AnistonFilm:Hollywood- The Last Samurai (2003)Dialogue:“Bond! James Bond” and his own dialogue “Let”s get started, AllSharad Kumar refers to his elder brother as the biggest support for him in his career, who supported Sharad in the toughest time when even his school authorities were not sure of sending him to spo...
Sharad Kumar is an Indian para high jumper who represented India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. He was ranked as the world no. 1 para high jumper after breaking a 12-year Asian Games record at the 2014 Asian Para Games.
Muzaffarpur’s Sharad Kumar on Tuesday created history by becoming Bihar’s first-ever Paralympic medallist after he won a bronze medal in the F42 category of men’s high jump in the Tokyo Para...
Aug 14, 2021 · Sharad Kumar is one of India's gold medal prospects at the Paralympics in Tokyo. The 29-year-old has been very successful in his career, but the only thing he lacks in his resume is the...
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Aug 31, 2021 · Tokyo Paralympics: Sharad Kumar, who won the bronze medal in men's high jump (T63) on Tuesday, revealed that he "landed on my meniscus" and it was dislocated on the eve of the event.
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Aug 31, 2021 · Sharad Kumar won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the F42 category of Men’s High Jump event on Tuesday by clearing 1.83m. Sharad started with a height of 1.73m and cleared 1.77m. He failed to clear 1.86m in his final attempt so he took bronze with his best attempt of 1.83m.
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