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Ashish Kumar (gymnast)

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Ashish Kumar
Full nameAshish Kumar
Born (1990-11-26) November 26, 1990 (age 34)
Allahabad
HometownAllahabad
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's Artistic Gymnastics
Country represented India
College teamTeam Futuramic
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubIndian Railways
Gymkelgaon Public School
Head coach(es)Vladimir Chertkov
Assistant coach(es)Praveen Sharma
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Floor exercise
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Surat Floor exercise
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi Floor exercise

Ashish Kumar (born 26 November 1990) is an Indian artistic gymnast from Allahabad.[1] In 2010, he became the first Indian gymnast to win medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, claiming a bronze and a silver medal. This achievement made him the most successful Indian gymnast in Commonwealth Games history.[2][3]

Competitive history

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2006

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Kumar first participated at the 2006 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships staged in Surat, India. He won the bronze medal on the Floor Exercise, tied with Syrian gymnast Fadi Bahlawan. This was India's first major international medal in the history of artistic gymnastics. Kumar also competed at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. He finished 18th in the individual all-around, the only final he qualified for.

2010

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At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he first won a bronze medal in the floor exercise and later a silver medal on vault, where the gold went to Luke Folwell of England, while Ian Galvan of Canada won the bronze medal.[4]

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Kumar won the bronze medal in the floor exercise. As of 2017, this remains India's only medal in gymnastics at the Asian Games.[5]

2011

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At the South Central Asian Gymnastics Championships in Dhaka in December 2011 Kumar won four gold medals, in the individual all-around, floor exercise, vault and high bar events.[6]

2014

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Following a turbulent selection process which caused uncertainty about the participation of the Indian team in the Gymnastics event at the 2014 Asian Games, Kumar failed to qualify to the floor finals at the event. He finished 12th in the individual all-around.

References

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  1. ^ Derek, Vikas Singh (26 November 2019). "Happy Birthday Ashish Kumar: 5 Lesser-Known Things to Know About India's Spectacular Gymnast As He Turns 29 | 🏆 LatestLY". LatestLY. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  2. ^ "I could have got gold had equipment arrived earlier: CWG medallist Ashish". Hindustan Times. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010.
  3. ^ Mohan, Vimal (8 October 2010). "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Ashish wins India's first CWG gymnastics medal". NDTV. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010.
  4. ^ "High-flying Ashish locks silver in vault". The Times of India. 9 October 2010.
  5. ^ Kannan, S (17 November 2010). "Ashish scripts history in gymnastics". India Today. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Ashish strikes gold at Central Asian Championships". The Times of India. 3 January 2012.
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