Sharad Kumar Paralympics from Delhi India

Sharad Kumar born on 1992-03-01 in Patna, India.

Education : Political Science – University of Delhi, India

Language Spoken : Bengali, English, Hindi, Nepali, Russian

Coach : Nikitin Yevhen, UKR

He competed at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo despite a meniscus injury in one of his knees. (news9live.com, 31 Mar 2022)

He underwent stomach surgery during his spell in Ukraine between 2017 and 2022. (news9live.com, 31 Mar 2022)

He suffered a tendon injury in 2015. (indianexpress.com, 24 Jul 2017)

He got into athletics at age nine and took up high jump in 2005 at St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling, India. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2024, 16 Jul 2017)

Reason: “My brother motivated me to be a high jumper. I broke all his records at school and it gave me the confidence to take the sport seriously. Also, sport was compulsory [school], and I had to play every game. After St. Paul’s [school] I started training myself to be part of the national Paralympic team in Delhi.” (Athlete, 27 Aug 2024; thesalute.in, 06 Nov 2014)

Ambition:

Milestones:

Training: He trains 30 hours a week. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2024)

Influence: His brother. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

Philosophy: “Once a fighter, always a winner.” (Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)

Award: In 2021 he received the Arjuna Award for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games in India. (Instagram profile, 14 Nov 2021)

General
TRAINING IN UKRAINE
In 2017 he moved to Ukraine, where he spent five years training alongside coach Evgeny Nikitin. “Ukraine helped me manage myself in all ways. It taught me the real concept of high jump. It made me realise how a professional athlete trains and feels right before a competition. Training in Ukraine helped me realise that sportsmen are artists too. It was not just for me to feel good while jumping but also it was to let the people around enjoy a well-executed jump.” (news9live.com, 31 Mar 2022; scroll.in, 15 Nov 2019; asianage.com, 02 Sep 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has completed a master’s degree in international relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India. He has also studied international business management at Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute in Ukraine. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2024; newindianexpress.com, 30 Apr 2020; scroll.in, 15 Nov 2019; Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)

OCCUPATION
He works as an assistant director of sports for the Government of Delhi in India. (Athlete, 27 Aug 2024; Instagram profile, 14 Jul 2023)

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	High Jump – T63	2020	Tokyo, JPN	1.83
6	Men’s High Jump T42	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1.77
World Championships
2	High Jump – T63	2019	Dubai, UAE	1.83
2	Men’s High Jump T42	2017	London, GBR	1.84
5	High Jump – T63	2023	Paris, FRA	1.77
6	Men’s High Jump T42	2015	Doha, QAT	1.72