Ashish Kumar (gymnast)

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Ashish Kumar
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Personal information
Full nameAshish Kumar
Country represented India
Born1990 (age 33–34)
Allahabad
HometownAllahabad
DisciplineMen's Artistic Gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubMinistry of Road Transport & Highways
College teamTeam Futuramic
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 1990[1]) is an Indian gymnast from Allahabad, who won India's first-ever medals in gymnastics, in October 2010 at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and became the most successful Indian gymnast in Commonwealth Games history, by winning bronze and silver medals in different gymnastic events.[2][3]

Competitive history

2006

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

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.

2011

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.[5]

2014

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

  1. ^ https://database.fig-gymnastics.com/public/gymnasts/biography/26395?backUrl=[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "I could have got gold had equipment arrived earlier: CWG medallist Ashish". Hindustan Times. October 9, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES: Ashish wins India's first CWG gymnastics medal". October 8, 2010. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "High-flying Ashish locks silver in vault". The Times of India. October 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Ashish strikes gold at Central Asian Championships". The Times of India. January 3, 2012.

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