Surya Pratap Sharma

Surya Pratap Sharma
	Surya in IFA world championships 2022
Personal information
Native name	Surya
Full name	Surya Pratap Sharma
Born	15 January 1994 (age 30); Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Arm wrestling
College team	Rocky
Coached by	Sukhdeep Singh Randhawa
Medal record
	1st Gold Medal Champion Delhi, Talkatora in 2014 1st Gold Medal Champion Delhi, Khelgaw in 2015-16 Bronze Medal Champion Nagpur in 2016 World Championship in Bulgariya (Europe) World Rank- 4 World Championship in Hungary (Europe) World Rank- 5 World Cup Championship Poland (Romia) Silver & Bronze Medal 2017 XIII State Arm Wrestling Championship in Agra Gold Medal- 2019 43rd National Arm Wrestling Championship in Punjab Bronze Medal- 2019 1st BCAI National Arm Wrestling Championship in Delhi Gold & Silver Medal- 2019 2nd BCAI National Arm Wrestling Championship in Goa two Gold Medal- 2022 IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship France in Dieppe two Gold Medal (Left & Right) in 2022 IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship France in Dieppe two Bronze Medal (Left & Right) in 2022 IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia one Gold Medal(Right) in 2023 IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia one Silver Medal(Left) in 2023

Surya Pratap Sharma is an Indian arm wrestler.^[1] He had won silver and bronze medal at the World Cup Championship Poland (Romania) in the year 2017.^[2]

Early life and education

Surya was born in Muradih village of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh. He grew up in this village.^[3] His father was a Staff Commissioner in Ganna Sansthan. He became disabled due to polio when he was just one and a half years old. Surya pursued M.B.A from Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow. His interest in the Arm Wrestling was developed during an arm wrestling competition held in K.K.C, Lucknow. He practiced further in this field and became a winner of the State Championship in 2013 after defeating 110 people in arm wrestling. Later, he won several national level championships such as National Arm Wrestling Championship in Delhi, Talkatora in 2014 with a gold medal.^[4]^[5]

Wins

World Championship in Bulgariya (Europe) World Rank- 4^[6]
World Cup Championship Poland (Romia) Silver & Bronze Medal 2017^[7]

References

[1] "UP lad to represent India in arm-wrestling". Times Of India.

[2] "दोनों पैर हैं बेकार, लोग उड़ाते थे मजाक-अब देश के लिए जीता सिल्वर मेडल / दोनों पैर हैं बेकार, लोग उड़ाते थे मजाक-अब देश के लिए जीता सिल्वर मेडल". Bhaskar.

[3] "गरीबी आ रही थी आड़े, डीएम की मदद से पूरा होगा बुल्गारिया जाने का सपना". Amar Ujala.

[4] "यूपी के सूर्य प्रताप शर्मा लोगों के लिए बने मिसाल, दिव्यांग होकर भी आर्म रेस्लिंग में जीता विश्व कप". Amar Ujala.

[5] "UP lad to represent India in arm-wrestling | Lucknow First". 11 November 2017.

[6] "देवरिया के दिव्यांग सूर्य प्रताप जाएगे बुलगारिया". Rajasthan Patrika.

[7] ttp://armsportfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IFA_StartingList.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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