Sarvesh Anil Kushare (born 17 June 1995)[1] is an Indian athlete who competes in high jump. He was a member of the Indian athletics team at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou.[2] He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and finished 13th in Group B and 25th overall in the qualification round at Paris clearing a height of 2.15m.[3]
Early life
editSarvesh hails from a village Deogaon in Maharashtra, about 50 km from Nashik.[4] He learnt his basics from D.R.Bhosale school coach RW Jadhav.
Career
edit- 2023: In August, he took part in the World Athletics championships in Budapest, representing India.[5] He finished 11th in the qualification round of Group B and 20th overall among 33 jumpers. He cleared 2.26m in his second attempt but failed to clear the next height at 2.29m in all the three attempts.[6] The top-12 made it to the finals.[7][8][9]
- 2023: In July, he won a silver jumping 2.26m at the Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok. The medal helped him improve his ranking, which in turn helped him book a berth for the World Championship.[4][10]
- 2023: In February, he did his personal best in indoor championships of 2.20m at Nur-Sultan, Kazakasthan.
- 2022: In October, he achieved his personal outdoor best of 2.27m in the Indian National championship at Gujarat.[11]
- 2019: In October, he won gold medal jumping 226m at the Indian Open Championships in Ranchi.
- 2019: He made his international debut at the South Asian Championships.
- 2018: On September 26, he created a national record in high jump at the 58th National Open athletics championship at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.[11] He beat the meet record of 2.22m held by Tejaswin Shankar.[12] However, he did not succeed in his attempt to jump 2.29m to break the National record.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Sarvesh Anil Kushare - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Archived from the original on 2023-08-27. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ "India athletics wrap, 7 August: Annu Rani, Sarvesh fail, Yarraji in repechage". India Today. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ a b Lahiri, Dipankar (2023-07-16). "Sarvesh Kushare - India's highest jumper who trained on cattle feed pits". thebridge.in. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ "Athletics World C'ships 2023: Sarvesh Kushare, Santhosh Tamilarasan exit early on Day 2". Scroll.in. 2023-08-21. Archived from the original on 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ "Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 11: Neeraj Chopra wins gold, India's medal count climb to 81". Hindustan Times. 2023-10-04. Archived from the original on 2023-12-03. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (2023-08-20). "World Athletics Championships: Reality checks for India's Sarvesh Kushare, Tamilarasan Santosh". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships: Santhosh Kumar and Sarvesh Anil Kushare crash out in 400m hurdles and high jump". India Today. Archived from the original on 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ "Kushare eyes Asiad high!". Mid-day. 2023-08-22. Archived from the original on 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ शेळके, नरेश (2023-07-24). "Asian Athletics Championships 2023 : मराठमोळ्या सर्वेशचे जागतिक स्पर्धेचे तिकीट पक्के! आशियाई स्पर्धेत जिंकले होते रौप्यपदक". Marathi News (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
- ^ a b Selvaraj, Jonathan (2022-10-03). "Sarvesh Kushare snapping at Tejaswin Shankar's heels for high jump national record". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ a b "Sarvesh Anil Kushare eclipses Tejaswin Shankar's long jump record on day two". The Times of India. 2018-09-27. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-02-12.