Sarvesh_Kushare

Sarvesh Kushare

Sarvesh Kushare

Indian athlete

Sarvesh Anil Kushare (born 17 June 1995)[1] is an Indian athlete who competes in high jump, supported by OGQ. He is named in the Indian athletics team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[2]

Early life

Sarvesh hails from a village Devargaon in Maharashtra, about 30 km from Nashik.[3] He learnt his basics from coach RW Jadhav.

Career

  • 2023: In August, he took part in the World Athletics championships in Budapest, representing India.[4] 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.[5] The top-12 made it to the finals.[6][7][8]
  • 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.[3][9]
  • 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.[10]
  • 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.[10] He beat the meet record of 2.22m held by Tejaswin Shankar.[11] However, he did not succeed in his attempt to jump 2.29m to break the National record.[11]

References

  1. [1]
    "Sarvesh Anil Kushare - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  2. [2]
    "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. [3]
    Lahiri, Dipankar (2023-07-16). "Sarvesh Kushare - India's highest jumper who trained on cattle feed pits". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. [4]
    "Athletics World C'ships 2023: Sarvesh Kushare, Santhosh Tamilarasan exit early on Day 2". Scroll.in. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  5. [5]
    "Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 11: Neeraj Chopra wins gold, India's medal count climb to 81". Hindustan Times. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  6. [6]
    Selvaraj, Jonathan (2023-08-20). "World Athletics Championships: Reality checks for India's Sarvesh Kushare, Tamilarasan Santosh". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  7. [7]
    "World Athletics Championships: Santhosh Kumar and Sarvesh Anil Kushare crash out in 400m hurdles and high jump". India Today. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  8. [8]
    "Kushare eyes Asiad high!". Mid-day. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  9. [9]
    शेळके, नरेश (2023-07-24). "Asian Athletics Championships 2023 : मराठमोळ्या सर्वेशचे जागतिक स्पर्धेचे तिकीट पक्के! आशियाई स्पर्धेत जिंकले होते रौप्यपदक". Marathi News (in Marathi). Retrieved 2024-02-12.
  10. [10]
    Selvaraj, Jonathan (2022-10-03). "Sarvesh Kushare snapping at Tejaswin Shankar's heels for high jump national record". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  11. [11]
    "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.
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