Sarvesh Kushare

Sarvesh Kushare
Personal information
Full nameSarvesh Anil Kushare
Born17 June 1995 (1995-06-17) (age 29)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  India
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu High jump

Sarvesh Anil Kushare (Hindi: सर्वेश अनिल कुशारे, 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

Sarvesh 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

  • 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 26 September, 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

  1. ^ "Sarvesh Anil Kushare - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 26 August 2023. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "India athletics wrap, 7 August: Annu Rani, Sarvesh fail, Yarraji in repechage". India Today. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b Lahiri, Dipankar (16 July 2023). "Sarvesh Kushare - India's highest jumper who trained on cattle feed pits". thebridge.in. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Athletics World C'ships 2023: Sarvesh Kushare, Santhosh Tamilarasan exit early on Day 2". Scroll.in. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 11: Neeraj Chopra wins gold, India's medal count climb to 81". Hindustan Times. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  7. ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (20 August 2023). "World Athletics Championships: Reality checks for India's Sarvesh Kushare, Tamilarasan Santosh". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  8. ^ "World Athletics Championships: Santhosh Kumar and Sarvesh Anil Kushare crash out in 400m hurdles and high jump". India Today. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Kushare eyes Asiad high!". Mid-day. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  10. ^ शेळके, नरेश (24 July 2023). "Asian Athletics Championships 2023 : मराठमोळ्या सर्वेशचे जागतिक स्पर्धेचे तिकीट पक्के! आशियाई स्पर्धेत जिंकले होते रौप्यपदक". Marathi News (in Marathi). Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  11. ^ a b Selvaraj, Jonathan (3 October 2022). "Sarvesh Kushare snapping at Tejaswin Shankar's heels for high jump national record". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Sarvesh Anil Kushare eclipses Tejaswin Shankar's long jump record on day two". The Times of India. 27 September 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 12 February 2024.