Sarvesh Kushare

Sarvesh Anil Kushare (born 17 June 1995)[1] is an Indian athlete who competes in high jump. 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 representing India.[4] He finished 20th overall among 33 jumpers. The top-12 made it to the finals.[5]
  • 2023: In July, he won a silver jumping 2.26m at the Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok.[3]
  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[6]

References
  1. "Sarvesh Anil Kushare - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  2. "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  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. "Athletics World C'ships 2023: Sarvesh Kushare, Santhosh Tamilarasan exit early on Day 2". Scroll.in. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  5. Selvaraj, Jonathan (2023-08-20). "World Athletics Championships: Reality checks for India's Sarvesh Kushare, Tamilarasan Santosh". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  6. Selvaraj, Jonathan (2022-10-03). "Sarvesh Kushare snapping at Tejaswin Shankar's heels for high jump national record". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
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