Anup Kumar Yama

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Anup Kumar Yama
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Pairs Skating
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou Men's Single Free Skating
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Arjuna Award for the year-2015 to Shri Anup Kumar Yama for Roller Skating, in a glittering ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 29 August 2015

Anup Kumar Yama (born 1 September 1984) is an Indian

roller skater. He won the Arjuna Award in 2015 by Indian Government (for outstanding achievement in National Sports). He has won several national titles.[1]

He won two bronze medals[2] at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China in the Men's Single Free Skating and Pairs Skating events with his partner Avani Panchal.

Early life

He was born on 1 September 1984 in a family of athletes.

Anup started skating at four. He is coached by his father Veeresh Yama, also a skater.

Achievements

Achievements at the National Level

  • 1 gold medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the All India National Competition, Bangalore, 1989.
  • 2 gold medals in Freestyle and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1991.
  • 3 gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1992.
  • 3 gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Trivendrum-Kerala, 1993.
  • 3 gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1994.
  • 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal at the National Championship, Kolkata, 1995.
  • 1 gold medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1996.
  • 1 silver medal in Freestyle Artistic at the National Championship, Pune, 1997.
  • 1 gold medal in Freestyle Artistic at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 1998.
  • 1 gold medal in Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship respectively at the National Championship, Faridabad, 2000.
  • 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2001.
  • 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2002.
  • 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure and a silver medal in pair skating at the NATIONAL GAMES, 2002.
  • 3 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Faridabad, 2004.
  • 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Kolkata, 2005.
  • 3 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2006.
  • 4 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair and Solo Dance Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2008.
  • 5 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Solo Dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2009.
  • 6 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2010.
  • 7 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance, Pair dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, 2011.
  • 8 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance, Pair dance, Show Group and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, 2012.
  • 7 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance, Pair dance, and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, 2013.

Achievements at the Asian Level

  • Participated in the 8th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 1999. (
    Jinshan
    - China)
  • 1 bronze medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the 9th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2001. (Taitung -Taiwan)
  • 2 bronze medals for Combined and Pair Artistic Skating at the 10th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2004. (Akita - Japan)
  • 2 bronze medals in Figure and Pair Skating and a silver medal in Combined Artistic Skating at the 11th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2005. (Jeonju - Korea)
  • 1 gold medal in Pair Skating, 1 silver in Combined and 1 bronze in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the 12th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2006. (Kaohsiung -Taiwan)
  • 3 gold medals in Quad Freestyle, Inline Freestyle and Combined and 2 bronze medals in Figure and Pair Dance Skating at the 13th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2008. (
    Haining
    -China)
  • 1 gold medal in Inline Artistic Skating, 1 silver in Combined and bronze in Pair Artistic Skating at the 14th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2010. (Kaohsiung -Taiwan)
  • 2 bronze medals at the 2010 Asian Games. (Guangzhou - China)
  • 3 gold medals in Quad Freestyle, Figure and Combined and 2 silver medals in Inline Freestyle and Solo dance at the 15th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2012 (Hefei-China)

Achievement at the World Level

  • 1 bronze medal in 2012 Inline Artistic Roller Skating World Championship at New Zealand

References

  1. ^ "City boy scripts history on ice". The New Indian Express.
  2. ^ "Pairs Skating Results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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