Varun Singh Bhati
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Varun Singh Bhati (born 13 February 1995) is a para
Early life
Since 2014, he has been coached by Satyanarayana, a former national athlete. Bhati was supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme.[1][2] He lives in Greater Noida. He currently trains at the Sports Authority of India in Bangalore.[3]
Career
Bhati has
He participated in the 2014 Asian Para Games at Incheon, Korea where he stood 5th. He won a gold medal at the 2014 China Open Athletics Championship the same year. In 2015, he stood 5th again at the 2015 Para World Championship in Doha, Qatar. He recorded a jump of 1.82 m at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship where he won a gold as well as set a new Asian record.[3][5]
Bhati won the bronze medal in the
He won a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Para Games, recording a jump of 1.82 m.[8]
Awards
Bhati was awarded the Arjuna Award on 29 August 2018.[9]
He was voted Para-athlete of the Year 2017 at the Times of India Sports Awards.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Varun Bhati". www.indusind.com. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "GoSports Foundation".
- ^ a b c d "Varun Singh Bhati overcame obstacles to clinch bronze at Paralympics". The Times of India. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Varun Bhati makes the cut in high jump for Paralympics". HighBeam Research. 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "(Athletics) Athlete Profile : BHATI Varun Singh - Dubai 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships". International Paralympic Committee. 13 February 1995. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Rio Paralympics: Mariyappan Thangavelu wins gold, Varun Bhati clinches bronze in men's high jump". The Times of India. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Silver for Sharad Kumar, Bronze for Varun Bhati at World Para Athletics Championship". The Indian Express. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Varun bhati smashes Silver in 2018 Asian Para Games at jakarta". Indian Express. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ "Para high jumper Varun Bhati to get Arjuna Award". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "varun-bhati-voted-para-athlete-of-the-year". Times of India. 26 February 2018.