Eklavya Jagal

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Eklavya Jagal
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Eklavya jagal : Short Track speed skater India
Personal information
Nickname
Eki
National teamTeam India
Born14 February 2007 (age 18)
Mumbai - India
Alma mater University of Utah
Height193.04 cm (6 ft 4.00 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Other interestsBasketball & e-Sports
Sport
SportShort Track Ice Skating
Updated on 29-08-2025

Eklavya Jagal (born 14 February 2007) is an Indian short track speed skater. He won 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals [1] [2] in the Asian Trophy 2025. [3] He also won three gold medals in Indonesia Open'24. He has also won two Khelo India Winter Games tournaments, the annual winter games of India.

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Biography

Jagal was born on 14 February 2007 in Mumbai, India. [4] He began skating as an inline roller skater at the age of 10. Initially, he did part time short track ice skating at the 45 metre recreational ice skating rink iSkate situated at Gurugram Ambience mall in Gurugram. [5] Eklavya has done his schooling from Amity International School Noida. [6] [7] [8]

Eklavya has been the gold medals winner for the 5 consecutive years. [7] [9] [10] He participated in the 3rd Khelo India Winter Games in February 2023, where he won two gold medals. [11] [12] [13] He also won a gold medal at the 4th edition of the games. [6]

Eklavya Jagal, won one silver Medal and two bronze medals [1] [2] at the Asian Open Short Track Trophy 2025. [3] The event took place from August 20 to 23 at the Himadri Ice Skating Rink in Dehradun. The event featured skaters from 11 Asian countries competing fiercely across multiple distances.

He clinched silver in 5000 m relay race and bronze in both the 500m and 1000m races. [3]

At the Indonesia Open Short Track Championship (Jakarta 2023), he won three gold medals in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m tournaments. He won a bronze medal at the 8th Jász Cup held in Hungary in January 2024 and earned a Bronze medal in the 500 meters. [14] In his debut at the 9th Asian Winter Games (Harbin, China – February 2025): games, Jagal achieved a 23rd rank in the 500 meters distance event. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eklavya Jagal Wins Double Bronze At Asian Open Short Track Trophy 2025". ABP News.
  2. 1 2 "Eklavya Jagal Wins Two Bronze Medals at Asian Open Short Track Trophy 2025". Kreed On.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eklavya Jagal has brought home one silver and two bronze medals from the Asian Open Short Track Trophy 2025". The Brighter World.
  4. "Home of Skating". International Skating Union.
  5. "iSkate School". iSkate.co.in. 4 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Amity Noida Student Eklavya Jagal wins GOLD in 15th National Ice Skating Championships". Sportskeeda. 19 November 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Eklavya Jagal Wins Gold in 17th National Ice Skating Championships | PHOTOS". Times Now.
  8. "Amity International School's Eklavya Jagal wins gold medal at 4th Khelo India Winter Games". indiansportsnews. 6 February 2024.
  9. "Eklavya Jagal wins gold in National Ice Skating Championships for 5th successive year". India Today.
  10. "Rising Star! Eklavya Jagal Wins Gold in 15th National Ice Skating Championships | PICS". india.com.
  11. "Khelo India Winter Games 2023: Eklavya Jagal wins 2 gold medals in short-track ice skating". The Times of India.
  12. "Khelo India Winter Games: Skating sensation Eklavya Jagal wins two gold medals". The Hindustan Times. 17 February 2023.
  13. "KHELO INDIA में EKLAVYA JAGAL ने जीते शानदार 2 गोल्ड, लगातार NATIONAL में भी बनाया दबदबा". Sports Tak You Tube. 22 February 2023.
  14. "Biography for Eklavya Jagal". www.shorttracklive.info/.
  15. "Event Classification" (PDF). wrs.harbin2025.com.