Nishchay Luthra (born 9 March 1999) is an Indian figure skater. He has competed in men's singles and pairs. He has won four international medals for India[1] and was a 9-time Indian national gold medalist.
Nishchay Luthra was born in New Delhi, India. Before focusing on figure skating, he played basketball, taekwondo and cricket.[citation needed] He has a younger sister. Nishchay finished high school at The Indian School in New Delhi.[2]
Career
Nishchay started as a [roller skater] at the age of 10.[3] His mother had searched online for a skating coach and found Vasudev Tandi, who taught Nishchay the basic moves and helped him graduate to ice-skating.[citation needed]
In 2012, Nishchay attended the National India Ice Skating Camp and competed in singles and pairs event, winning in both and represented India in Asian junior championship and secured first place.[citation needed] He started practicing in iSkate – an indoor ice skating rink in Gurgaon. In the year 2013, Nishchay placed third at the Asian figure skating championship held in Hong Kong and won 2 Silver medals at the National Ice Skating Championship in singles and pairs events.[citation needed]
Nishchay represented India at the World Development Trophy 2014 in Manila, Philippines and placed third in the novice category.[citation needed] In 2015, due to lack of training infrastructure, he moved to the United States for 6 months. Due to lack of money, he returned to India in December 2015. He won 2 gold medals in the National Indian Ice Skating Championship in 2016.[citation needed]
In 2018 Nishchay moved to Dallas, Texas to train as a pair skater with the skater Hilary Asher under the coaching of Darlene Cain, Peter Cain, and Daniil Barantsev[citation needed]. After some months of rigorous training, Asher and Luthra signed up to compete at the Junior Grand Prix and other competitions representing India.[citation needed]
At the beginning of the competitive season, 2017-18 Luthra broke his right knee in a practice session, which led him to withdraw from the upcoming competitions and made him fly back to his home country. he was diagnosed with a severe lateral meniscus tear on his right knee.[citation needed]
During the recovery period, he started his own skating academy LIFSA (Luthra international figure skating academy) which aimed to develop figure skating as a sport in India. He was the national coach of season 2017-18 and 2018-19 and has helped many aspiring skaters. Luthra's students have been placed both nationally and internationally.[citation needed]
Achievements
Gold
Silver
Bronze
National
9
3
0
International
1
1
2
International Participations –
Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2012-13 – Hong Kong
Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2013-14 – Hong Kong
ISU World Development Trophy 2014 – Manila, Philippines
Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida, USA
National Level Achievements –
2011- 7th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 1 Gold
2012- 8th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Gold
2013- 9th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Silver
2014- 10th Ice Skating, Shimla, India - 2 Gold [2]
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