Nishchay Luthra

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Nishchay Luthra
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Luthra with his silver medal at Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida
Born (1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 24)
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of India.svg  India

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.

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Personal life

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 ]

Nishchay aimed to represent India at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, but was not able to qualify for the qualifying competition, 2017 Worlds. [ 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

GoldSilverBronze
National930
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International Participations –

National Level Achievements –

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Nishchay Luthra, class 9 secured the 1st position in The 10th National Ice Skating Championships at Shimla between 2 and 4 January, 2014 organised by The Ice Skating Association of India, New Delhi". theindianschool.in. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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