Shialesh Kumar (born 8 August 2000) is a para jumper from Bihar. He represented India in the men's high jump at the 2022 Asian Para Games at Hangzhou, China. He won a gold medal in the men's T63 high jump event clearing 1.82 meters on 23 October 2023. [1] [2] [3] [4] He qualified to represent India at the 2024 Summer Paralympics at Paris.
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Kumar hails from Islamnagar in Aliganj block, Jamui district, Bihar. [5] In T63 classification, athletes with a single leg above the knee amputation compete with a prosthesis.
Kumar was born to Pratima Devi and Shivnandan Yadav and has two brothers. He did his graduation in Mathematics. He is currently being supported by Olympic Gold Quest, a sports NGO.
He also represented India at the World Para Athletics Championships at Paris in July 2023 and won a silver medal. [6] He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. He won the National Championship at Bhubaneswar in March 2022. [7]
He also broke the nine-year-old Asian Para Games record of 1.80m set by Paralympics medalist Sharad Kumar in 2014. [8] Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Kumar for winning the gold medal. [9] He is currently serving as a Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) in the State of Bihar.