Yash Kumar (paracanoeing)

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Yash Kumar (born 14 April 1997) [1] is an Indian para-athlete from Uttar Pradesh. [2] He competes in canoeing. He qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the canoeing men's KL1 200m event. [3] [4] He qualified for the semifinals at the Paralympics, where the winners of each heat and the top three in the semifinals, qualify for the final. [5] He finished fifth.

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Background

Kumar is from Bhopal. He trains under coach Mayank Thakur at the National level. Locally, he trains at the lower lake in Bhopal. [1]

Career

India earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2023. [3] [6] He also won a silver in the Asian Canoeing and Para Canoeing Sprint Championship at Tokyo in April 2024. [7] [8] He was ranked fifth in the ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Men's Canoe single VL1 200m in 2019 held at Szeged, Hungary and again finished fifth at the same venue in the 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships. [1]

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References

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