Avinash Sable is an Indian track and field athlete who competes in the 3000 meters steeplechase event. He is serving on the post of Naib Subedar in the Indian Army. Avinash Sable won a silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase category at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham with a timing of 8:11.20.
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Wiki/Biography
Avinash Sable was born on Tuesday, 13 September 1994 (age 27 years; as in 2021) in Mandwa, Beed district, Maharashtra, India.
Avinash Sable during his school days
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 7″
Weight (Approx): 60 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Avinash’s father’s name is Mukund Sable, who is a farmer. His mother’s name is Vaishali Sable, who was a farmer.
Avinash Sable’s parents
livelihood
military career
After completing 12th class, Avinash Sable joined the Indian Army and was part of the 5th battalion of the Mahar Regiment. In 2013, he was posted as a Havildar in Siachen Glacier. In an interview, while talking about his experience in Siachen, he said,
There was snow all around me. I had never seen snow before and had nothing to do other than my duty. There was no network in the area and I was a junior. So, I didn’t know what to do or who to talk to.
In 2014, he was posted as an infantryman in Lalgarh Jattan near the Pakistan border in Rajasthan and in 2015, he was posted in Sikkim. Later Avinash was promoted to the rank of Naib Subedar in the Indian Army.
track and Field
In 2015, while serving in the Indian Army, Avinash’s colleagues insisted him to participate in a cross-country race organized by the Indian Army. Initially, he participated in athletic events organized by the Indian Army. In an interview, while talking about his participation in Indian Army athletic events, Avinash said,
I started running only in 2015. The Army has an athletics scouting program and they selected me to be a cross country runner.
Later, in June 2017, Avinash competed for the first time as a steeplechaser in the 3000 m steeplechase category at the Indian Federation Cup 2017, clocking 9:06.42. In July 2021, he competed at the Tokyo Olympics and finished seventh with a timing of 8:18:12.
Avinash Sable at Tokyo Olympics 2020
In September 2021, he participated in the Open National Athletics Championships held in Bhubaneswar. In July 2022, Avinash competed at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon and finished eleventh with a timing of 8:31.75.
Avinash Sable at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon
record
- 2019: National record of 8:28.94 minutes in the 3000m steeplechase category at the Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships 2019 in Bhubaneswar, breaking the 37-year-old national record of 8:30 set by Gopal Sainiat at the Asian Championships in Tokyo in 1981.
- 2020: National record for completing the half marathon with a timing of 1:00:30 seconds at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2020, breaking the previous national record of 1:03:46 held by Kalidas Hirawe of Maharashtra.
- 2022: National record in 5000 meters with a timing of 13:25.65 at the Sound Running Track Meet in San Juan Capistrano, breaking the 30-year-old national record of 13:29.70 set by Bahadur Prasad in 1992.
- 2022: National record with a timing of 8:11.20 in the 3000m steeplechase category at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022
- 2023: First Indian to win gold in 3000m steeplechase event at the Asian Games 2023; He completed the race in 8:19.50 seconds, breaking Iran’s Hossein Keyhani’s record of 8:22.79 seconds, which he set at the Asian Games 2018.
medal
Sleep
- 2017: 57th National Open Athletics Championships 2017, Chennai
- 2018: Inter-Services Meet 2018, Jalahalli, Bengaluru
- 2018: Indian Open Championship 2018, Bhubaneswar
- 2019: Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships 2019, Patiala
- 2019: 69th Inter-Services Athletics Championship 2019 at Army Sports Institute, Pune
- 2020: Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 2020, New Delhi
Avinash Sable posing with his gold medal in Airtel Delhi Half Marathon
- 2022: Indian Grand Prix-I Championship 2022, Patiala
- 2023: Asian Games in Hangzhou, China (3000 meters steeplechase)
Avinash Sable after winning gold medal at the 2023 Asian Games
silver
- 2017: 67th Inter-Services Championship 2017, Jalahalli, Bengaluru
- 2019: IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019, Doha, Qatar
- 2019: 23rd Asian Athletics Championships, Doha
Avinash Sable posing with his silver medal at the Asian Athletic Championships 2019 in Doha
- 2022: Commonwealth Games 2022, Birmingham, UK
Avinash Sable posing with his silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham
- 2023: Asian Games in Hangzhou, China (Men’s 5000 metres)
award
In 2020, Avinash was awarded the Sportsman of the Year Award in Athletics at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2020.
Avinash Sable at Sportstar Aces Awards 2020
Facts/General Knowledge
- In 2018, Avinash joined the national camp, and was trained by coach Nikolai Snesarev for the Asian Games 2018. However, after a few months, Sable went back to his Army coach Amrish Kumar. Reportedly, it was coach Nikolai’s rigorous training regime that forced him to return to his army coach. Talking about his coach Nikolai Snesarev in an interview, Avinash said,
“Coach Snesarev is a very tough coach. He used to chase me a lot. He must have made me run about 150 kilometers every week.”
- In April 2018, Avinash suffered an ankle injury and as a result, he was unable to participate in the Asian Games 2018.
- In 2019, Avinash broke the national record at the Federation Cup 2019 in Patiala and he qualified for the World Athletics Championship 2019. He became the first Indian steeplechaser to qualify for the World Athletics Championships since Dina Ram in 1991.
Avinash Sable at the IAAF World Championships 2019 in Doha
- In 2021, Avinash represented India at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and he became the first Indian steeplechaser to qualify for the Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase category since 1952.
- In an interview, Avinash revealed how mental health affected his performance at the World Championship. He said that he did not have any mental conditioning coach due to which he later started practicing meditation and yoga. Due to this, he performed so well in the 2023 Asian Games that he won two medals, one gold and one silver. Avinash Sable said,
I was at the peak of my fitness during the World Championships. I thought I was capable of winning a medal but I didn’t know what happened to me. Since I am not able to win a medal even after two years of hard training, there is no harm in looking for a different training base and a new approach.
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