Karthik Kumar is an Indian athlete and army sergeant. He won a silver medal in the 10,000 meters race at the 2022 Asian Games in September 2023 and became the first Indian since Gulab Chand in 1998 to win a medal in the 10,000 meters event at the Asian Games.
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Wiki/Biography
Karthik Kumar was born on Wednesday, 12 May 1999 (age 24 years; as of 2023) in Shimlana village in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He is also known as Kartik Rajput.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 4″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: brown
Family
Karthik Kumar belongs to a Rajput Pundir family from western Uttar Pradesh.
parents and siblings
Kartik Kumar’s father’s name is Veer Singh and he has an elder brother, Sonu Kumar.
Karthik Kumar (right) with his father during an interview.
Karthik Kumar’s family
Wife
Karthik Kumar is unmarried.
Religion
Karthik Kumar follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
Exercise
Karthik Kumar started running at the age of 14, as he aspired to join the Army, he used to train at the Dr Ambedkar Stadium in Saharanpur to prepare for long distance running. In 2016, Karthik gained recognition as an athlete at the national level when he won a silver medal in the 3000 m at the Junior Nationals in Kozhikode. He has participated in many tournaments including National Federation Cup (CH Muhammad Koya Stadium, Tehipalam), 26th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship (Birsa Munda Foot Ball Stadium, Morhabadi, Ranchi), National Open Championship (Stadium Hanamkonda, Warangal). Indian National Games (Gujarat).
Karthik Kumar during his training in Colorado, USA
In 2022, Karthik Kumar recorded his personal best at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon with a timing of 1:04:00. He was also the runner-up at the TCS World 10K 2022, Bengaluru with a timing of 30:06. In November 2022, Karthik was selected by Reliance Foundation to join the national camp. In 2023, after the Asian Championships in Bangkok, he went to Colorado, USA to train under Scott Simmons and after training went straight to China for the 2022 Asian Games, where Karthik won and broke his first personal best by 40 seconds. reduced. The timing of 28:15.38 at the 2022 Asian Games.
Poster of Karthik Kumar after winning silver medal at 2022 Asian Games shared by Reliance Foundation
Army
In 2019, Karthik was spotted by Indian Army chief running coach Amrish Kumar at the Federation Cup in Patiala. He belongs to Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune with 9 Jat Regiment.
medal
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- He won the gold medal in 5000 meters race at the Federation Cup 2022.
- He won a gold medal in the 10,000 meters event at the 62nd National Interstate Senior Athletics Champions.
silver
- He won a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games in September 2023.
Karthik Kumar receiving his medal at the 2022 Asian Games
Facts/General Knowledge
- While talking about the reason for running in an interview, Karthik said,
A lot of boys run in our area because they are preparing for the army physical (test). There was also a high jumper who competed at the national level, which inspired many youth to take up athletics, but the main goal is to join the army.
- During an interview, when Karthik was asked how he felt after winning the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games, he replied,
“I am very happy to win the silver medal for India. It is after such a long time that we have been winning silver and bronze in 10,000m, I knew I would win a medal but I came with the aim of breaking the national record by clocking 27:50 seconds. But I couldn’t. I was slow in the middle, the race was also slow from the beginning.”
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