BHATI Varun Singh

India

Athletics

Date of Birth: 13 Feb 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T42

Place of birth: JAMALPUR

Birth Country:

India

Place of residence : NOIDA

Residence Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's High Jump - T63	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump	Men's High Jump - T63 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	High Jump - T42	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1.86
World Championships
3	High Jump - T42	2017	London, GBR	1.77
5	High Jump - T42	2015	Doha, QAT	1.75
Asian Para Games
2	Men's High Jump T42/63	2018	Jakarta, INA	1.82

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Mathematics - Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi, IND

Languages spoken:

English, Hindi

Club name:

Sports Authority of India [SAI] [Bengaluru, IND]

Debut:

2014 for India, in Beijing, China (Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)

Start:

He took up high jump in 2010 at the St. Joseph Senior Secondary School in India. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

Reason:

His sports teacher Manish Tripathi, who initially encouraged him to play basketball, realised his potential in high jump and started training him. "It was easy for me to make the transition to high jump. You need a good vertical jump to compete in basketball. I feel that I was born to compete in the sport of high jump. I love jumping." (sportskeeda.com, 05 Sep 2016; newsbench.in, 29 May 2014; cityplus.jagran.com, 26 Apr 2014)

Hero:

Indian Para shot putter Deepa Malik. (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)

Influence:

His parents, and coach Satyanarayan. "I will always thank my parents. They never forced me to only pursue studies and were open to my passion for sports." (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017; republicworld.com, 15 Aug 2018)

Philosophy:

"Life is too big to get disheartened at small failures." (sportskeeda.com, 05 Sep 2016)

Award:

In 2017 he was honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Government of India. (news18.com, 29 Aug 2017)

In 2017 he won the Times of India Sports Award given by the Times of India group. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 10 Feb 2017)

In 2017 he was honoured with the Yashbharti Award by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. (Facebook page, 04 Oct 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T42, F44 (IPC, 18 Feb 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)

Impairment Details
The impairment to his left leg is a result of the effects of polio. (Athlete, 23 Oct 2015)

General
DEBUT DISAPPOINTMENT
He finished fifth in his international debut at the 2014 Asian Games, which, he said, made him very depressed. "I sat in the stands of the stadium and cried a lot. I had all plans to quit at that moment, but I didn't want to give up either. As a result, in the following games, I achieved better results." (republicworld.com, 15 Aug 2018)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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