Nishchay Luthra
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| Nishchay Luthra | |
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 Luthra with his silver medal at Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida | |
| Born | 9 March 1999 |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  India |
Nishchay Luthra (born 9 March 1999) is an Indian figure skater. He has competed in men's singles and pairs. He has won four international medals for India[1] and was a 9-time Indian national gold medalist.
Personal life
[edit]Nishchay Luthra was born in New Delhi, India. Before focusing on figure skating, he played basketball, taekwondo and cricket.[citation needed] He has a younger sister. Nishchay finished high school at The Indian School in New Delhi.[2]
Career
[edit]Nishchay started as a [roller skater] at the age of 10.[3] His mother had searched online for a skating coach and found Vasudev Tandi, who taught Nishchay the basic moves and helped him graduate to ice-skating.[citation needed]
In 2012, Nishchay attended the National India Ice Skating Camp and competed in singles and pairs event, winning in both and represented India in Asian junior championship and secured first place.[citation needed] He started practicing in iSkate – an indoor ice skating rink in Gurgaon. In the year 2013, Nishchay placed third at the Asian figure skating championship held in Hong Kong and won 2 Silver medals at the National Ice Skating Championship in singles and pairs events.[citation needed]
Nishchay represented India at the World Development Trophy 2014 in Manila, Philippines and placed third in the novice category.[citation needed] In 2015, due to lack of training infrastructure, he moved to the United States for 6 months. Due to lack of money, he returned to India in December 2015. He won 2 gold medals in the National Indian Ice Skating Championship in 2016.[citation needed]
Nishchay aimed to represent India at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, but was not able to qualify for the qualifying competition, 2017 Worlds.[citation needed]
In 2018 Nishchay moved to Dallas, Texas to train as a pair skater with the skater Hilary Asher under the coaching of Darlene Cain, Peter Cain, and Daniil Barantsev[citation needed]. After some months of rigorous training, Asher and Luthra signed up to compete at the Junior Grand Prix and other competitions representing India.[citation needed]
At the beginning of the competitive season, 2017-18 Luthra broke his right knee in a practice session, which led him to withdraw from the upcoming competitions and made him fly back to his home country. he was diagnosed with a severe lateral meniscus tear on his right knee.[citation needed]
During the recovery period, he started his own skating academy LIFSA (Luthra international figure skating academy) which aimed to develop figure skating as a sport in India. He was the national coach of season 2017-18 and 2018-19 and has helped many aspiring skaters. Luthra's students have been placed both nationally and internationally.[citation needed]
Achievements
[edit]| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| International | 1 | 1 | 2 |
International Participations –
- Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2012-13 – Hong Kong
- Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2013-14 – Hong Kong
- ISU World Development Trophy 2014 – Manila, Philippines
- Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida, USA
National Level Achievements –
- 2011- 7th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 1 Gold
- 2012- 8th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Gold
- 2013- 9th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Silver
- 2014- 10th Ice Skating, Shimla, India - 2 Gold [2]
- 2015 - 11th Ice Skating Nationals, Gurgaon, India - 2 Gold
- 2016 - 12 Ice Skating Nationals, Gulmarg, India - 2 Gold and 1 Silver
References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome To "ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION OF INDIA"". www.iceskatingindia.in. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Nishchay Luthra, class 9 secured the 1st position in The 10th National Ice Skating Championships at Shimla between 2 and 4 January, 2014 organised by The Ice Skating Association of India, New Delhi". theindianschool.in. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ^ Ninan, Susan (2 July 2017). "Nishchay Luthra skating on thin ice towards Winter Games". ESPN. Retrieved 12 June 2022.