Sarvesh Kushare Explained

Sarvesh Anil Kushare (born 17 June 1995)^[1] is an Indian athlete who competes in high jump. He was a member of the Indian athletics team at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou.^[2] He qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and finished 13th in Group B and 25th overall in the qualification round at Paris clearing a height of 2.15m.^[3]

Early life

Sarvesh hails from a village Deogaon in Maharashtra, about 50 km from Nashik.^[4] He learnt his basics from D.R.Bhosale school coach RW Jadhav.

Career

• 2023: In August, he took part in the World Athletics championships in Budapest, representing India.^[5] He finished 11th in the qualification round of Group B and 20th overall among 33 jumpers. He cleared 2.26m in his second attempt but failed to clear the next height at 2.29m in all the three attempts.^[6] The top-12 made it to the finals.^{[7] [8] [9]}
• 2023: In July, he won a silver jumping 2.26m at the Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok. The medal helped him improve his ranking, which in turn helped him book a berth for the World Championship.^[10]
• 2023: In February, he did his personal best in indoor championships of 2.20m at Nur-Sultan, Kazakasthan.
• 2022: In October, he achieved his personal outdoor best of 2.27m in the Indian National championship at Gujarat.^[11]
• 2019: In October, he won gold medal jumping 226m at the Indian Open Championships in Ranchi.
• 2019: He made his international debut at the South Asian Championships.
• 2018: On September 26, he created a national record in high jump at the 58th National Open athletics championship at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. He beat the meet record of 2.22m held by Tejaswin Shankar.^[12] However, he did not succeed in his attempt to jump 2.29m to break the National record.

References

1. Web site: Sarvesh Anil Kushare - Player Profile - Athletics . 2023-10-02 . Eurosport . 2024-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240807154304/https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/sarvesh-anil-kushare_prs670477/person.shtml . live .
2. Web site: 2023-08-26 . Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 . 2023-10-02 . Firstpost . en . 2023-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827113112/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-games-2023-full-list-of-634-indian-athletes-who-will-take-part-in-hangzhou-event-13042652.html . live .
3. Web site: 2024-08-07 . India athletics wrap, 7 August: Annu Rani, Sarvesh fail, Yarraji in repechage . 2024-08-07 . India Today . en.
4. Web site: Lahiri . Dipankar . 2023-07-16 . Sarvesh Kushare - India's highest jumper who trained on cattle feed pits . 2023-10-02 . thebridge.in . en . 2023-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230926093551/https://thebridge.in/athletics/sarvesh-kushare-indias-highest-jumper-trained-cattle-feed-pits-43012 . live .
5. Web site: 2023-08-21 . Athletics World C’ships 2023: Sarvesh Kushare, Santhosh Tamilarasan exit early on Day 2 . 2023-10-02 . Scroll.in . 2024-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240311000835/https://scroll.in/field/1054616/athletics-world-cships-2023-sarvesh-kushare-santhosh-tamilarasan-exit-early-on-day-2 . live .
6. Web site: 2023-10-04 . Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 11: Neeraj Chopra wins gold, India's medal count climb to 81 . 2024-02-12 . Hindustan Times . en . 2023-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231203033351/https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/asian-games-2023-live-updates-day-11-india-vs-south-korea-hockey-neeraj-chopra-athletics-lovlina-boxing-archery-hangzhou-101696361615201.html . live .
7. Web site: Selvaraj . Jonathan . 2023-08-20 . World Athletics Championships: Reality checks for India’s Sarvesh Kushare, Tamilarasan Santosh . 2023-10-21 . Sportstar . en . 2023-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231207065931/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/world-athletics-championships-budapest-day-2-sarvesh-kushare-high-jump-tamilarasan-santosh-400m-hurdles-warholm-indian-athletics-standard/article67217211.ece . live .
8. Web site: World Athletics Championships: Santhosh Kumar and Sarvesh Anil Kushare crash out in 400m hurdles and high jump . 2024-02-12 . India Today . en . 2023-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230823224520/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/world-athletics-championships-santhosh-kumar-tamilarasan-finishes-36th-fails-to-reach-400m-hurdles-semi-final-2423945-2023-08-20 . live .
9. Web site: 2023-08-22 . Kushare eyes Asiad high! . 2024-02-12 . Mid-day . en . 2023-08-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825194414/https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/kushare-eyes-asiad-high-23304885 . live .
10. Web site: शेळके . नरेश . 2023-07-24 . Asian Athletics Championships 2023 : मराठमोळ्या सर्वेशचे जागतिक स्पर्धेचे तिकीट पक्के! आशियाई स्पर्धेत जिंकले होते रौप्यपदक . 2024-02-12 . Marathi News . mr . 2023-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230724035718/https://www.esakal.com/krida/asian-athletics-championships-2023-sarvesh-kushare-wins-silver-marathi-news-kgm00 . live .
11. Web site: Selvaraj . Jonathan . 2022-10-03 . Sarvesh Kushare snapping at Tejaswin Shankar’s heels for high jump national record . 2023-10-02 . Sportstar . 2023-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231201123759/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/national-games/sarvesh-kushare-high-jump-national-record-tejaswin-shankar-230-mark/article65964040.ece . live .
12. News: 2018-09-27 . Sarvesh Anil Kushare eclipses Tejaswin Shankar's long jump record on day two . 2024-02-12 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.