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Nishchay Luthra

{{short description|Indian figure skater (born 1999)}}

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{{Infobox figure skater

| name = Nishchay Luthra

| image = Nishchay Luthra.jpg

| caption = Luthra with his silver medal at Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|09}}

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| residence = Delhi

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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{{Cite web|url=http://www.iceskatingindia.in/medals-won-outside-india.html|title=Welcome To "ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION OF INDIA".|website=www.iceskatingindia.in|access-date=2017-06-17}} and was a 9-time Indian national gold medalist.

Personal life

Nishchay Luthra was born in New Delhi, India. Before focusing on figure skating, he played basketball, taekwondo and cricket.{{cn|date=October 2019}} He has a younger sister. Nishchay finished high school at The Indian School in New Delhi.{{Cite web|url=http://theindianschool.in/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/|title=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.|website=theindianschool.in|access-date=2017-06-17}}

Career

Nishchay started as a [roller skater] at the age of 10.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/story/_/id/19790070/nishchay-luthra-skating-thin-ice-towards-winter-games|title=Nishchay Luthra skating on thin ice towards Winter Games|work=ESPN|first=Susan|last=Ninan|date=2 July 2017|access-date=12 June 2022}} 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.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

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.{{cn|date=October 2019}} 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.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

Nishchay represented India at the World Development Trophy 2014 in Manila, Philippines and placed third in the novice category.{{cn|date=October 2019}} 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.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

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.

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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{{cn|date=October 2019}}. After some months of rigorous training, Asher and Luthra signed up to compete at the Junior Grand Prix and other competitions representing India.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

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|date=August 2019}}

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.{{cn|date=October 2019}}

Achievements

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! Gold

! Silver

! Bronze

National

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| 3

| 0

International

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| 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
  • 2015 - 11th Ice Skating Nationals, Gurgaon, India - 2 Gold
  • 2016 - 12 Ice Skating Nationals, Gulmarg, India - 2 Gold and 1 Silver

References

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External links

  • [http://www.figureskating.com.tw/2014AsianOpen/CAT007EN.HTM Nishchay Luthra - 2014 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Junior Men Winners]
  • [https://www.statsonice.com/skater/Nishchay/Luthra/ Nishchay Luthra - Stats on Ice]

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Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from New Delhi

Category:Indian male single skaters

Category:Indian male pair skaters