Surya Pratap Sharma
{{Short description|Indian arm wrestler (born 1994)}}
{{Orphan|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Surya Pratap Sharma
| image = France Sep 2022.jpg
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| caption = Surya in IFA world championships 2022
| native_name = Surya
| fullname = Surya Pratap Sharma
| collegeteam = Rocky
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|15}}
| birth_place = Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| height = 5 ft 4 in
| weight = 86 kg
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| country = India
| sport = Arm wrestling
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| coach = Sukhdeep Singh Randhawa
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1st Gold Medal Champion Delhi, Talkatora in 2014
1st Gold Medal Champion Delhi, Khelgaw in 2015-16
Bronze Medal Champion Nagpur in 2016
World Championship in Bulgariya (Europe) World Rank- 4
World Championship in Hungary (Europe) World Rank- 5
World Cup Championship Poland (Romia) Silver & Bronze Medal 2017
XIII State Arm Wrestling Championship in Agra Gold Medal- 2019
43rd National Arm Wrestling Championship in Punjab Bronze Medal- 2019
1st BCAI National Arm Wrestling Championship in Delhi Gold & Silver Medal- 2019
2nd BCAI National Arm Wrestling Championship in Goa two Gold Medal- 2022
IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship France in Dieppe two Gold Medal (Left & Right) in 2022
IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship France in Dieppe two Bronze Medal (Left & Right) in 2022
IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia one Gold Medal(Right) in 2023
IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia one Silver Medal(Left) in 2023
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Surya Pratap Sharma is an Indian arm wrestler.{{cite news | url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-lad-to-represent-india-in-arm-wrestling/articleshow/61600597.cms | title= UP lad to represent India in arm-wrestling | newspaper= Times Of India }} He had won silver and bronze medal at the World Cup Championship Poland (Romania) in the year 2017.{{cite news | url= https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-GOR-LCL-special-story-on-arm-wrestler-surya-pratap-sharma-from-deoria-5804232-PHO.html| title= दोनों पैर हैं बेकार, लोग उड़ाते थे मजाक-अब देश के लिए जीता सिल्वर मेडल / दोनों पैर हैं बेकार, लोग उड़ाते थे मजाक-अब देश के लिए जीता सिल्वर मेडल| newspaper= Bhaskar }}
Early life and education
Surya was born in Muradih village of Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh. He grew up in this village.{{cite news | url= https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/handicapped-surya-pratap-selected-for-world-arm-wrestling-in-bulgaria| title= गरीबी आ रही थी आड़े, डीएम की मदद से पूरा होगा बुल्गारिया जाने का सपना | newspaper= Amar Ujala }} His father was a Staff Commissioner in Ganna Sansthan. He became disabled due to polio when he was just one and a half years old.
Surya pursued M.B.A from Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow.
His interest in the Arm Wrestling was developed during an arm wrestling competition held in K.K.C, Lucknow. He practiced further in this field and became a winner of the State Championship in 2013 after defeating 110 people in arm wrestling. Later, he won several national level championships such as National Arm Wrestling Championship in Delhi, Talkatora in 2014 with a gold medal.{{cite news | url= https://www.amarujala.com/video/uttar-pradesh/uttar-pradesh-s-surya-pratap-sharma-set-an-example-for-the-people| title= यूपी के सूर्य प्रताप शर्मा लोगों के लिए बने मिसाल, दिव्यांग होकर भी आर्म रेस्लिंग में जीता विश्व कप | newspaper= Amar Ujala }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.lucknowfirst.in/?p=6145|title = UP lad to represent India in arm-wrestling | Lucknow First| date=11 November 2017 }}
Wins
- World Championship in Bulgariya (Europe) World Rank- 4{{cite news | url=https://www.patrika.com/deoria-news/handicapped-surya-pratap-will-go-bulgaria-1331010/| title= देवरिया के दिव्यांग सूर्य प्रताप जाएगे बुलगारिया | newspaper= Rajasthan Patrika }}
- World Cup Championship Poland (Romia) Silver & Bronze Medal 2017{{Cite web| title=IFA World armwrestling championships 2019 Rumia, Poland - Starting list - Men junior | url=http://armsportfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IFA_StartingList.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215065728/http://armsportfederation.com:80/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IFA_StartingList.pdf | archive-date=2020-02-15}}
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