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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Paralympic athlete (born 1996)}}<br />
{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Atul Kaushik<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|04|22|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kair, Delhi|Kair]], [[Delhi]], India<br />
| sport = [[Para-athletics]]<br />
| event = [[Discus throw]]<br />
| disability_class = [[F57 (classification)|F57]]<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[para-athletics]]}} [[File:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg|25px]]<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}{{MedalCompetition|[[World Para Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships|2025 New Delhi]]|[[2025 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw#Medalists|Discus throw F57]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Atul Kaushik''' (born 22 April 1996) is an Indian [[para-athletics|para]] [[Discus throw|discus thrower]] who competes in F57 category.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born to a farmer in [[Kair, Delhi|Kair]], [[Delhi]], Kaushik was born with polio on his left leg. He took up para sports when he was five years old.<ref name="PIN">{{cite web|url=https://thepatriot.in/sport/polio-no-hurdle-for-this-farmers-son-44058|title=Polio no hurdle for this farmer’s son|first=Navneet|last=Singh|publisher=The Patriot|date=2023-12-28}}</ref> Kaushik hadn't realized about this until 2016, when he watch an episode of [[Comedy Nights with Kapil]] that featured [[Deepa Malik]] and [[Mariyappan Thangavelu]], both in whom medalled at the [[2016 Summer Paralympics]]. As a result, he decided to take up an interest in para athletics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/world-para-athletics-championships-inspired-by-comedy-nights-with-kapil-atul-kaushik-takes-first-step-towards-greatness-with-bronze-medal-10284643/lite/|title=World Para Athletics Championships: Inspired by ‘Comedy Nights with Kapil’, Atul Kaushik takes first step towards greatness with bronze medal|first=Pritish|last=Raj|publisher=The Indian Express|date=2025-10-03}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
At the [[2023 Khelo India Para Games]], Kaushik won the gold medal in the shot put.<ref name="PIN"/> <br />
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In March 2025, Kaushik competed in the World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025 New Delhi, where he won the gold medal in the discus throw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/world-para-athletics-grand-prix-2025-new-delhi-india-day-2-report|title=World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025 New Delhi: Rinku Hooda shines with gold medal in javelin throw|website=Olympics.com|date=2025-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://revsportz.in/rinku-hooda-leads-indias-dominance-in-javelin-at-world-para-athletics-grand-prix-2025/|title=Rinku Hooda Leads India’s Dominance in Javelin at World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025|publisher=Revsportz|date=2025-03-13}}</ref> Several months later, he represented India at the [[2025 World Para Athletics Championships]] and won the bronze medal in the [[2025 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|discus throw]] event,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/dharambir-wins-club-throw-silver-atul-kaushik-discus-bronze-medal-world-para-athletics-championships-2025/article70118662.ece|title=World Para Athletics Championships 2025: Dharambir wins silver in club throw F51, Atul grabs discus throw F57 bronze|publisher=The Sportstar|date=2025-10-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/indians-results-medals-world-para-athletics-championships-2025-october-2-day-6-new-delhi/article70118270.ece|title=World Para Athletics Championships 2025, October 2: Indian results and medals on Day 6|publisher=The Sportster|date=2025-10-02}}</ref> becoming the second Indian to win a world medal in this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/para-sports/dharambir-silver-atul-kaushik-bronze-world-para-2025-54794|title=Dharambir wins silver, Atul Kaushik claims bronze at World Para Athletics C'ships 2025|publisher=The Bridge|date=2025-10-02}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1996 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes from Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:People from South West Delhi district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men discus throwers]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men shot putters]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]</div>Ola22W86488