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	Nishad is from [[Una, Himachal Pradesh\|Una]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]. In an accident at the age of eight, he lost his right hand.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2021-08-29 \|title=Lost right hand in fodder-cutting machine, Nishad Kumar wins silver at Paralympics\|author=Nitin Sharma \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/tokyo-paralympics-nishad-kumar-high-jump-t47-event-silver-medal-7476793/ \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|website=The Indian Express }}</ref>		Nishad is from [[Una, Himachal Pradesh\|Una]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]. In an accident at the age of eight, he lost his right hand.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web \|date=2021-08-29 \|title=Lost right hand in fodder-cutting machine, Nishad Kumar wins silver at Paralympics\|author=Nitin Sharma \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/tokyo-paralympics-nishad-kumar-high-jump-t47-event-silver-medal-7476793/ \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|website=The Indian Express }}</ref>

	He pursued his higher education at the [[Himachal Pradesh University]].{{cn\|date=September 2021}} He is studying for a PE at [[Lovely Professional University]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=NISHAD KUMAR\|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1589679-nishad-kumar-nishad-kumar.htm \|url-status=~~live~~ \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]}}</ref>		He pursued his higher education at the [[Himachal Pradesh University]].{{cn\|date=September 2021}} He is studying for a PE at [[Lovely Professional University]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=NISHAD KUMAR \|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1589679-nishad-kumar-nishad-kumar.htm \|url-status=dead \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] \|archive-date=28 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828151537/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1589679-nishad-kumar-nishad-kumar.htm }}</ref>

	In early 2021, he tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|others=PTI \|date=2021-08-29 \|title=Paralympics 2020 - Nishad Kumar wins silver in men’s high jump \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/paralympics-2020-nishad-kumar-wins-silver-in-mens-high-jump/article36164289.ece \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		In early 2021, he tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|others=PTI \|date=2021-08-29 \|title=Paralympics 2020 - Nishad Kumar wins silver in men’s high jump \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/paralympics-2020-nishad-kumar-wins-silver-in-mens-high-jump/article36164289.ece \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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	He took up the sport of para-athletics in 2009. In November 2019, he won the bronze medal in the [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump\|men's T47 category]] at the [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships]] and, as a result, he qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dubai 2019 Results - Event Overview - Men's High Jump T47 \|url=https://www.paralympic.org/dubai-2019/schedule/info-live-results/atdu19/eng/zz/engzz_athletics-event-overview-men-s-high-jump-t47.htm \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 August 2021 \|publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref> He won the gold medal in T46 category at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix which was held in Dubai.<ref name=":0" />		He took up the sport of para-athletics in 2009. In November 2019, he won the bronze medal in the [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump\|men's T47 category]] at the [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships]] and, as a result, he qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Dubai 2019 Results - Event Overview - Men's High Jump T47 \|url=https://www.paralympic.org/dubai-2019/schedule/info-live-results/atdu19/eng/zz/engzz_athletics-event-overview-men-s-high-jump-t47.htm \|url-status=live \|access-date=29 August 2021 \|publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref> He won the gold medal in T46 category at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix which was held in Dubai.<ref name=":0" />

	He also became the second Indian to win a medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after [[Bhavina Patel]] when he clinched a silver in the T47 category high jump event along with an Asian Record.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar soars to silver in high jump, Vinod Kumar wins bronze in discus\|author=Naveen Peter\|date=29 August 2021 \|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/nishad-vinod-kumar-medal-tokyo-2020-paralympics-athletics-result \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|website=Olympics}}</ref> He incredibly shared the silver medal with [[Dallas Wise]] of USA who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-08-29 \|title=Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump \|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32107117/tokyo-paralympics-2021-nishad-kumar-wins-silver-high-jump \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|website=ESPN }}<br>- {{Cite web \|title=Athletics - Men's High Jump - T47 Schedule - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics \|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/event-schedule-men-s-high-jump-t47.htm \|url-status=~~live~~ \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]}}</ref>		He also became the second Indian to win a medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after [[Bhavina Patel]] when he clinched a silver in the T47 category high jump event along with an Asian Record.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar soars to silver in high jump, Vinod Kumar wins bronze in discus\|author=Naveen Peter\|date=29 August 2021 \|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/nishad-vinod-kumar-medal-tokyo-2020-paralympics-athletics-result \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|website=Olympics}}</ref> He incredibly shared the silver medal with [[Dallas Wise]] of USA who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2021-08-29 \|title=Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump \|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32107117/tokyo-paralympics-2021-nishad-kumar-wins-silver-high-jump \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|website=ESPN }}<br>- {{Cite web \|title=Athletics - Men's High Jump - T47 Schedule - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics \|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/event-schedule-men-s-high-jump-t47.htm \|url-status=dead \|access-date=2021-08-29 \|publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] \|archive-date=29 August 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829172021/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/event-schedule-men-s-high-jump-t47.htm }}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian Paralympic athlete}}
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| nationality = Indian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|10|3}}
| birth_place = Amb, Himachal Pradesh
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| sport = [[Paralympic athletics]]
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Para-athletics]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition | [[World Para Athletics Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships|2019 Dubai]] | [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump|high jump T47]]}}
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'''Nishad Kumar''' (born 3 October 1999) is an Indian [[Paralympic Games|paralympian]] and [[High jump|high jumper]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nishad Kumar |url=https://www.paralympic.org/nishad-kumar |access-date=2021-08-29 |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] }}</ref> He made his maiden Paralympic Games appearance in [[2020 Summer Paralympics|2020 Tokyo]] representing [[India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|India]] and went onto claim silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's high jump|men's high jump T47 category]] with a new Asian record of 2.06m.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Day 5: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump; Bhavinaben Patel wins table tennis silver, Vinod Kumar wins bronze in discus throw |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/olympics/tokyo-paralympics/tokyo-paralympics-2021-day-5-indian-athletes-in-action-live-streaming-updates/article36154220.ece |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=Sportstar }}<br>- {{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |first3= |title=Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Nishad Kumar bags high jump silver to add 2nd medal in India's tally |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/other-sports/story/tokyo-paralympics-nishad-kumar-clinches-silver-medal-for-india-in-mens-high-jump-1846802-2021-08-29 |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=India Today }}<br>- {{Cite web |date=2021-08-29 |title=Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar wins silver medal in T47 high jump event, creates Asian Record |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/tokyo-paralympics-high-jumper-nishad-kumar-wins-silver-medal-101630238371703.html |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Nishad is from [[Una, Himachal Pradesh|Una]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]. In an accident at the age of eight, he lost his right hand.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2021-08-29 |title=Lost right hand in fodder-cutting machine, Nishad Kumar wins silver at Paralympics|author=Nitin Sharma |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/tokyo-paralympics-nishad-kumar-high-jump-t47-event-silver-medal-7476793/ |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=The Indian Express }}</ref>

He pursued his higher education at the [[Himachal Pradesh University]].{{cn|date=September 2021}} He is studying for a PE at [[Lovely Professional University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NISHAD KUMAR|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1589679-nishad-kumar-nishad-kumar.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-29 |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]}}</ref>

In early 2021, he tested positive for [[COVID-19]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |others=PTI |date=2021-08-29 |title=Paralympics 2020 - Nishad Kumar wins silver in men’s high jump |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/paralympics-2020-nishad-kumar-wins-silver-in-mens-high-jump/article36164289.ece |access-date=2021-08-29 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Career ==
He took up the sport of para-athletics in 2009. In November 2019, he won the bronze medal in the [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's high jump|men's T47 category]] at the [[2019 World Para Athletics Championships]] and, as a result, he qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dubai 2019 Results - Event Overview - Men's High Jump T47 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/dubai-2019/schedule/info-live-results/atdu19/eng/zz/engzz_athletics-event-overview-men-s-high-jump-t47.htm |url-status=live |access-date=29 August 2021 |publisher=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref> He won the gold medal in T46 category at the 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix which was held in Dubai.<ref name=":0" />

He also became the second Indian to win a medal at the 2020 Summer Paralympics after [[Bhavina Patel]] when he clinched a silver in the T47 category high jump event along with an Asian Record.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokyo Paralympics: Nishad Kumar soars to silver in high jump, Vinod Kumar wins bronze in discus|author=Naveen Peter|date=29 August 2021 |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/nishad-vinod-kumar-medal-tokyo-2020-paralympics-athletics-result |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=Olympics}}</ref> He incredibly shared the silver medal with [[Dallas Wise]] of USA who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-29 |title=Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/32107117/tokyo-paralympics-2021-nishad-kumar-wins-silver-high-jump |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=ESPN }}<br>- {{Cite web |title=Athletics - Men's High Jump - T47 Schedule - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/event-schedule-men-s-high-jump-t47.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-29 |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]]}}</ref>

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[[Category:1999 births]]
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[[Category:Indian male high jumpers]]
[[Category:Paralympic athletes of India]]
[[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for India]]
[[Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:People from Himachal Pradesh]]