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| name = Nishchay Luthra<br />
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| caption = Luthra with his silver medal at Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|3|09}}<br />
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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]]<ref>{{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|archive-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914004305/http://www.iceskatingindia.in/medals-won-outside-india.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was a 9-time Indian national gold medalist.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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.<ref name="teindianscholl">{{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|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918034645/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/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Nishchay started as a [roller skater] at the age of 10.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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}}<br />
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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}}<br />
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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}}<br />
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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 World Figure Skating Championships|2017 Worlds]].<br />
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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}}<br />
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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}}<br />
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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}}<br />
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== Achievements ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! <br />
! Gold <br />
! Silver <br />
! Bronze<br />
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| National <br />
| 9 <br />
| 3 <br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| International <br />
| 1 <br />
| 1 <br />
| 2<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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International Participations – <br />
* Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2012-13 – Hong Kong<br />
* Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2013-14 – Hong Kong<br />
* ISU World Development Trophy 2014 – Manila, Philippines<br />
* Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida, USA<br />
National Level Achievements –<br />
* 2011- 7th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 1 Gold <br />
* 2012- 8th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Gold <br />
* 2013- 9th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Silver <br />
* 2014- 10th Ice Skating, Shimla, India - 2 Gold <ref name="teindianscholl" /><br />
* 2015 - 11th Ice Skating Nationals, Gurgaon, India - 2 Gold<br />
* 2016 - 12 Ice Skating Nationals, Gulmarg, India - 2 Gold and 1 Silver<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.figureskating.com.tw/2014AsianOpen/CAT007EN.HTM ''Nishchay Luthra - 2014 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Junior Men Winners'']<br />
* [https://www.statsonice.com/skater/Nishchay/Luthra/ ''Nishchay Luthra - Stats on Ice'']<br />
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[[Category:Sportspeople from New Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male single skaters]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male pair skaters]]</div>Kkasthana