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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Pardeep Kumar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|02|15|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], India<br />
| sport = [[Para-athletics]]<br />
| event = [[Discus throw]]<br />
| disability_class = [[F64 (classification)|F64]]<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 F64]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pardeep Kumar''' (born 15 February 1999) is an Indian [[para-athletics|para]] [[Discus throw|discus thrower]] who competes in F64 category.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born in [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], Kumar had been serving as a member of a [[Gorkha regiments (India)|Gorhka regiment]] in 2019, when on a patrolling duty, he fell victim to a landmine blast in [[Srinagar]], in which he survived and had his left leg amputated. While recovering at a hospital, he was told he could do sports, motivating him. Kumar had visited a prosthetics centre to obtain artificial limbs and came to find out para athletes were training there. He was then introduced to javelin and discus throw.<ref name="IE">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/they-survived-mine-blasts-now-armymen-soman-rana-and-pardeep-rana-are-world-championship-medallists-10288163/|title=They survived mine blasts. Now, Armymen Soman Rana and Pardeep Rana are World Championship medallists|publisher=The Indian Express|date=2025-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/socially/sports/pardeep-kumar-wins-bronze-medal-in-mens-discus-throw-f64-event-at-the-world-para-athletics-championships-2025-7142616.html|title=Pardeep Kumar Wins Bronze Medal in Men's Discus Throw F64 Event at the World Para-Athletics Championships 2025|publisher=LatestLY|date=2025-10-05}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
When Kumar began his para-athletic career in 2019, he was originally given the [[T44 (classification)|F44]] classification.<ref name="IE"/><br />
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Kumar competed for his country at the [[2022 Asian Para Games]], held in 2023, although he did not medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/asian-para-games/full-list-303-indian-para-athletes-44423|title=Asian Para Games 2023: Full list of Indian para-athletes|publisher=The Bridge - Home of Indian Sports|date=2023-10-17}}</ref><br />
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In August 2025, Kumar was selected to represent India at the [[2025 World Para Athletics Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/world-champion-sumit-antil-to-lead-indian-challenge-at-world-para-athletics-championships-preethi-pal-dharambir-named-flag-bearers-10215089/|title=World champion Sumit Antil to lead Indian challenge at World Para Athletics Championships; Preethi Pal, Dharambir named flag-bearers|publisher=The Indian Express|date=2025-08-27}}</ref> He won a bronze medal in the [[2025 World Para Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw|discus throw F64]] event, with a season best throw of 46.23 meters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/sports/world-para-athletics-championships-nishad-kumar-simran-sharma-win-gold-india-climb-to-4th-ws-l-9612926.html|title=World Para Athletics Championships: Simran Sharma Scripts History, Nishad Kumar Stuns Roderick Townsend|publisher=News18|date=2025-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/indians-results-medals-world-para-athletics-championships-2025-october-3-day-7-new-delhi/article70121372.ece|title=World Para Athletics Championships 2025, October 3: Indian results and medals on Day 7|publisher=Sportstar|date=2025-10-03}}</ref> He thus became the first Army para athlete to win a world medal.<ref name="IE"/><br />
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[[Category:1999 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hisar (city)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian amputees]]<br />
[[Category:Indian men discus throwers]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Para Games]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships]]<br />
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