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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian hammer thrower}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Rakesh Kumar yadav<br />
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| fullname = Rakesh kumar Yadav<br />
| nickname = Raky<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|07|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Ballia, Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] <br />
| height = 155<br />
| weight = 55<br />
| country = {{flagcountry|India}}<br />
| sport = [[Track and field]]<br />
| event = [[Hammer throw]]<br />
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| team = <br />
| turnedpro = <br />
| retired = <br />
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| worlds = <br />
| regionals = <br />
| nationals = 7<br />
| olympics = <br />
| paralympics = <br />
| highestranking = <br />
| pb = outdoor: 70.16 m<br>(17 July 2003, Indian record)<br />
| updated = 19 September 2009<br />
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'''Rakesh Kumar Yadav''' (born 01 july 1993) is an Indian [[track and field]] athlete from [[Uttar Pradesh]] who specializes in [[Hammer throw]]. Kumar set the Indian National record of 70.16m<ref name="afio">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php|title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009|publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA|accessdate=2009-09-05|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php|archivedate=2009-08-05}}</ref> in the discipline on 17 July 2003 during the Second National Athletic Circuit Meet in [[Bangalore]]. He erased the 70.13 metre mark of [[Ishtiaq Ahamed]] set there in the year 2000.<ref name="tribu_jul03">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030718/sports.htm#12|title=Rakesh sets new mark in hammer throw|date=2003-07-17|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|location=Chandigarh|accessdate=2009-09-20}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{World Athletics}}<br />
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