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{{Short description|Indian arm wrestler (born 1994)}}
{{Orphan|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Surya Pratap Sharma
| image = France Sep 2022.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Surya in IFA world championships 2022
| native_name = Surya
| fullname = Surya Pratap Sharma
| collegeteam = Rocky
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|1|15}}
| birth_place = [[Deoria, Uttar Pradesh]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 5 ft 4 in
| weight = 86 kg
| website =
| country = India
| sport = Arm wrestling
| event =
| club =
| turnedpro =
| coach = Sukhdeep Singh Randhawa
| retired =
| highestranking =
| pb =
| medaltemplates =
1st Gold Medal Champion Delhi, Talkatora in 2014

1st Gold Medal Champion Delhi, Khelgaw in 2015-16

Bronze Medal Champion Nagpur in 2016

World Championship in Bulgariya (Europe) World Rank- 4

World Championship in Hungary (Europe) World Rank- 5

World Cup Championship Poland (Romia) Silver & Bronze Medal 2017

XIII State Arm Wrestling Championship in Agra Gold Medal- 2019

43rd National Arm Wrestling Championship in Punjab Bronze Medal- 2019

1st BCAI National Arm Wrestling Championship in Delhi Gold & Silver Medal- 2019

2nd BCAI National Arm Wrestling Championship in Goa two Gold Medal- 2022

IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship France in Dieppe two Gold Medal (Left & Right) in 2022

IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship France in Dieppe two Bronze Medal (Left & Right) in 2022

IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia one Gold Medal(Right) in 2023

IFA World Arm Wrestling Championship Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia one Silver Medal(Left) in 2023

}}

'''Surya Pratap Sharma''' is an Indian arm wrestler.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-lad-to-represent-india-in-arm-wrestling/articleshow/61600597.cms | title= UP lad to represent India in arm-wrestling | newspaper= [[Times Of India]] }}</ref> He had won silver and bronze medal at the World Cup Championship Poland (Romania) in the year 2017.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-GOR-LCL-special-story-on-arm-wrestler-surya-pratap-sharma-from-deoria-5804232-PHO.html| title= दोनों पैर हैं बेकार, लोग उड़ाते थे मजाक-अब देश के लिए जीता सिल्वर मेडल / दोनों पैर हैं बेकार, लोग उड़ाते थे मजाक-अब देश के लिए जीता सिल्वर मेडल| newspaper= [[Dainik Bhaskar|Bhaskar]] }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Surya was born in Muradih village of [[Deoria district|Deoria]] district in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He grew up in this village.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/handicapped-surya-pratap-selected-for-world-arm-wrestling-in-bulgaria| title= गरीबी आ रही थी आड़े, डीएम की मदद से पूरा होगा बुल्गारिया जाने का सपना | newspaper= [[Amar Ujala]] }}</ref> His father was a Staff Commissioner in Ganna Sansthan. He became disabled due to [[polio]] when he was just one and a half years old.
Surya pursued M.B.A from Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow.
His interest in the Arm Wrestling was developed during an arm wrestling competition held in K.K.C, [[Lucknow]]. He practiced further in this field and became a winner of the State Championship in 2013 after defeating 110 people in arm wrestling. Later, he won several national level championships such as National Arm Wrestling Championship in [[Delhi]], Talkatora in 2014 with a gold medal.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.amarujala.com/video/uttar-pradesh/uttar-pradesh-s-surya-pratap-sharma-set-an-example-for-the-people| title= यूपी के सूर्य प्रताप शर्मा लोगों के लिए बने मिसाल, दिव्यांग होकर भी आर्म रेस्लिंग में जीता विश्व कप | newspaper= [[Amar Ujala]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lucknowfirst.in/?p=6145|title = UP lad to represent India in arm-wrestling | Lucknow First| date=11 November 2017 }}</ref>

==Wins==
*World Championship in Bulgariya (Europe) World Rank- 4<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.patrika.com/deoria-news/handicapped-surya-pratap-will-go-bulgaria-1331010/| title= देवरिया के दिव्यांग सूर्य प्रताप जाएगे बुलगारिया | newspaper= [[Rajasthan Patrika]] }}</ref>
*World Cup Championship Poland (Romia) Silver & Bronze Medal 2017<ref>{{Cite web| title=IFA World armwrestling championships 2019 Rumia, Poland - Starting list - Men junior | url=http://armsportfederation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IFA_StartingList.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215065728/http://armsportfederation.com:80/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IFA_StartingList.pdf | archive-date=2020-02-15}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1994 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Uttar Pradesh]]

Surya Pratap Sharma - Revision history

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