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Vikas Gowda
 Gowda in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vikas Shive Gowda |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | 5 July 1983 Mysore, Karnataka, India[1] |
| Height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Weight | 133 kg (293 lb) (2016)[2] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Discus throw |
| Club | North Carolina Tar Heels[1] |
| Team | India |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 66.28 m NR (April 2012) |
| Updated on 6 July 2017. | |
Vikas Shive Gowda (born 5 July 1983) is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter.[3] Born in Mysore, he grew up in Frederick, Maryland in the United States. His father, Shive, coached the 1988 Indian Olympic track team. Vikas Gowda is a Padma Shri awardee in 2017.
He is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the 2006 US NCAA National Champion in discus.[4]
His personal best throw is 66.28 meters which is also Indian national record in discus throw, achieved in 2012. He contested at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but failed to reach the finals after finishing 22nd in the qualifiers, with a throw of 60.69 m. In 2012 London Olympics, Vikas qualified for the finals, at the fifth place, with a throw of 65.20 m [5][6] and finished eighth in the final.
He won his first gold medal in Asian Championships in 2013 in Pune, with a throw of 64.90 meters.[7][8] He won the discus throw event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which made him the second Indian man to win a Commonwealth gold medal, 56 years after Milkha Singh.[9]
After the qualification standard was lowered, he qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the discus, making this his fourth Olympics.[10]
International competitions[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vikas Gowda. sports-reference.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vikas Gowda. rio2016.com
- ↑ Vikas Gowda. IAAF
- ↑ Tar Heels' Vikas Gowda wins discus title. Tar Heel Times (10 June 2006)
- ↑ "Gowda makes the cut for the discus throw final". The Times Of India. 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "London Olympics 2012 Discus Throw Results". london2012.com/. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Vikas Gowda wins first gold for India at Asian Athletics Championships". The Times Of India. 4 July 2013.
- ↑ Srinivasan, Kamesh (6 August 2012). "Gowda makes the cut for discus throw final". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
- ↑ "Vikas Gowda is first Indian man to clinch athletics gold in 56 years". India Today. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ↑ "Gowda qualifies for Olympics after revision of entry standards". 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mysore
- Sportspeople from Frederick, Maryland
- Indian male discus throwers
- Indian male shot putters
- Olympic athletes of India
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for India
- North Carolina Tar Heels men's track and field athletes
- Kannada people
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
- Athletes from Karnataka
- Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2010
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award