Sarvesh Kushare

Sarvesh Kushare
Kushare at the 2025 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameSarvesh Anil Kushare
Born17 June 1995 (1995-06-17) (age 31)
Devargaon, Maharashtra, India[1]
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Military career
Branch
 Indian Army
Service years
2016–present
Rank
Naib Subedar
Unit101 Field Regiment
Achievements and titles
Personal bests2.31 m NR (2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 BangkokHigh jump
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2026 GlasgowHigh jump
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 KathmanduHigh jump

Sarvesh Anil Kushare (born 17 June 1995) is an Indian high jumper. He has won silver medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Asian Championships.

Early life

Sarvesh Anil Kushare was born on 17 June 1995 in Devargaon village of Maharashtra's Nashik district. The son of an onion farmer, he trained in his early years using makeshift landing pits made of corn husks, cotton and agricultural waste, prepared by his father, who was also his childhood coach.[2] He serves as a Naib Subedar in the 101 Field Regiment of the Indian Army.[3]

Career

Kushare made his international debut at the 2019 South Asian Games in Kathmandu, where he won gold with a jump of 2.21 m setting the games record.[4]

At the 2023 Asian Indoor Championships in Astana, he placed sixth with a jump of 2.20 m.[4] He won a silver jumping 2.26 m at the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok.[5] At the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Kushare finished 20th among 33 jumpers in the qualification round with a jump of 2.22 m and failed to advance into the finals.[6][7] At the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, clearing 2.26 m he narrowly missed a medal with a fourth-place finish.[8][9]

Kushare represented India at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he finished 25th in the qualification round with a jump 2.15 m and failed to advance into the finals.[10]

At the 2025 Asian Championships in Gumi, Kushare finished fifth with a jump of 2.19 m.[11] He became the first Indian high jumper to qualify for the finals of the World Championships in the 2025 edition, where he finished sixth with a jump of 2.28 m.[12]

At the 2026 Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar, Kushare set the new men's high jump national record by clearing by clearing 2.31 m, becoming the first Indian to clear the 2.30 m barrier.[4] He became the first Indian high jumper to finish on the podium at a Diamond League meet, claiming third place on his debut at the 2026 Herculis in Monaco with a clearance of 2.26 m, to become only the fourth Indian to record a top-three finish at a Diamond League event.[13][14] Kushare was part of the Indian contingent for the 2026 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, where he became the first Indian to win a silver medal in the men's high jump at the Commonwealth Games with a jump of 2.25 m.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "How Sarvesh Kushare's feats have triggered high jump revolution in his village". The Indian Express. 12 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Sarvesh Kushare scripts history, becomes first Indian to win silver in men's high jump in Commonwealth Games". The Times of India. 28 July 2026. ISSN 0971-8257.
  3. ↑ "Flying High in Glasgow: Sarvesh Kushare Leaps To Historic Silver In Men's High Jump At Commonwealth Games 2026". Outlook. 28 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "New national record in high jump: Army athlete becomes 1st Indian to clear legendary 2.30 metre barrier". The Tribune. 29 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Kushare eyes Asiad high!". Mid-Day. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Athletics World C'ships 2023: Sarvesh Kushare, Santhosh Tamilarasan exit early on Day 2". Scroll. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 11 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Selvaraj, Jonathan (20 August 2023). "World Athletics Championships: Reality checks for India's Sarvesh Kushare, Tamilarasan Santosh". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "2022 Asian Games: Men's high jump". World Athletics.
  9. ↑ "Asian Games 2023 Highlights Day 11: Neeraj Chopra wins gold, India's medal count climb to 81". Hindustan Times. 4 October 2023. Archived from the original on 3 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "India athletics wrap, 7 August: Annu Rani, Sarvesh fail, Yarraji in repechage". India Today. 7 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "2025 Asian Championships | Men's high jump". World Athletics.
  12. ↑ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (16 September 2025). "World Athletics Championships 2025: Sarvesh Kushare claims historic sixth-place finish in high jump". Olympics.
  13. ↑ "Sarvesh makes history as first Indian high jumper on Diamond League podium". National Herald. 11 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Who Is Sarvesh Kushare? Meet The Indian High Jumper Who Made Diamond League History". Outlook. 11 July 2026.
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