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Varun Singh Bhati (born 13 February 1995) is a para high jumper from India. He was afflicted by poliomyelitis at a young age, and joined sports during his school days. He has won several medals in international events including bronze at
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and
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Early life

Since 2014, he has been coached by Satyanarayana, a former national athlete. Bhati is supported by the
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through the Para Champions Programme. He lives in
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. He currently trains at the
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in Bangalore.


Career

Bhati has T42 disability. He received attention in 2012 when he registered the 'A' qualification mark for the
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in London with a performance of 1.60m. However, owing to limited slots available to India, he failed to qualify for the 2012 Games. He participated in the 2014 Asian Para Games at Incheon, Korea where he stood 5th. He won a gold medal at the 2014 China Open Athletics Championship the same year. In 2015, he stood 5th again at the 2015 Para World Championship in
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, Qatar. He recorded a jump of 1.82m at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship where he won a gold as well as set a new Asian record. Bhati won the bronze medal in the
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at
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when he jumped 1.86m, his personal best. He won the bronze in the
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by clearing a 1.77m jump. He won a silver medal in the 2018 Asian Para Games, recording a jump of 1.82m.


Awards

Bhati was awarded the Arjuna Award on 29 August 2018. He was voted Para-athlete of the Year 2017 at the Times of India Sports Awards.


See also

* Sharad Kumar


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhati, Varun Living people Indian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 1995 births Athletes from Uttar Pradesh Paralympic bronze medalists for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Delhi University alumni People with polio Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic athletes of India Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics