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Biography
Nishchay Luthra (9 March, 1999) is an Indian figure skater. He competes in Men’s singles and pairs. He has won 4 international medals for India and is a 9-time Indian national gold medalist.
Personal life
Nishchay Luthra was born in New Delhi, India. Luthra's mother is a government servant. He has a younger sister who is finishing her studies. Nishchay is studying at The Indian School in New Delhi. Before focusing on figure skating, he played basketball, taekwondo and cricket, and was also a state level athlete.
Career
Nishchay started as a roller speed skater from an early age of 10. During his childhood days, realizing Nishchay's potential, his mother searched online for a skating coach for Nishchay and found Vasudev Tandi. Tandi taught Nishchay the basic moves and helped him graduate to ice-skating.
In 2011, Nishchay won Gold in his maiden National Ice Skating Championship held in Shimla. In 2012, Nishchay attended the National Ice Skating Camp again and competed in singles and pairs event, winning Gold in both. He started practicing in iSkate - an indoor ice skating rink in Gurgaon henceforth. In the year 2013, Nishchay won 2 Silver medals at the National Ice Skating Championship in singles and pairs events. In 2014, he won 2 Gold medals in singles and pairs.
Nishchay represented India at the World Development Trophy 2014 in Manilla, Phillippines, winning a bronze for the nation. In the year 2015, owing to the lack of training infrastructure, he shifted to the United States for 6 months of rigorous training.
Due to lack of funds, he returned to India in December 2015. He won 2 gold medals in the National Ice Skating Championship in 2016.
Nishchay continues to train in the USA with the aim of qualifying for Winter Olympics 2018. Due to the shortage of funds and Ice Skating being an expensive sport, Nishchay is looking forward to running a crowdfunding campaign to continue training in the USA and represent India in the Winter Olympics 2018.
Nishchay was also an India’s Got Talent Season 7 Contestant.
Achievements
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| International | 1 | 1 | 2 |
International Participations –
- Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2012-13 – Hong Kong
- Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2013-14 – Hong Kong
- ISU World Development Trophy 2014 – Manilla, Philippines
- Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida, USA
National Level Achievements –
- 2011- 7th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 1 Gold
- 2012- 8th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Gold
- 2013- 9th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Silver
- 2014- 10th Ice Skating, Shimla, India - 2 Gold
- 2015 - 11th Ice Skating Nationals, Gurgaon, India - 2 Gold
- 2016 - 12 Ice Skating Nationals, Gulmarg, India - 2 Gold and 1 Silver