Anup Kumar Yama (born 1 September 1984) is an Indian

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r. He won the Arjuna Award in 2015 by Indian Government (for outstanding achievement in National Sports). He has won several national titles. He won two bronze medals at the

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held in

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, China in the Men's Single Free Skating and Pairs Skating events with his partner

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Early life

He was born on 1 September 1984 in a family of athletes. Anup started skating at four. He is coached by his father Veeresh Yama, also a skater.

Achievements

Achievements at the National Level

* 1 gold medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the All India National Competition,

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, 1989. * 2 gold medals in Freestyle and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1991. * 3 gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1992. * 3 gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Trivendrum-Kerala, 1993. * 3 gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1994. * 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal at the National Championship,

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, 1995. * 1 gold medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Patiala-Punjab, 1996. * 1 silver medal in Freestyle Artistic at the National Championship,

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, 1997. * 1 gold medal in Freestyle Artistic at the National Championship,

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, 1998. * 1 gold medal in Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship respectively at the National Championship,

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, 2000. * 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2001. * 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2002. * 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure and a silver medal in pair skating at the NATIONAL GAMES, 2002. * 3 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Faridabad, 2004. * 2 gold medals for Freestyle and Figure Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Kolkata, 2005. * 3 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2006. * 4 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair and Solo Dance Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2008. * 5 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Solo Dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2009. * 6 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, Visakhapatnam, 2010. * 7 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance, Pair dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, 2011. * 8 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance, Pair dance, Show Group and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, 2012. * 7 gold medals for Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance, Pair dance, and Inline Artistic Skating at the National Championship, 2013.

Achievements at the Asian Level

* Participated in the 8th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 1999. ( Jinshan – China) * 1 bronze medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the 9th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2001. ( Taitung -Taiwan) * 2 bronze medals for Combined and Pair Artistic Skating at the 10th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2004. ( Akita – Japan) * 2 bronze medals in Figure and Pair Skating and a silver medal in Combined Artistic Skating at the 11th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2005. (

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– Korea) * 1 gold medal in Pair Skating, 1 silver in Combined and 1 bronze in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the 12th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2006. (

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-Taiwan) * 3 gold medals in Quad Freestyle, Inline Freestyle and Combined and 2 bronze medals in Figure and Pair Dance Skating at the 13th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2008. (

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-China) * 1 gold medal in Inline Artistic Skating, 1 silver in Combined and bronze in Pair Artistic Skating at the 14th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2010. (Kaohsiung -Taiwan) * 2 bronze medals at the 2010 Asian Games. (Guangzhou – China) * 3 gold medals in Quad Freestyle, Figure and Combined and 2 silver medals in Inline Freestyle and Solo dance at the 15th Asian Roller Skating Championship, 2012 (Hefei-China)

Achievement at the World Level

* 1 bronze medal in 2012 Inline Artistic Roller Skating World Championship at New Zealand

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yama, Anup Kumar Living people Indian roller skaters Indian male single skaters Indian male ice dancers 1984 births Asian Games medalists in roller sports Roller skaters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Figure skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award