ANUP KUMAR, born 20th November 1983, is the former captain of the Indian Kabaddi team and is currently the coach of Puneli Parthan. He helped his team in India win gold medals at the 2010 Asian Games, 2014, 2016 South Asian Games and 2016 Kabaddi Worlds His Cup. Anup Kumar is considered the smartest of his Kabaddi players and a captain his cool who can easily turn a difficult match into an advantage. Known for shocking opponents. The toe touch is a trademark. He announced his retirement from all forms of Kabaddi sport on December 19, 2018.
Anoop was born in Parla village, Gurgaon district, Haryana, India. Ransingh Yadav (father) and Baro Devi (mother). He belongs to a simple middle-class family.
His interest in sports was never great, but he played kabaddi for fun in his spare time during his childhood. However, after he joined the CRPF in late 2005, his interest in the sport increased after being praised by his peers and by his CRPF his Kabaddi coach, his Amarsingh Yadav.
He soon decided to make sport his profession. In this process, his coach Amarsingh Yadav played a key role by providing him with proper equipment and information.
Anup Kumar made his international debut representing India at the 2010 Asian Games, where the Indian team won the final match capturing gold for the country defeating Iran by a 20-37 score.The feat was repeated in 2014 at the same tournament, where India won gold defeating Iran by a 27-25 score.Anup Kumar’s smart captaincy and high raiding skills helped the India team win gold at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup.
The same year, under his captaincy India won gold at the 2016 South Asian Games.

Sufiya Khan is a long-distance runner who holds several world records and is the first female runner to complete the journey from Manali to Leh. Sufiya began her ultra-marathon ‘Himalayan Ultra Run Expedition’ at 7.34 a.m. on September 25, 2021. She finished her marathon on October 1, 2021, travelling 480 kilometres in 156 hours in challenging terrain and harsh meteorological conditions, climbing up to 5328 metres in altitude and gaining 8200 metres in elevation.

She was born and raised in the city of Ajmer. She was raised by her single mother after her father died when she was 16 years old. Sufiya had never been a runner or a sports fan when she was younger. Sufiya earned a diploma in aviation after graduation and began working as a ground staff member at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. Sufiya Khan had spent ten years as a ground handler at the Delhi airport. In 2019, she decided to leave her work in order to pursue her passion for running.

She began by running marathons and eventually ultramarathons. She claimed that running was an excellent way to see a new place while also spreading a message. She ran the Golden Triangle in 16 days in 2018, covering 720 kilometers between Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra. The next year, she completed a 4,000-kilometer journey in 87 days, 2 hours, and 17 minutes from Srinagar, Kashmir, to Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.
She holds two Guinness World Records. She entered the Guinness Book Of World Records for the first time in 2019 when she became the quickest female runner along “The Indian Golden Quadrilateral Road.” Her next effort entails a round-the-world run. She wants to run around the world and circumnavigate it.

Niharika Vashisht is a national medalist and an international triple jumper who has competed for Punjab University at the International World University Games. She is a member of the Indian team for the 2019 Summer Universiade (University) Games, which will be held in Napoli.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from GGDSD College in Sector 32 and her master’s degree in English from DAV College in Sector 10.

On the final day of the Punjab University Annual Athletics Meet in 2016, Niharika set a new meet record in the triple jump. With a jump of 12.36 meters, she shattered the 14-year-old record.
She is now working on the Asian Games in 2022, which will be held in China, as well as the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. Despite the fact that the lockdown has put her under a lot of stress, she has been training on several modules on a regular basis. She will compete in further competitions later in 2021. This month, the senior national championship will be held in Patiala, and she wants to compete well.
Not just in the Sports field, she is also very famous for her social media presence. Niharka has insane followers counting more than 100k on Instagram.

She has always believed in defying conventionalize, whether in athletics or education and has used her talent to appear in a commercial shoot with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar for a national brand. She only wishes to set a good example for others. Niharika believes that life provides various opportunities, which one should make use of whenever possible.