Danish Manzoor
Danish Manzoor is an Indian Taekwondo team Athlete[1] , who hails from District Baramulla, J&K, India. He has represented team India in World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond G4 Olympic ranking and Israel Open G2 Olympic ranking Championships held at Gangwon, South Korea and Ramla, Israel. He made his Indian team debut at 2019 while participating in the 2nd India Open Olympic ranking G1 championship. He is playing Under 54kg (World) and 58kg (Olympic) weight category. He is aiming to represent India at Olympics. In 2022, Danish has been appointed as Brand Ambassador for Fit India Movement.
Professional Career
Danish started his sports career in 2011 at the age of 13,when he won a bronze medal at Indore Stadium Srinagar in the Inter-District Taekwondo championship.[2][3] He was firstly practicing Taekwondo in Baramulla Taekwondo Academy at Rangwara under his first coach Ashfaq Ahmad Wani.[4] In 2011, he won gold in state-level tournament. In 2013, he participated in 33rd Junior National Taekwondo (Kyorugi & Poomsae) Championship which was held from October 18 to 20, 2013 at Sports Complex, Puducherry.[5] In 2015, he participated in National-level taekwondo tournament in Cuttack, Odisha, where he reached the quarter finals. In 2016, he played another 54-Kg weight category National-level tournament held from 17th to 21st May 2016 in Mahaveer (Rajasthan),[6][7] where he got silver medal which made him eligible for Asian Championship and Asian Indoor Games trial. [2][8][9][10] In 2018, he joined Atul International Taekwondo Academy and is playing in all tournaments under the coach Atul Pangotra.[7]
He was also among the top players from J&K at the "International Olympic Ranking G1 Championship", which was held from 11th to 16th June 2019 at the Vijay Kotla Reddy Bhaskar Stadium in Hyderabad.[2][12]
In April 2021, Danish was awarded the ‘Best Male Athlete’ of the tournament at the Tokey Memorial Open Taekwondo Championship (Kyorugi and Poomsae), where he represented J&K and won a silver medal in the tournament, held in Ropar, Punjab. [13] In 2022, Danish represented India at Israel Open G2 Olympic ranking event and lost to spain with a close score of 4-2 in quarterfinals. He represented India in the first ever historic World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond G4 Olympic Ranking event held at Gangwon, South Korea in August, 2023.
Education
References
- ↑ [1].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "After shining on National level, Taekwondo player from J-K aims for Olympics". ANI. 14 September 2020. https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/after-shining-on-national-level-taekwondo-player-from-j-k-aims-for-olympics20200914154118/.
- ↑ Mohidin, Rifat (6 January 2016). "Valley youngster struggles to fulfil Olympic dream". The Tribune (Chandigarh). https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/valley-youngster-struggles-to-fulfil-olympic-dream-179845.
- ↑ Mir, Shakir (1 March 2016). "For Its Love". Kashmir Life. https://kashmirlife.net/for-its-love-issue-50-vol-07-98143/amp/.
- ↑ "State Taekwondo team leaves for Jr Nationals". Daily Excelsior. 15 October 2013. https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/state-taekwondo-team-leaves-for-jr-nationals/.
- ↑ "State Taekwondo team wins 15 medals in National Championship". State Times (Daily Newspaper). 23 May 2016. https://news.statetimes.in/state-taekwondo-team-wins-15-medals-national-championship/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Meet Danish Manzoor: An International Taekwondo Player From Baramulla". Kashmir Scroll. 6 July 2021. https://kashmirscroll.com/2021/07/06/meet-danish-manzoor-an-international-taekwondo-player-from-baramulla/.
- ↑ "TEAKWONDO TEAM EXCELS IN NATIONALS". Kashmir Times. 23 May 2016. http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=53071.
- ↑ "Kashmir taekwondo player dreams to represent nation in Olympics". India Blooms. 15 September 2020. https://www.indiablooms.com/sports-details/SN/12068/kashmir-taekwondo-player-dreams-to-represent-nation-in-olympics.html.
- ↑ "Taekwondo player from J-K aims for Olympics". Nepal National. 14 September 2020. https://www.nepalnational.com/news/266395347/taekwondo-player-from-j-k-aims-for-olympics.
