Rohit Yadav is an Indian javelin thrower and Indian Railways employee. In 2022, he qualified for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
Wiki/Biography
Rohit Yadav was born on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 (age 21; as of 2022) in Dabhiya village, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He studied at Tilak Dhari PG College, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh (2019-2022).
appearance
Height: 6′
Weight: 74kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
His father Sabhajeet Yadav was a farmer and decathlete. His mother’s name was Pushpa Devi. He has two brothers named Rahul Yadav (athlete) and Rohan Yadav.
Rohit Yadav and his father
Rohit Yadav with his mother and brother
Rohit Yadav and his brothers
Profession
Rohit started competing in various javelin throw competitions as a teenager. In 2014, he participated in the district-level javelin competition for the first time and won the gold medal, throwing 49m and winning the gold medal. In July 2016, he won the gold medal again at the World High School Games. He threw 72.57m in the competition. He was appointed as Varanasi Diesel Locomotive Works on September 10, 2020.
Rohit Yadav in front of Varanasi Diesel Locomotive Factory office
He then participated in various javelin competitions such as:
- August 18, 2021: National Youth Track and Field Championships
- February 27, 2022: India Open Throwing Competition, Patiala
- March 13, 2022: Indian Grand Prix, Thiruvananthapuram
- April 3, 2022: Nations Confederation Cup, CH Muhammed Koya Stadium, Thenhipalam
- May 9, 2022: India Open Javelin Throw, Jamshedpur
- May 24, 2022: Indian Grand Prix, Bhubaneswar
- June 11, 2022: National Inter-State Senior Athletics Meet, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
- July 21, 2022: 2022 World Track and Field Championships in Oregon, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
He won the gold medal at the National Federation Cup in Tanshipalan (April 2022) with a throw of 81.83m. In June 2022, he achieved a personal best of 82.54m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. His team is the Indian Athletics team, coached by Kashinath Naik and Uwe Horn.
Rohit Yadav with Neeraj Chopra and his coach Uwe Hohn
dispute
Positive doping test
In May 2017, he failed an anti-doping test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). After investigation, it was found that he had taken the illegal drug Stanozolol. As a result, he was suspended by NADA for one year, from May 21, 2017 to May 21, 2018. Speaking about the incident in an interview, he said:
I thought my career was coming to an end. Since I found out that the test failed, I came to Delhi for the hearing of my case. I really didn’t think my career would continue. I feel like I got a second chance for a reason. I had to prove myself to the world again. “
medal
- 2016: World School Games gold medal
- 2017: Asian Youth Championship Silver Medal
- 2019: Gold medal at Mokpo International Athletics Throwing Conference
Rohit Yadav at the Mokpo International Athletics Throwing Conference 2019
- 2021: Gold medal in the 36th National Youth Track and Field Championships
- 2022: National Senior Interstate Track and Field Championships Silver Medal
Rohit Yadav competes in Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships (2022)
Facts/Trivia
- Rohit became interested in sports after watching his father win many medals in athletics. Previously, his family’s financial situation was not good and they could not afford to buy a javelin pole. Rohit’s father then made the javelin shaft out of bamboo. Rohit spoke about this in an interview and said,
My father was an athlete. But he insisted that I should become a javelin thrower. But there was not enough money to buy a suitable javelin. So what he did was go to a patch of bamboo that was growing near our village and use it. Making a javelin from wild bamboo is not easy. You have to take only the top part of the bamboo. Otherwise it will become too thick. Then you have to sharpen one end so it can fly well. It won’t last long. I might throw it for two or three days and then it would be completely destroyed. And you can’t throw very far with it because bamboo is never perfectly straight. I don’t think I’ve ever thrown a javelin over 30 meters with baans. “
In an interview, his father talked about using bamboo to make javelin shafts. He said,
I made that javelin out of bamboo. I have a picture of a javelin to guide me. I’m not following any set specs about size, weight, or anything like that. A shoddy javelin is detrimental to the opponent. Rohit used it for two years. This helped him compete at the state level, providing athletes with better javelin throws. Then we bought a javelin from Patiala for Rs 12,000. “
The principal of his school gave him a javelin stick worth Rs 12,000.
- Rohit trains under the same coach Uwe Hohn along with Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra.
- In 2017, the Indian sports consulting company “Amentum Sports” helped him, and Peruvian javelin coach Michael Musselman provided guidance through video calls. In an interview, Rohit said about coaching:
The coach asked me to record my throw from two different angles and then send him the video via Whatsapp or Facebook. He would analyze them and suggest what changes I had to make. “
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