Danish Manzoor

Danish Manzoor (born in 1996) is an Indian taekwondo athlete who hails from Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. He is one of the Jammu and Kashmir participants in the 33rd Junior National Taekwondo (Kyorugi & Poomsae) Championship. In 2019, he was also among the top players at the "International Olympic Ranking G1 Championship" which was held in Hyderabad. He has been conferred with ‘Best Male Athlete’ of the tournament award in the Tokey Memorial Open Taekwondo Championship (Kyorugi and Poomsae) held in April 2021 at Ropar, Punjab.[1]

Danish Manzoor
Danish Manzoor in Dobok
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born1996
Gulshan Abad, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight54 kg (119 lb; 8 st 7 lb)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportTaekwondo
ClubAtul International Taekwondo Academy
Coached byAtul Pangotra

Career

Danish Manzoor started his sports career in 2010 at the age of 13, when he won a bronze medal at Indore Stadium Srinagar in the Inter-District Taekwondo championship.[2][3][4] He admires his first two taekwondo coaches, Saajid Ashraf Bhat and Ashfaq Ahmad Wani, who introduced him to the district association.[2][5] 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.[6] 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 17 to 21 May 2016 in Mahaveer (Rajasthan),[7][8] where he got silver medal which made him eligible for Asian Championship and Asian Indoor Games trial.[3][9][10][11] In 2018, he joined Atul International Taekwondo Academy and is playing in all tournaments under the coach Atul Pangotra.[8]

He was also among the top players at the "International Olympic Ranking G1 Championship", which was held from 11 to 16 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 award 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]

Tournament record
All Competition Results
Year Event Rank Location Place
2011North Zone Taekwondo ChampionshipNationalJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
201315th Junior State Championship held at JammuStateJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
2013Open State ChampionshipStateJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
20131st Open Kashmir Taekwondo ChampionshipDivisionalJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
201333rd Junior National Taekwondo (Kyorugi/Poomsae) ChampionshipNationalPuducherry  IndiaQuarterfinalist
20144th Open State Taekwondo ChampionshipStateJammu and Kashmir  India Bronze 
2014Gulmarg CupDivisionalJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
20142nd Open Kashmir Taekwondo ChampionshipDivisionalJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
201535th Junior National Taekwondo ChampionshipNationalOdisha  IndiaQuarterfinalist
201517th Junior State Taekwondo ChampionshipStateJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
2016Mahavir National Taekwondo ChampionshipNationalRajasthan  India Silver 
201921st J&K State Taekwondo (Kyorugi/Poomsae) ChampionshipStateJammu and Kashmir  India Gold 
20192nd India Open International Olympic Ranking G1 ChampionshipInternationalHyderabad  IndiaParticipation
2021Tokey Memorial National Taekwondo ChampionshipNationalPunjab  India Silver

See also

References
  1. "Gold Medalist in Taekwondo, Danish Manzoor, is stepping upwards towards his goals". The Chenab Times. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  2. Altaf, Nadiya (10 June 2020). "Kashmiri youngster striving to fulfill Olympic dream". Kashmir Monitor. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. "After shining on National level, Taekwondo player from J-K aims for Olympics". ANI. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  4. Mohidin, Rifat (6 January 2016). "Valley youngster struggles to fulfil Olympic dream". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. Mir, Shakir (1 March 2016). "For Its Love". Kashmir Life. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. "State Taekwondo team leaves for Jr Nationals". Daily Excelsior. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. "State Taekwondo team wins 15 medals in National Championship". State Times (Daily Newspaper). 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  8. "Meet Danish Manzoor: An International Taekwondo Player From Baramulla". Kashmir Scroll. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  9. "TEAKWONDO TEAM EXCELS IN NATIONALS". Kashmir Times. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. "Kashmir taekwondo player dreams to represent nation in Olympics". India Blooms. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  11. "Taekwondo player from J-K aims for Olympics". Nepal National. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  12. "Dr Farooq Abdullah flagged off Taekwondo team". JK Sports Time. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  13. "Danish awarded Best Athlete of Taekwondo C'ship". Daily Excelsior (Daily Newspaper). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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