Eklavya Jagal
Short track speed skater from India
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Eklavya Jagal (born 14 February 2007) is an Indian short track speed skater. He won 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals[1][2] in the Asian Trophy 2025.[3] He also won three gold medals in Indonesia Open'24. He has also won two Khelo India Winter Games tournaments, the annual winter games of India.
Eklavya jagal : Short Track speed skater India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Eki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Team India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 2007 Mumbai - India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Utah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 193.04 cm (6 ft 4.00 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other interests | Basketball & e-Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Short Track Ice Skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Jagal was born on 14 February 2007 in Mumbai, India.[4] He began skating as an inline roller skater at the age of 10. Initially, he did part time short track ice skating at the 45 metre recreational ice skating rink iSkate situated at Gurugram Ambience mall in Gurugram.[5] Eklavya has done his schooling from Amity International School Noida.[6][7][8]
Eklavya has been the gold medals winner for the 5 consecutive years.[7][9][10] He participated in the 3rd Khelo India Winter Games in February 2023, where he won two gold medals.[11][12][13] He also won a gold medal at the 4th edition of the games.[6]
Eklavya Jagal, won one silver Medal and two bronze medals [1][2] at the Asian Open Short Track Trophy 2025.[3] The event took place from August 20 to 23 at the Himadri Ice Skating Rink in Dehradun. The event featured skaters from 11 Asian countries competing fiercely across multiple distances.
He clinched silver in 5000 m relay race and bronze in both the 500m and 1000m races.[3]
At the Indonesia Open Short Track Championship (Jakarta 2023), he won three gold medals in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m tournaments. He won a bronze medal at the 8th Jász Cup held in Hungary in January 2024 and earned a Bronze medal in the 500 meters.[14] In his debut at the 9th Asian Winter Games (Harbin, China – February 2025): games, Jagal achieved a 23rd rank in the 500 meters distance event.[15]