Neetish Kumar

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NationalityIndian
Born (1997-11-13) 13 November 1997 (age 28)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Neetish Kumar
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1997-11-13) 13 November 1997 (age 28)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouEight

Neetish Kumar (Hindi: नीतीश कुमार, born 13 November 1997) is an Indian rower from Uttar Pradesh. He is named in the Indian rowing team for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[1][2] He competes in the men's eight event. He was part of the team that won the silver medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

The Indian team consisted of Neeraj Maan, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetish Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Puneet Kumar and Ashish. Dhananjay Pande was the coxswain of the team. All the Indian team members are from the Indian Army and have trained at the Army Rowing Node facility in Pune for over a year. He rows the third seat in the eight.[3]

Neetish hails from Mavi Khurd in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. His father served in the Indian army and he too joined the army.[4]

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