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Anup Kumar Yama (born 1 September 1984) is an Indian roller skate athlete. He won two bronze medals〔(- Pairs Skating Results ) 〕 at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China in the Men's Single Free Skating and Pairs Skating events with his partner Avani Panchal. ==Career== Anup started skating at the age of 4 and is coached by his father Mr. Veeresh Yama, who was a skater himself and is now a judge at the national level. Yama practices at the Indira Gandhi rink in Domalguda and has won several national titles.〔()〕 Born on 1 September 1984 in an family of athletes, as a second generation performer, he is now ranked the first in the world in the ‘Inline Artistic Roller Skating’ category at the recently concluded 2013 58th World Artistic Roller Skating Championship in Taiwan. After winning the bronze medal in the 57th World Artistic Roller Skating Championship 2012, which was held in New Zealand, he headed straight to the 15th Asian Roller Skating Championship in Hefei, China. It was held from 23 to 31 October, and he won 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals. This achievement surpassed his previous Asian Championship achievement of 3 gold medals and 2 bronze medals which was the highest amount of medals ever won by a single skater in the Asian Championship Artistic Skating event. He is the record-holder for most medals ever won by an artistic skater in Asia at a single Asian Championship. The medals won by Yama at the 15th Asian Roller Skating Championship are as follows: * 1 gold medal in Senior Men’s Freestyle Quad Artistic Skating * 1 gold medal in Senior Men’s Figure Artistic Skating * 1 gold medal in Senior Men’s Combined Artistic Skating * 1 silver medal in Men’s Inline Figure Artistic Skating * 1 silver medal in Men’s Solo Dance Artistic Skating His obsession towards this sport and years of work have made him the only Indian to win: *80 gold medals at the district level *80 gold medals at the national level *8 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 9 bronze medals at the Asian level *1 bronze medal and 1 gold medal at the world level He is the only skater in India to participate in more than 10 World Championships and has a unique distinction of being ranked number 1 in India, 1st in Asia and 1st in the entire world. He visits Italy every year to fine tune his skating techniques, receiving assistance from international coaches of repute. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anup Kumar Yama」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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