Sumit Antil

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Sumit Antil
File:Shri Sumit Antil (cropped).jpg
Antil in 2021
Personal information
Born (1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 (age 28)
Sonipat, Haryana, India
Alma materRamjas College
Sport
SportPara-athletics
Disability classF64
Event
Javelin throw
Coached byArun Kumar
Naval Singh
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finalsGold (2020, 2024)
World finalsGold (2023, 2024, 2025)
Silver (2019)
Regional finalsGold (2022)
Personal bests
  • 73.29 m WR (2023)
  • 71.37 m CR (2025)
  • 70.59 m PR (2024)
Medal record
Men's para-athletics File:Athletics pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Representing File:Flag of India.svg India
Paralympic Games
File:IPC logo (2019).svg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Javelin throw F64
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Javelin throw F64
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris Javelin throw F64
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kobe Javelin throw F64
Gold medal – first place 2025 New Delhi Javelin throw F64
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai Javelin throw F64
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Javelin throw F64

Sumit Antil (born 7 June 1998) is an Indian para javelin thrower.[1] Antil won the men's javelin throw F64 event at the 2020 and 2024 Paralympics.[2] He set Paralympic record both times with his throws of 68.55 m and 70.59 m. He is a three-time gold medalist at the World Championships and holds the championship record of 71.37 m, set in 2025. In 2022, Antil won the gold medal at the Asian Para Games and created the para-javelin WR of 73.29 m.[3] He is also a six-time world record holder.[4]

Early life

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Family

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Antil was born in Khewra, Sonipat, Haryana, to Niramala Devi and Ram Kumar Antil. His father, who was employed in the Indian Air Force, died when he was seven. His mother motivated him to take up sports after his accident. He has three sisters, Kiran, Sushila & Renu.[1] He was born in Antil clan, a sub-clan of Tomar Jats.[5]

Accident

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He wanted to pursue a career in wrestling and join the Indian Army.[6][7] In 2015, when he was 17, his motorbike was hit by a speeding truck while he was returning home from a tuition class. As a result, his left leg was amputated and he had to abandon his dream of becoming a wrestler.[8]

Education and athletics

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After completing his secondary education at Dev Rishi Senior Secondary School, Sonipat, he was introduced to para-athletics by another para-athlete, Rajkumar, while he was pursuing his B.Com from Ramjas College of Delhi University.[9]

Career

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In 2017, Antil started training under Nitin Jaiswal in Delhi, and competed in various National and International platforms. He began competing at javelin on the National circuit and GoSports inducted him into the Para Champions Programme in 2019.[10]

In 2019, at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Italy, he broke the world record in the F64 category en route to winning the Silver medal in the Combined Event. He then won the Silver medal at World Para Athletics Championships, Dubai, 2019 and in the process broke his own world record in the F64 category.[11][12]

On 30 August 2021, Antil won a gold medal with a World Record throw of 68.55m in javelin throw F64 at 2020 Summer Paralympics.[13] Competing in the Indian Open National Para Athletics Championships, Antil rewrote the world record for the fourth time in a year with a throw of 68.62 meters, breaking his own mark of 68.55 meters. Three of these marks were astonishingly set during the final of the Tokyo paralympics en route to winning gold. On 2 September 2024, Antil won the gold medal again with the new Paralympic Record throw of 70.59m in Javelin throw F64 at 2024 Summer Paralympics.[14]

Awards

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See also

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References

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