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Zabir Ansari wins gold in Karate world championship

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BIHAR :

Mohammad Zabir Ansari at the victory podium (X)

Karate player Zabir Ansari has won a gold medal in the tenth international championship named Mayor Cup 2024 organized at Kakarvitta Meshinagar Jhapa, Nepal. The two-day championship held on May 31 had India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Nepal as participating countries.

Zabir Ansari’s victory is being celebrated at Patna University, where he is enrolled for a post-graduate degree in the Urdu department. 

Earlier, Zabir had won medals in international Karate events in Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Turkey, and Egypt.

Zabir won the gold medal by defeating Nepal and Bhutan in the 75 kg category.

pix: x.com

Interestingly, Zabir was short of money for participating in this international meet when a Pasmanda leader Dr Faiyaz Ahmad Fyzie ran a social media campaign asking Indians to help this promising Karate player. He posted this on social media after Zabir’s vioctory on X: 

Giving the credit for his success to his coach Rahul Kumar, Jabir told Awaz-the Voice on the phone from Nepal that ‘Rahul Sir’ made him practice hard for 6 to 8 hours every day.

Rahul said that he was hopeful that just like Zabir’s gold medal in the All India University competition where 188 universities were participating he would win the gold this time.

Zabir played his first match in 2015 where he won a silver medal. 

Zabir Ansari’s achievement is all the more impressive given his background. He hails from a remote and naxal-affected area of Bihar.

His father Imtiaz Ansari is a teacher in a school in his native Tumbapahar village of Jhajha block of Jamui district.

Zabir is the eldest of four siblings. Mother Fahima Khatoon has received the Rashtra Veermata Jijabai Samman-2018.

Zabir has represented the country five times. In 2017, he won a silver medal for the country in the South Asian Karate Competition held in Sri Lanka. He represented India in China, Thailand in 2018, and Turkey in 2019. He was included among the potential Karate players of India in the Asian Games held in Indonesia in 2018 and participated in the training camp.

Zabir has won the gold medal six times in a row in the state-level Karate Championship, while he won the silver and bronze medals in 2017 and 2019. Last year, Jabir Ansari won the bronze medal by securing third place in the All India Inter-University Karate Championship. Jabir Ansari also secured fourth place in the Khelo India University Game 2022.

Zabir has received the State government’s Sports Award in 2018, 2021 and 2022. 

Zabir said that as a child he always dreamed of doing action. Also, he would sneak out and watch action movies of actors like Akshay Kumar. After watching a film, he always felt a strong urge to learn action. However, only after came to Patna for admission in the 12th class did he join a Karate class. In 2015, he played a match at the national level for the first time. 

Initially, his family wanted him to focus on studies. However, sensing his inclination for Karate, his parents gave him a go-ahead.

Shahab Zafar Azmi, Chairman of the Urdu Department of Patna University, says that Zabir Ansari’s success is the success of the Urdu Department and Patna University. “I congratulate our promising student, may he get more success.”

Zabir also says that the college gave him confidence as a sportsperson.

“I will always be grateful for the honour of being a student of Patna University and above all for the guidance and support I received.”

Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has honoured Jabir for encouraging him.

source: http://www.awazthevoice.in / Awaz, The Voice / Home> Story / by Seraj Anwar, Patna / June 03rd, 2024

Bihar: Lack of sponsors derails national-level Karate player Zabir Ansari’s dream to attend international tournaments

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Tumbka Pahar Village( Jamui District), BIHAR:

25-year-old Zabir Ansari is a national-level Karate player from Bihar and has won many accolades but lack of sponsors is likely to derail his plans to attend upcoming international Karate competition in Canada.

Darbhanga (Bihar):

Zabir Ansari Bihar Cup
Zabir Ansari with his Bihar Cup Gold / pix: firstsportz.com

A national-level Karate player Mohd Zabir Ansari (25), who created history last month by winning the gold medal in the 75 kg weight category at the Karate Championship in Chhattisgarh, won’t be able to attend a crucial international Karate competition in Canada if he doesn’t get sponsorship.

Zabir is a final year bachelor’s student of Urdu at Patna College of Patna University. Last month, he won the gold medal in the All India University Tournament held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Vilaspur in Chattisgarh. The tournament featured teams from 140 universities across the country.

“I want to participate in an international Karate competition to be held in Canada next month. I urgently need a sponsor to help me reach there. Without a sponsor, I won’t be able to participate,” Zabir, who trains at the Institute of Martial Arts in Patna, told TwoCircles.net.

“Unlike the national level competition, where I spend from my pocket, I cannot afford an international trip,” he added.

Zabir belongs to a poor family from Tumbka Pahar village in the Jamui district. He is the first person from his village to study at Patna University.

Son of a beedi maker mother and a school teacher father, Zabir doesn’t have enough money to spend on travel expenses anymore.

To support his career as a karate player, he had to invest his family’s meagre savings which have now dried up.

“I can’t afford to travel on my own anymore. I request the government and all those who want me to do well for my country to help me win medals for the country,” he said.

Zabir’s parents told TwoCircles.net that they are proud of their son and want him to succeed. “We are poor and face many hardships but we want him to win a gold medal in the Olympics for our nation. We request the government to help him to achieve this goal,” they said.

State champion in debut year
Zabir started his career in 2015 and became the Bihar State Champion in his debut year.

He has won several accolades in his short career. He has won medals for his performance at the state, national and international levels. He has been a gold medalist in the Bihar State Karate Competition six consecutive times. He won silver and bronze medals twice in the National Karate Competition. He was a bronze medalist in the Eastern Zonal Karate Competition and again won bronze at the Inter-University Karate Competition. He has been honoured three times with the National Level Sports Honor by the Government of Bihar.

Zabir has also made his presence felt in many international tournaments. He was a silver medalist in the South Asian Karate Championship. He also won a gold medal in the 75 kg weight category in the 12th All India Open National Karate Competition last year.

In spite of his achievements, Zabir is yet to get any help from the Bihar government or the National Karate Federation. “We can do great internationally if we could get state and corporate sponsorship,” he said.

The Karate Association in Bihar did not respond to repeated calls made by this reporter. The story will be updated as and when the response is received.

Sufi Parween is a fellow at SEEDS-TCN mentorship program.

source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCircles.net / Home> Lead Story / Sufi Parveen (headline edited) / pix edited from firstsportsz.com / February 06th, 2023