Vishal Dhankhar
Vishal Dhankhar (विशाल धनखड़) is an ultra runner from Jhajjar district in Haryana, India.
Early life and education
Vishal Dhankhar was born in a Dhankhar Jat family on 8 September 1993. He was first of two children born to father Prem Dhankhar and mother Darshana. His father is a businessman and mother a government teacher in secondary school. As a child he attended MDN Public school Rohtak, then after 3rd standard he was shifted to MNSS RAI. He completed a Bachelors In Business Administration in 2014.
Career
After his schooling from sports school Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, he started running ultras in his college days. He has 2 world records to his name 1st record 70.9 km[1] 2nd record 107 km.[2]
Dhankhar began running ultras during his last year of college. In 2013 and 2014, he participated in 7 marathons and attempted 2 endurance events. He was involved in Equestrian and Lawn Tennis .He also Begged 6 Bronze medals in show jumping and Dressage in Boarding school under the Aegis of Equestrian Federation of India National Tournament.
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