Raju Singh Bhadoria
# Raju Singh Bhadoria

Raju Singh Bhadoria is the horse rider and an equestrian. Recently, he became the fourth person equestrian from India to qualify for the 2022 Asian games with 40.8 penalties. He qualified by winning CCI Two Star Eventing Competition organized at ASC Center, Bangalore. Currently, he is getting trained under a French coach, Regis Prudhon

## Background

Bhadoria came from a farmer's family coming from an underprivileged background. He belongs from Harpalpur village of Bhind, Madhya Pradesh. In 2015, at the age of 11 he started his career, when he came to see his maternal uncle who is a horse groomer at MP Equestrian Academy. He took his initial training under the coach, Captain Bhagirath Singh at MP Equestrian Academy. He is studying in class 12th. His father's name is Sujan, he is a farmer

## Career

Bhadoria won Eklavya Award given by the Madhya Pradesh state government in 2020. Later he got selected in Indian Youth Class equestrian team. In 2021, he bragged a bronze medal in a concern National Cross Country One Star (three kilometers) with 44 Points. In Feb 2023, He won gold in Sr.National Equestrian championships held in Mumbai and later he won the equestrian gold in the Paris cross country event with 23 penalties. He won the eventing cross-country one-star class in Grosbois.

