Danish Manzoor Joins Forces with Bulgarian Combat Sports Tech Titans
New Delhi, Oct 11 : Indian Taekwondo team athlete Danish Manzoor of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, signed a contract with a Bulgarian-based Combat Sports tech Company Fight Scout.
The duration of the contract will be one year starting from November, 2023 and Danish will be officially representing them at a global stage.
Danish has recently represented India in a historic first-ever World Taekwondo Octagon Diamond G4 Olympic Ranking event in Gangwon, South Korea, where he was ranked 5th.
He has previously competed at the Israel Open G2 ranking event and is eying for the next Olympics.
Hailing from Gulshan Abad Colony, north Kashmir’s Baramulla district , 23-year- youth has brought many laurels to the valley even in the past .
Danish was inspired to martial arts after watching Chinese movies. Various martial art forms would blow his mind and finally, in 2013 he decided to learn the art.
After learning the art, he participated in many tournaments where he won many medals. This increased his passion for martial arts and it motivated him to learn sophisticated martial art techniques. And so he learnt.
So far, in his eight years of taekwondo career, Danish has won 20 gold medals, four silver and two bronze medals in various district, state , national and international level tournaments.
He has also qualified among top 20 athletes across the world in the first ever International Online European Taekwondo Poomsae Championship 2020.
Danish also participated in the 2nd India Open International Olympic Ranking Taekwondo Championship held at Hyderabad in 2019.
(With Inputs from IANS)
