Nishchay Luthra

Nishchay Luthra was born in New Delhi, India. Before focusing on figure skating, he played basketball, taekwondo and cricket. He has a younger sister who is finishing her studies. Nishchay finished High School at The Indian School[2] in New Delhi.

Nishchay started as a roller speed skater at the age of 10. During his childhood his mother searched online for a skating coach for Nishchay and found Vasudev Tandi. Tandi taught Nishchay the basic moves and helped him graduate to ice-skating.

In 2012, Nishchay attended the National India Ice Skating Camp and competed in singles and pairs event, winning in both and represented India in Asian junior championship and secured first place. He started practicing in iSkate – an indoor ice skating rink in Gurgaon. In the year 2013, Nishchay was placed 3rd at the Asian figure skating championship held in Hong Kong and won 2 Silver medals at the National Ice Skating Championship in singles and pairs events.

Nishchay represented India at the World Development Trophy 2014 in Manila, Philippines and was placed 3rd in the novice category. In the year 2015, due to lack of training infrastructure, he shifted to the United States for 6 months. Due to lack of money, he returned to India in December 2015. He won 2 gold medals in the National Indian Ice Skating Championship in 2016.

Nishchay aimed to represent India at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, but was not able to qualify for the qualifying competition.

In 2018 Nishchay moved to Dallas, Texas to train as a pair skater with the skater Hilary Asher under the coaching of Darlene Cain, Peter Cain, and Daniil Barantsev. After some months of rigorous training, Asher and Luthra signed up to compete at the Junior Grand Prix and other competitions representing India.

At the beginning of the competitive season, 2017-18 Luthra broke his right knee in a practice session, which led him to withdraw from the upcoming competitions and made him fly back to his home country. he was diagnosed with a severe lateral meniscus tear on his right knee.

During the recovery period, he started his own skating academy LIFSA(Luthra international figure skating academy) which aimed to develop figure skating as a sport in India. He was the national coach of season 2017-18 and 2018-19 and has helped many young and aspiring skaters. Luthra's students have been placed both nationally and internationally.

International Participations –

• Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2012-13 – Hong Kong
• Asian Junior Figure Skating Challenge 2013-14 – Hong Kong
• ISU World Development Trophy 2014 – Manilla, Philippines
• Labour Day Competition 2016 – Florida, USA

National Level Achievements –

• 2011- 7th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 1 Gold
• 2012- 8th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Gold
• 2013- 9th Ice Skating Nationals, Shimla, India - 2 Silver
• 2014- 10th Ice Skating, Shimla, India - 2 Gold [2]
• 2015 - 11th Ice Skating Nationals, Gurgaon, India - 2 Gold
• 2016 - 12 Ice Skating Nationals, Gulmarg, India - 2 Gold and 1 Silver

• Nishchay Luthra - 2014 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy Junior Men Winners
• Nishchay Luthra - Stats on Ice