YAMA SKATING ACADEMY MESSAGE FROM THE WORLD CHAMPION ADDRESSED TO THE SCHOOL

I would like to start by giving my heartiest congratulations to The Principal, The Vice- Principal, Teachers and the Management staff for their excellent services rendered at this great institution. School is the place where a child is nurtured with overall development by way of academics, culture, sports, activities, ethics and values. I am thrilled to see these attributes being taught out here to the students who would go on to make our nation proud. An overall development of a child is accessed by his or her mental and physical development put together and while your school is doing an excellent job by way of state of the art teaching of academics, training them to be the citizens of a glorious , I, Anup Kumar Yama, World Champion Roller Artistic Skater 2013, would like to take the opportunity to introduce the sport Roller Skating to these children in your school to contribute to their physical development so as to achieve a great combination of mind skills and body agility. As said, “A GREAT MIND IS THE SOURCE OF A GREAT CIVILISATION” so is the saying, “A HEALTHY BODY IS THE SOURCE OF A GREAT MIND” ANUP KUMAR YAMA World Champion Gold Medalist 2013 Roller Artistic Skating

IMPORTANCE OF ROLLER SKATING

Roller It is often seen that there are many techniques specialized exclusively in developing a child’s Skating is mental skills while there are many specialized techniques exclusively honing the physical one unique skills. Roller Skating is one unique sport which creatively develops both the skills of the mind sport which as well as the abilities of the body. It is the application of the twists and turns, jumps and creatively spins, choreography and theme, glides and moves, speed and technique, force and thought develops both the which make the skater use his senses and body artistically, pushing himself to the creative skills of the peak. mind as The immense exposure that a child gets as a sportsman is invaluable and Roller Skaters well as the achieve this task all the more as they can readily adapt themselves to Ice Skating, a Winter abilities of Olympic sport, thus doubling their spectrum of exposure. A Roller Skater readily adapts to the body. Ice skating and can train and compete in both. Skaters at the Yama Skating Academy are testimonial for this. Their achievements of 4 Gold Medals 2 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal at the recently conducted 10th Ice Skating National Championship 2013-14 show their skills at Ice Skating. This Ice national championship was conducted a week after the 51st National Roller Skating Championship 2013 Virar-Mumbai where the skaters of the Yama Skating Academy won 11 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. It is not only seen that skaters, in general, have shown excellent results at education becoming Doctors and Engineers with high grades but is also seen that their quantitative, comprehensive, logical reasoning and communicative abilities are at the highest levels making them strong and confident individuals. As truly said,“A SPORT IS THE BEST TEACHER OF SPORTSMAN SPIRIT“ Roller Skating lives up to teaching this essence of life. Presents ARARTISTICTISTIC ROLLERROLLER SKSKAATINGTING TRTRAININGAINING

THE YAMA SKATING ACADEMY Where Champions are Made…

Under the expert coaching, training and guidance of Mr. Veeresh Yama, a ANUP YAMA National Level Judge and the coach of Team India, Amar Nag Yama and Anup World Champion Yama, around 2000 Champions at National and International Level have been produced in the past 30 years.

Having worked with the best of the coaches around the world which include coaches from France, Germany, USA, Italy, Brazil and Australia, Mr.Veeresh Yama, Amar Nag Yama and Anup Yama, the father and sons, have carved a niche for themselves in the world skating fraternity and have made tremendous contribution to the field of Artistic Skating in the whole world. The achievements of Anup Yama are testimonial to their caliber.

Now under the Yama Skating Academy, w i t h r e n e w e d p a s s i o n a n d determination, here we are, all set to produce many more champions and take India to greater heights.

SO COME, SKATE YOUR WAY TO VICTORY! Anup Yama's Achievements s 3rd Rank in the World s Ranked No.1 in s 8 Gold, 9 Silver & 8 Bronze Medals at the Asian Level s 76 Gold Medals at the National Championships Venue : 'The Yama Skating Rink' H.No. 10-2-319, Plot : 201, Road:7, West Marredpally, Secunderabad - 500026. For further details contact @ 9849169377, 9391011123, 9391011067 e-mail : [email protected] OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS GALLERY OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS GALLERY Anup Yama With Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh Indian Skater Mr. Anup Kumar Yama creates HISTORY at World Championship 2013

Mr. Anup Kumar Yama is the First Indian Skater to have won a Gold Medal in “Inline Artistic Category” at 2013 World Roller Skating Championship held at Taipei-City, .

Born on 1st September, 1984 in an athlete family, he is a second generation skater who put on skates at a tender age of 4 years and has never looked back since then. He is the first sportsman to introduce Indian talent in Roller Sport to the entire world.

He forged a strong international fan following with his awe-inspiring combination spins, signature style triple jumps, and perfect landings. He has now become a benchmark for tens of thousands of aspiring skaters in India and abroad.

His obsession towards this sport and years of hard work has made him create history for being the only Indian to win:

Ÿ 1 Gold Medal & 1 Bronze Medal at the World Level

Ÿ 8 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals and 9 Bronze medals at the Asian Level

Ÿ 2 Bronze Medals at the 16th 2010, -

Ÿ 76 Gold Medals at the National Level

Ÿ 76 Gold Medals at the State Level He is the only skater in India to have participated in 11 World Championships and 9 Asian Championships and has the unique distinction of being ranked No.1 in India, Asia and the World.

He got his formal training from his father, Mr.Veeresh Yama, who was a skater himself and is currently a judge at the National Level. He derives most of his inspiration from his elder brother Mr. Amar Nag Yama who has the unique distinction of being the only Indian Skater to have won Medals at both Speed & Artistic at National Level. Even after 2 decades of roller sports, Anup Kumar Yama works as hard now as he did as a child and would never miss an opportunity to learn new things in skating.

The most cherished moment mentioned by Anup Kumar Yama is when he took a medal standing on the pedestal and raising the Indian flag high in front of the international audience.

“Gold was not easy at all…” mentions Anup Kumar Yama. He managed to outperform his competitors in the long program to gain the 1st position in spite of his injury during the short program.

With this achievement, he has shown the world, the nation & all fellow skaters that – “a will to win, a deep desire to succeed, and a strong urge to achieve one’s Golden Dream will surely unlock the door to personal excellence.”

‘The Yama Skating Rink' H.No. 10-2-319, Plot : 201, Road:7, West Marredpally, Secunderabad - 500026. Mobile : 9849169377, 9391011123 e-mail : [email protected]

Achievement at the World Level

1. Gold Medal in 2013 Inline Artistic Roller Skating World Championship, Taipei, Taiwan. 2. Bronze Medal in 2012 Inline Artistic Roller Skating World Championship at New Zealand.

Achievements at the Asian Level

1. Participated at the 8th Asian Roller Skating Championship 1999, Jinshan - China. 2. Bronze medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the 9th Asian Roller Skating Championship 2001, Taitung -Taiwan. 3. 2 Bronze Medals, each in Combined and Pair Artistic Skating at the 10th Asian Roller Skating Championship 2004, Akita - Japan. 4. 2 Bronze Medals in Figure and Pair Skating and a Silver Medal in Combined Artistic Skating at the 11th Asian Roller Skating Championship 2005, Jeonju - Korea. 5. Gold Medal in Pair Skating, Silver in Combined and Bronze in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the 12th Asian Roller Skating Championship 2006, Kaohisiung -Taiwan. 6. 3 Gold Medals in Quad Freestyle, Inline Freestyle and Combined and 2 Bronze Medals in Figure and Pair Dance Skating at the 13th Asian Roller Skating Championship 2008, Haining -China. 7. Gold Medal in Inline Artistic Skating, Silver in Combined and Bronze in Pair Artistic Skating at the 14th Asian Roller Skating Championship 2010, Kaohisiung -Taiwan. 8. 2 Bronze Medals at the 2010 Asian Games held At GUANGZHOU CHINA 9. 3 Gold Medals in Quad Freestyle, Figure and Combined Skating and 2 Silver Medals in Inline and Solo Dance skating at the 15th Asian Roller Skating Championship 2012, Hefei-China.

Achievements at the National Level

1. Gold medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the All India National Competition, Banglore, 1989. 2. 2 Gold medals in Freestyle and Pair Artistic Skating at the 1991 National Championship, Patiala-Punjab. 3. 3 Gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the 1992 National Championship Patiala-Punjab. 4. 3 Gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the 1993 National Championship Trivendrum-Kerala. 5. 3 Gold medals in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the 1994 National Championship Patiala-Punjab. 6. Gold medal in Pair Skating, Silver in Freestyle Skating and a Bronze in Figure Skating at the 1995 National Championship, . 7. Gold medal in Freestyle Artistic Skating at the 1996 National Championship at Patiala-Punjab. 8. Silver medal in Freestyle Artistic at the 1997 National Championship at . 9. Gold medal in Freestyle Artistic at the 1998 National Championship at Vishakhapatnam. 10. Gold medals in Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship respectively at the 2000 National Championship at Faridabad. 11. Gold medals, each in Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship at the 2001 National Championship at Vishakhapatnam. 12. Gold medals, each in Freestyle and Figure Artistic Championship at the 2002 National Championship at Vishakhapatnam. 13. Gold medals, each in Freestyle and Figure and a Silver medal in Pair skating at the 2002 NATIONAL GAMES. 14. 3 Gold Medals, each in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the 2004 National Championship, Faridabad. 15. 2 Gold Medals, each in Freestyle and Figure Artistic Skating at the 2005 National Championship, Kolkata. 16. 3 Gold Medals, each in Freestyle, Figure and Pair Artistic Skating at the 2007 National Championship, Vishakhapatnam. 17. 4 Gold Medals, each in Freestyle, Figure, Pair and Solo Dance Artistic Skating at the 2008 National championship, Vishakhapatnam. 18. 5 Gold Medals, each in Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Solo Dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the 2009 National championship, Vishakhapatnam. 19. 6 Gold Medals, each in Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the 2010 National championship, Vishakhapatnam. 20. 6 Gold Medals, each in Freestyle, Figure, Pair, Combined, Solo Dance and Inline Artistic Skating at the 2011 National championship, Chandigarh.