Athletes & Sportspersons
Verified biographies of Yadav sportspersons outside cricket — javelin, tennis and high-altitude mountaineering — with competition records, national honours and career milestones.
Sportspersons Radhika Yadav
Tennis player and coach
Haryana state-level tennis player and Gurugram coach whose killing by her father in July 2025 became a national reference point on violence against women athletes in India
Athletes & Sportspersons Sachin Yadav
Athlete (javelin throw); police constable
Indian javelin thrower who finished fourth at the 2025 World Athletics Championships with a personal best of 86.27 m; 2025 Asian Championships medallist and Uttar Pradesh Police constable
Mountaineers & Explorers Santosh Yadav
Mountaineer, expedition leader, instructor
First woman in the world to climb Mount Everest twice (1992 and 1993); National Adventure Award (1994) and Padma Shri (2000) awardee; expedition leader on the Kangshung and East Faces and mountaineering instructor