Ankesh Chaudhary, an athlete from Pathiar village in Kangra district, has won the 800-m gold in Senior National Federation Cup, held in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

 Achievements :

• In 2017 he won a bronze in Junior Nationals and a gold in North Zone Nationals.
• He got recruited in the Army as Havildar in 2019 under the special sports quota.
• In 2021, he won gold in B group race in World Athletics Continental Tour in Manchester, England.
• In 2022 he won bronze medal in 32nd National Games in Gujarat.