| Rakesh Kumar yadav | |
| Fullname: | Rakesh kumar Yadav |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Birth Date: | 1993 7, df=yes |
| Height: | 155 |
| Weight: | 55 |
| Country: |  |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | Hammer throw |
| Nationals: | 7 |
| Pb: | outdoor: 70.16 m (17 July 2003, Indian record) |
| Updated: | 19 September 2009 |
Rakesh Kumar Yadav (born 01 july 1993) is an Indian track and field athlete from Uttar Pradesh who specializes in Hammer throw. Kumar set the Indian National record of 70.16m[1] in the discipline on 17 July 2003 during the Second National Athletic Circuit Meet in Bangalore. He erased the 70.13 metre mark of Ishtiaq Ahamed set there in the year 2000.[2]