Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha

Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha (Kannada: ಜಾವೂರ್ ಜಗದೀಶಪ್ಪ ಶೋಭ) (born 14 January 1978), is a professional female athlete from a village called Pashupathihaal near Dharwad in Karnataka. She currently resides in Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India. She participated in the heptathlon and was the winner of the event at the inaugural Afro-Asian Games in 2003. Her personal best of 6211 points, achieved in 2004 is a national record.

She came into the news for her performance at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she completed the seven-discipline heptathlon event despite being injured in the penultimate event of Javelin throw. She had to be carried off the field but she returned with a tightly strapped left ankle and finished 3rd in the final event (800 m) and 11th overall with 6172 points. She was awarded the Arjuna award for the year 2004 for her gritty performance.

A fully fit Shobha placed 29th in the heptathlon event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, scoring 5749 points.[1]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
2002 Asian Championships Colombo, Sri Lanka 2nd Heptathlon
Asian Games Busan, South Korea 3rd Heptathlon
2003 Afro-Asian Games Gachibowli, India 1st Heptathlon
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 11th Heptathlon
2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 2nd Heptathlon
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 29th Heptathlon

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