Sushmitha Singha Roy

Sushmitha Singha Roy
Personal information
Nationality  India
Born 26 March 1984
Midnapore, India
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon
Club Indian Railways
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Heptathlon: 6,027 points (2008)

Sushmitha Singha Roy (Hindi: सुष्मिता सिंघा राय; born March 26, 1984 in Midnapore) is an Indian heptathlete.[1] She had won a silver and a bronze medal for her respective category at the IAAF Asian Championships (2005 in Incheon, South Korea, and 2007 in Amman, Jordan).[2]

Singha Roy qualified for the women's heptathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after attaining a B-standard of 5,866 points from the Indian Federation Cup in Bhopal.[3] She initially placed thirty-third out of forty-three heptathletes in the event, with a total score of 5,705 points, but was elevated to a single higher position, when Ukraine's Lyudmila Blonska stripped of her silver medal after she tested positive for methyltestosterone.[4][5]

The following year, Singha Roy suffered numerous setbacks in her sporting career. She finished last out of twenty-six athletes at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany, with a total tally of 4,983 points, which was farther from her personal best of 6,027, set at a national meet in Bangalore.[6] She also missed out the 2009 Asian Championships in Guangzhou, China, and the Open National Championships in Bhopal, because of her left hamstring injury.[7]

Singha Roy eventually came out of rehabilitation in time for her preparation and training to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, representing the host nation India. She nearly missed out of medal contention, when she finished sixth in the women's heptathlon with a total score of 5,120 points.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sushmitha Singha Roy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Asian Athletics: Women keep tricolour flying". One India News. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Singha Roy meets Olympic B-standard – Indian Federation Cup report". IAAF. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Women's Heptathlon". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Susmita finishes last". The Hindu. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Das, Nilankur (17 August 2009). "Injured Sushmita may miss Asian meet". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Harminder gives India 2nd athletics medal, others disappoint". NDTV. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

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