V. S. Surekha

V. S. Surekha
Personal information
Full name Surekha Vazhalipilli Suresh
Nationality Indian
Born 14 August 1984
Kerala, India
Sport
Country  India
Sport Track and field athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Regional finals Indian: 2003, 2004, 2006
Personal best(s) 4.15 m (New Delhi 2014) NR
Updated on 5 November 2014.

V. S. Surekha (Malayalam: വി.എസ്. സുരേഖ) (born 14 August 1984) is an Indian pole vaulter. She holds the current national record of 4.15 m set at National Open Championships held at New Delhi in 2014.[1] Surekha is the first Indian female pole vaulter to clear 4.00 meters. She is married to the triple jumper and Indian National record holder Renjith Maheshwary.[2]

Career

Surekha was born in Kerala; her first national record was 3.51 m, a record set at the 43rd Open National Athletic Championship in Bangalore on 28 September 2003.[3] At the third National Federation Cup junior athletic meet in Chennai, Surekha set a new meet record of 3.45 m.[4] In the next year on 12 September, at the Standard Chartered Open National Athletics in Mumbai, she bettered her national mark by vaulting 3.55m.[5] At the meeting at 1st national athletics circuit meet at New Delhi, Surekha set a new national record, with a height of 3.70 m [6] only to see her rival Chetna Solanki increase this by ten centimeters the following month.[7] However, in the same year Surekha equalled Chetna's record at an international meet at Incheon on 2 September.[8] On 5 September 2006 in New Delhi, Surekha became the first Indian vaulter to clear 4.00 meters by jumping 4.05 to set a new national record.[9] She bettered the record clearing 4.15 meters at the National Open Championships in New Delhi, in November 2014.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Surekha soars past own National mark". The Hindu. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Couple rewrite meet records". The New Indian Express. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Piyush Kumar and Surekha adjudged best". Sportstar (The Hindu). 2–8 October 2004. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  4. ↑ "Surekha steals the show". The Hindu. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Surekha vaults own national record". The Times of India. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  6. ↑ "Surekha soars to new mark". The Times of India. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  7. ↑ "Chetna Solanki soars to a record". The Hindu. 2 June 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  8. ↑ "Soma clinches India's first gold". The Hindu. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  9. ↑ "Surekha vaults over 4m for national mark". The Indian Express. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

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