Sushmitha Singha Roy

Sushmitha Singha Roy (Bengali: সুস্মিতা সিংহ রায়; born 26 March 1984 in Midnapore) is an Indian heptathlete.[1][2] 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).[3]

Sushmitha Singha Roy
Personal information
Full nameSushmitha Singha Roy
Nationality India
Born (1984-03-26) 26 March 1984
Midnapore, India
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Heptathlon
ClubIndian Railways
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Heptathlon: 6,027 points
(2008)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 IncheonHeptathlon
Bronze medal – third place2007 AmmanHeptathlon

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.[4] 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 for failing the doping test on methyltestosterone.[5][6]

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.[7] She also missed out the 2009 Asian Championships in Guangzhou, China, and the Open National Championships in Bhopal, because of her left hamstring injury.[8]

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. Singha Roy nearly missed out of the podium after finishing sixth in the women's heptathlon with a total score of 5,120 points.[9]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sushmitha Singha Roy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. "NBC Olympics Athlete Profile: Sushmitha Singha Roy". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. "Asian Athletics: Women keep tricolour flying". One India News. 27 July 2007. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. "Singha Roy meets Olympic B-standard – Indian Federation Cup report". IAAF. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  5. "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  6. "Women's Heptathlon". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  7. "Susmita finishes last". The Hindu. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  8. Das, Nilankur (17 August 2009). "Injured Sushmita may miss Asian meet". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  9. "Harminder gives India 2nd athletics medal, others disappoint". NDTV. 9 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2012.


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