Himashree Roy

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Himashree Roy
Himashree Roy Bronze Medalist - Indian Team 2017 (cropped).jpg
4x100m Relay Bronze Medalist 2017
Personal information
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 29)
Paschim Mallik Para, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Sport
CountryIndia
Sport Sprinter
Event(s) 100 metre, 4x100m relay
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Bhubaneswar 4 × 100 m relay
South Asian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Kathmandu 4 × 100 m relay

Himashree Roy (born 15 March 1995) is an Indian athlete. She won the bronze medal in the 100 meters women's relay race along with Merlin K Joseph, Srabani Nanda and Dutee Chand in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships which concluded on July 9, 2017. [1] [2] She was born in Kolkata, West Bengal on 15 March 1995. [3]

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Career

She won the silver medal in women's 4x100m relay race along with N. Shardha, Sonal Chawla and Priyanka in the National Open athletics championships 2018 where they represented the Indian Railways. [4] [5]

Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Himashree Roy And Merlin Joseph in 22nd Asian Athletics Championships Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Himashree Roy And Merlin Joseph Of India(Bronze Winners).jpg
Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Himashree Roy And Merlin Joseph in 22nd Asian Athletics Championships

Himashree Roy timed 11.60 seconds to set a record in women's 100 metres on 5 August 2018 in the 68th State Athletics Championships, at the Salt Lake Stadium while representing the Eastern Railway Sports Association (ERSA). [6] She won the bronze medal in women's 100m final in 84th All India Railway Athletics Championship, 2017. [7]

Himashree Roy, MG Padmini, Srabani Nanda and Gayathri Govindaraj won the bronze medal for women's 4x100m relay race in the second leg of the 2015 Asian Grand Prix Games, held in Thailand. [8] [9] She also won the gold medal in the women's 4×100 metre relay with teammates Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda and Merlin K Joseph while representing the Indian Railways in the 55th National Open Athletic Championship, 2015. [10]

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