Himashree Roy

Himashree Roy

4 × 100 m Relay Bronze Medalist 2017
Personal information
Full name	Himashree Roy
Nationality	India
Born	(1995-03-15) 15 March 1995 (age 30) Paschim Mallik Para, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Sprinter
Event(s)	100 metre, 4 × 100 m relay
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   India Asian Championships 2017 Bhubaneswar 4 × 100 m relay South Asian Games 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]

Career

She won the silver medal in women's 4 × 100 m 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

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 100 m 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 4 × 100 m 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]

References

1. "Asian Athletics Championships: Odisha girls conjure up bronze in relay". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
2. "Indian women athletes bring home gold". femina.in. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
3. "Himashree Roy | AFI". indianathletics.in. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
4. "Results - 58th National Open Athletics Championships 2018 | AFI". indianathletics.in. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
5. Sarangi, Y. b (27 September 2018). "Sreeshankar sets National mark". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 8 October 2018.
6. "Five meet records on final day". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
7. "Kamalpreet breaks record of Krishna Punia in Railway meet".
8. "Indian men's and women's 4x100m team clinch bronze at the Asian Grand Prix Games". 25 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
9. "Memorable outing for Arokia Rajiv". The Hindu. 26 June 2015. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 8 October 2018.
10. "Dutee Chand wins Triple Gold at National Open Athletics Championship -". Odisha News Insight. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

External links

• Himashree Roy at World Athletics