Saraswati Saha

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Saraswati Saha
Personal information
Full nameSaraswati Dey-Saha
Born (1979-11-23) 23 November 1979 (age 46)
Chittamara, Tripura, India
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
 100 m, 200 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests 100 m : 11.40 (2000)
200 m : 22.82 NR (2002)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Busan 200 m
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Fukuoka 4×100m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Jakarta 4×100m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Jakarta 100 m

Saraswati Dey-Saha (born 23 November 1979) is an Indian former sprinter. She is the first Indian woman to break 23-second barrier in 200 m and holds the current national record of 22.82 seconds set in Ludhiana in 2002. [1] [2] The highlight of her career was the 200 m gold medal she won at the 2002 Asian Games. [3] Saraswati was honored with the Arjuna Award in 2002. [4]

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Career

Saraswati represented India in 4 x 100 metres relay together with P. T. Usha, E. B. Shyla, and Rachita at the 1998 Asian Championships in Athletics where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current national record of 44.43 s. [5] [6] Later in the 4 x 100 metres relay at 2000 Sydney Olympics her team - consisting of V. Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, and Rachita Mistry - clocked a time of 45.20 s in the first round. The team finished last in their heats. [7] [8] [9] She also represented India in the women's 200 m event at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Saraswati quit competitive athletics in July 2006 owing to the injury to her Achilles tendon, occurred after the Busan Asian Games. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009". Athletics Federation of INDIA. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier". The Hindu . 29 August 2002. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Saraswati Saha, Neelam J Singh win gold". indiaexpress.com. 10 October 2002. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Arjuna Awardees". Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  5. ↑ Vijaykumar, C.N.R (15 December 1998). "After the feast, the famine". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "National records" (PDF). ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Women - Round 1". IAAF. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Rachita Mistry - Biography and Olympics results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Saraswati calls it quits". The Indian Express. 1 August 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
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