Siddhanth Thingalaya

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Siddhanth Thingalaya
SIDDHANT THINGALAYA Of India In Action (Men 110m H) (cropped).jpg
Thingalaya at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
NationalityFlag of India.svg  Indian
Born (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 34)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Alma mater Mithibai College
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event 110 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best13.48 (Mesa 2017)

Siddhanth Thingalaya (born 3 January 1991) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 m hurdles.

Career

Siddhanth started his athlete career while he was 11 years old. Started participating in inter-school events. His first success in 110 m hurdles came when he won the inter-university title at Kochi, in 2008. He followed it up with a Bronze medal at the 9th National Federation Cup junior athletics championship in Lucknow, with time of 14.69 seconds (99.0 cm hurdles).

Siddhanth had training stint in Australia under Mittal Champions Trust and had participated at South Africa under the Mittal Champions Trust and clocked 14.31 seconds at the high altitude Potchefstroom in March 2010. Few months later, he went on to win the silver medal in the Asian Junior Meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, clocking a personal best 13.96 seconds (99.0 cm hurdles), while setting a new Indian Junior record. He competed for India in the 2010 World Junior Championships, missing qualifying for the semi-finals by .03 in his heat running 14.09.

Currently Siddhanth is being trained by Gary Cablayan, who is a certified USA track and field coach in the sprints, hurdles and relays. He expertise in elite speed specialist and has been training many NFL players like DeSean Jackson and John Ross (American football). He has also coached two Olympians Olutoyin Augustus from Nigeria and Kenneth Medwood from Belize

Thingalaya improved his personal best timing to 14.20 seconds in the heats of men's 110 m hurdles during the 50th National Inter-State Athletics Championships held in Patiala. In the finals, on 7 August 2010, he broke the Indian National record (held by K. Krishna Mohan) by clocking 13.81 seconds while winning the gold. His margin of victory was an impressive 0.65 s as he finished ahead of his rivals, Tamil Nadu’s P. Muthuswamy and Punjab’s Amandeep Singh.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
2017 World Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Heat110 metres hurdles 13.64
UW Indoor Preview Flag of the United States.svg Seattle 1st60 metres hurdles(indoor)7.70
Altis Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Arizona 1st110 metres hurdles13.48
2016UW Preview Indoor Flag of the United States.svg Seattle 1st60 metres hurdles (indoor)7.86
Mountain T's Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Arizona 1st60 metres hurdles (indoor)7.80
NTC Pure Athletics Elite Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Florida 1st110 metres hurdles13.59
Canyon State Games Flag of the United States.svg Arizona 1st110 metres hurdles13.54
2015UCLA Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles 1st110 metres hurdles13.83
21st Asian Athletics Championships Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuhan Heat110 metres hurdles 14.10
2014 Commonwealth Games Flag of Scotland.svg Glasgow Heat110 metres hurdles 13.91
Asian Games Flag of South Korea.svg Incheon 6th110 metres hurdles13.71
2013 91st Australian Athletics Championships Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney 1st110 metres hurdles13.72
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 1 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok 2nd110 metres hurdles13.88
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 2 Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi 3rd110 metres hurdles13.90
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 3 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Colombo 1st110 metres hurdles13.81
20th Asian Athletics Championships Flag of India.svg Pune 4th110 metres hurdles 13.89
2012 Sydney Track Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney 1st110 metres hurdles14.03
Qantas Melbourne Track Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 1st110 metres hurdles14.13
90th Australian Athletics Championships Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 1st110 metres hurdles13.66
2011 Perth Track Classic Flag of Australia (converted).svg Perth 1st110 metres hurdles14.00
89th Australian Athletics Championships Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 1st110 metres hurdles14.14
2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships Flag of Vietnam.svg Hanoi 2nd110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm) 13.96
IAAF World U20 Championships Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Moncton Heat110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm) 14.09
Commonwealth Games Flag of India.svg Delhi Heat110 metres hurdles 14.06
Asian Games Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou DNF110 metres hurdlesNA