Srabani Nanda

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Srabani Nanda
Srabani Nanda Bronze Medalist - Indian Team 2017 (cropped).jpg
Nanda at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar
Personal information
Full nameSrabani Nanda
NationalityFlag of India.svg  India
Born (1991-05-07) 7 May 1991 (age 33)
Phulbani, Odisha, India
Sport
CountryIndia
Sport Sprinter
Event(s) 100 metre, 200 metre, 4x100m relay
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi 4 x 100 m relay
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Bhubaneswar 4 × 100 m relay
South Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Guwahati 200 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Guwahati 100 m

Srabani Nanda (also Shrabani, born 7 May 1991) is an Indian woman sprint runner athlete from Odisha specialized in 4x100m relay, 100 metre and 200 metre sprint events. She belongs to Kandhamal District of Odisha. [1] She trains in Kingston, Jamaica with MVP Track & Field Club under coach Stephen Francis. [2]

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Achievements

International

Srabani Nanda was at the Rio Olympics 2016, in the women's 200m category. Srabani clocked 23.07 seconds at the G Kosanov Memorial Meet in Almaty 2016 to seal her berth. The qualifying mark was set at 23.20 seconds. She won a gold medal and silver medal in 200 and 100 metre sprint respectively at the 2016 South Asian Games in Assam. She also helped India win a bronze medal in women's 4x100 metre relay event of the 2010 Commonwealth Games with a timing of 45.25 seconds at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on 12 October 2010, with Geetha Satti, P. K. Priya and H. M. Jyothi. [3] She had been part of the girls 4x100 metre relay gold in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games at Pune and she won a bronze medal in both the 100 and 200 metre sprint events of the SAF Games in Colombo in 2007.

In 2017 she won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres in Bhubaneswar. In the relay with Dutee Chand, Merlin K Joseph and Himashree Roy. [4]

National

Nanda won two silver medals in women's 100m sprint (11.98 secs) and 4x100m relay with Anuradha Biswal, Renubala Mahanta and Saraswati Chand in the 15th National Senior Federation Cup Athletics Championship held at Ranchi, Jharkhand from 1 to 4 May 2010. She collected another double, winning the u-20 girls 100m (12.11s) and 200m (25.04s)gold medals in the 25th National Junior Athletics Championship at Warangal (AP) on 20 November 2009. [5]

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References

  1. Panda, Tejasvee (2 July 2015). "Srabani Nanda - The Express from Odisha". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. "The athlete from Odisha was competing at the 100m event, representing the MVP Track & Field Club". olympics.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. "Small-town talent give Indian athletics a high in 2010". The Indian Express . 27 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2024. The women's 4x100m relay team of Geetha Satti, Srabani Nanda, P K Priya and H M Jyothi finished third in a photo finish with a timing of 45.25 secs
  4. "Dutee, Srabani sprint to relay bronze | Orissa Post". www.orissapost.com. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. "orisports.com : An Encyclopedia of Sports. Cricket, Hockey, Football, Badminton, Archery and much more."