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
Nationality India
Born (1991-05-07) 7 May 1991 (age 30)
Phulbani, Odisha, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportSprinter
Event(s)100 metre, 200 metre, 4x100m relay

Srabani Nanda (also Shrabani Nanda) 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]

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. 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, and Himashree Roy.[2]

National[]

Nanda won two silver medals in women's 100m sprint (11.98 secs) and 4x100m relay with Anuradha Biswal, and Saraswati Chand in the 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 at Warangal (AP) on 20 November 2009.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Panda, Tejasvee (2 July 2015). "Srabani Nanda - The Express from Odisha". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Dutee, Srabani sprint to relay bronze | Orissa Post". www.orissapost.com. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. ^ "orisports.com : An Encyclopedia of Sports. Cricket, Hockey, Football, Badminton, Archery and much more."
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