Nirmala Sheoran

Nirmala Sheoran (born 15 July 1995) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres event.

Nirmala Sheoran
Nirmala Sheoran with the 400 metres gold in 2017 Asian Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995
Bhiwani district, Haryana, India
Sport
Country India
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 51.25s (Guwahati 2018)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Bhubaneswar400 m
Gold medal – first place2017 Bhubaneswar4 x 400m Relay

Early life and career

Sheoran was born in Chehad Khurd village of Haryana state's Bhiwani district.[1]

She qualified for two events at the 2016 Summer Olympics: the women's 400 metres and the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

Sheoran qualified for the women's 400 metres event at the Olympics by clocking 51.48 seconds, her personal best time, at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships in Hyderabad in July 2016. She finished well below the Olympics qualification mark of 52.20 seconds and also surpassed the previous best time at the meet of 51.73 seconds set by M. R. Poovamma in 2014. Sheoran's time in the heats of the same event was 52.35 seconds, while her previous personal best of 53.94 seconds was set in 2013 at Chennai.[2][3]

Sheoran also qualified for the Olympics in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event. The quartet of Sheoran, Poovamma, Tintu Lukka and Anilda Thomas clocked 3:27.88 at Bangalore in July 2016, finishing with the 12th best time in the world as top 16 relay teams qualified for the Olympics.[4][5]

In 2017 she was part of the winning 4 × 400 m team who took gold at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar. The team was Nirmla, Mazumdar, M. R. Poovamma and Jisna Mathew.[6]

In 2019, she is received a four-year doping ban, starting just after her personal best timing of 51.25 in 2018. In addition all her results from August 2016 were voided including her medal winning efforts in 2017[7]

References
  1. Das, Indraneel (13 August 2016). "'This will last for a few days, after that I will be forgotten... that's life'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  2. "Rio 2016: Nirmala Sheoran sets championship record to qualify for Olympics in 400m". DNA India. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. "Nirmala Sheoran achieves Olympic qualification". ESPN.in. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. Ninan, Susan (13 July 2016). "Indian men's, women's 4x400 relay teams seal Rio spots". ESPN.in. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. Ninan, Susan (11 July 2016). "4x400 women's relay team a strong medal hope: Usha". ESPN.in. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. "Asian Athletics Championships 2017: Deconstruction of the gold standard". The Indian Express. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. Cyriac, Biju Babu (10 October 2019). "Nirmala Sheoran gets four-year ban for doping". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

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