Siddhanth Thingalaya

Siddhanth Thingalaya (born 3 January 1991) is an Indian track and field athlete from Mumbai who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.[1] He holds the current national record in 110 m hurdles with a time of 13.48 seconds, set at Altis Invitational Meet, USA in June 2017. In 7 years' time, he improved the national record 8 times, and brought it from 13.96 to 13.48.[2]

Siddhanth Thingalaya
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991
Maharashtra, India
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
CountryIndia
SportRunning
Event(s)Sprint (110 m hurdles)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)13.48 (Mesa 2017) NR
Medal record
The National Senior Inter-State championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Championships 110 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2011 Championships 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).[3]

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.[4] 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.[1]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  India
2017 World Championships United Kingdom London Heat 110 metres hurdles 13.64
UW Indoor Preview United States Seattle 1st 60 metres hurdles(indoor) 7.70[5]
Altis Invitational United States Arizona 1st 110 metres hurdles 13.48[6]
2016 UW Preview Indoor United States Seattle 1st 60 metres hurdles (indoor) 7.86[7]
Mountain T's Invitational United States Arizona 1st 60 metres hurdles (indoor) 7.80[8]
NTC Pure Athletics Elite Invitational United States Florida 1st 110 metres hurdles 13.59[9]
Canyon State Games United States Arizona 1st 110 metres hurdles 13.54[10]
2015 UCLA Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational United States Los Angeles 1st 110 metres hurdles 13.83[11]
21st Asian Athletics Championships China Wuhan Heat 110 metres hurdles 14.10
2014 Commonwealth Games Scotland Glasgow Heat 110 metres hurdles 13.91
Asian Games South Korea Incheon 6th 110 metres hurdles 13.71
2013 91st Australian Athletics Championships Australia Sydney 1st 110 metres hurdles 13.72
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 1 Thailand Bangkok 2nd 110 metres hurdles 13.88
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 2 Thailand Chonburi 3rd 110 metres hurdles 13.90
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 3 Sri Lanka Colombo 1st 110 metres hurdles 13.81
20th Asian Athletics Championships India Pune 4th 110 metres hurdles 13.89
2012 Sydney Track Classic Australia Sydney 1st 110 metres hurdles 14.03
Qantas Melbourne Track Classic Australia Melbourne 1st 110 metres hurdles 14.13
90th Australian Athletics Championships Australia Melbourne 1st 110 metres hurdles 13.66
2011 Perth Track Classic Australia Perth 1st 110 metres hurdles 14.00
89th Australian Athletics Championships Australia Melbourne 1st 110 metres hurdles 14.14
2010 Asian Junior Athletics Championships Vietnam Hanoi 2nd 110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm) 13.96
IAAF World U20 Championships Canada Moncton Heat 110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm) 14.09
Commonwealth Games India Delhi Heat 110 metres hurdles 14.06
Asian Games China Guangzhou DNF 110 metres hurdles NA

References
  1. "Three national records fall at Indian Inter-State Championships". International Association of Athletics Federations. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. India - national records progression - men .
  3. "Kesavaramani betters meet record in 110m hurdles". The Hindu. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  4. "Andheri boy Siddhant Thingalay to represent India at IAAF World Junior's". MiD DAY. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  5. 2017 UW Indoor Seattle Results .
  6. 2017 Altis Invitational Results .
  7. 2016 UW Indoor Seattle Results .
  8. 2016 Mountain T's Invitational Results .
  9. 2016 Pure Athletics Elite Invitational Results.
  10. 2016 Canyon State Games Arizona.
  11. UCLA Rafer 2015 Results.
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