Himashree Roy

Himashree Roy
4 × 100 m Relay Bronze Medalist 2017
Personal information
Full nameHimashree Roy
NicknameDoli
Nationality India
Born (1995-03-15) 15 March 1995
Paschim Mallik Para, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Sport
CountryIndia
SportSprinter
Events
100 metre, 4 × 100 m relay
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Bhubaneswar4 × 100 m relay
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Kathmandu4 × 100 m relay

Himashree Roy (born 15 March 1995) is an Indian athlete. She won the bronze medal in the 100 meters women's relay race along with Merlin K Joseph, Srabani Nanda and Dutee Chand in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships which concluded on July 9, 2017.[1][2] She was born in Paschim Mallik Para, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal on 15 March 1995.[3]

Career

She won the silver medal in women's 4 × 100 m relay race along with N. Shardha, Sonal Chawla and Priyanka in the National Open athletics championships 2018 where they represented the Indian Railways.[4][5]

Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Himashree Roy And Merlin Joseph in 22nd Asian Athletics Championships

Himashree Roy timed 11.60 seconds to set a record in women's 100 metres on 5 August 2018 in the 68th State Athletics Championships, at the Salt Lake Stadium while representing the Eastern Railway Sports Association (ERSA).[6] She won the bronze medal in women's 100 m final in 84th All India Railway Athletics Championship, 2017.[7]

Himashree Roy, MG Padmini, Srabani Nanda and Gayathri Govindaraj won the bronze medal for women's 4 × 100 m relay race in the second leg of the 2015 Asian Grand Prix Games, held in Thailand.[8][9] She also won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 metre relay with teammates Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda and Merlin K Joseph while representing the Indian Railways in the 55th National Open Athletic Championship, 2015.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Asian Athletics Championships: Odisha girls conjure up bronze in relay". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Indian women athletes bring home gold". femina.in. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Himashree Roy | AFI". indianathletics.in. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Results - 58th National Open Athletics Championships 2018 | AFI". indianathletics.in. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Sarangi, Y. b (27 September 2018). "Sreeshankar sets National mark". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Five meet records on final day". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kamalpreet breaks record of Krishna Punia in Railway meet".
  8. ↑ "Indian men's and women's 4x100m team clinch bronze at the Asian Grand Prix Games". 25 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Memorable outing for Arokia Rajiv". The Hindu. 26 June 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Dutee Chand wins Triple Gold at National Open Athletics Championship -". Odisha News Insight. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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