Jisna Mathew (born 7 January 1999[1]) is an Indian sprinter from Kerala.[2][3]
.jpg) Mathew in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 7 January 1999 Kerala, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 155 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 100:12.08 (Kozhikode 6 December 2015)
200:23.98 (Guntur 2017) 400 m: 52.65 (New Delhi 15 May 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editShe represented India at the 2016 Summer Olympics held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4][5]
She also won silver medals for 400m in 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games and 2015 Asian Youth Athletics Championships .[citation needed]
She also won two gold medals for 400m and 4×400m in 2016 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. And she won three medals Gold medal in 400m, silver medal in 4×400m and a bronze 200m in 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.
In 2017, she won a silver medal in 400m and won a gold medal as a part of the winning 4x400m relay team at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar along with Debashree Mazumdar, M. R. Poovamma and Nirmala Sheoran. She along with Indian Team members finished 7th and set a national record in 4×400 m mixed relay final in 2019 World athletic championship nad qualified for Tokyo Olympics.
References
edit- ^ "Run Jisna Run". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ^ Koshie, Nihal (5 May 2015). "Running with the best, 16-year-old Jisna Mathew holds her own". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ P. K. Kumar, Ajith (13 May 2015). "Jisna Mathew — Another star rises from Usha's stable". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Express Web Desk (1 August 2016). "Jisna Mathew Profile: Women's 4x400m Relay". The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ Rajan, Adwaidh (24 December 2014). "A Perfectionist Who chases time". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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