Sahana Kumari
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sahana Kumari Nagaraj Gobbargumpi |
| Born | 6 March 1981 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event | High jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 1.92 m NR (2012) |
Medal record | |
Sahana Kumari Nagaraj Gobbargumpi (born 6 March 1982) is an Indian former high jumper. She represented India in women's high jump event at the 2012 London Olympics. Kumari holds the high jump national record of 1.92 m, set in 2012.
Personal life
[edit]Sahana was born in Kotekar, Karnataka. She attended Anandashram High School in Someshwar, where she actively participated in sports such as kabaddi, kho-kho, and high jump. She credits her school for encouraging her to pursue athletics.[1] She graduated from Sri Gokarnanatheshwara College, Mangaluru, in 2002.[2]
Her father, who served in the Indian Air Force, coached her in high jump during her early years. Her elder sister, Harshini, is a former athlete, and her brother played volleyball.[3][4][5]
Sahana was previously employed as a senior clerk with the South Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways and later became a coach with the Sports Authority of India. She is married to national-level athlete B. G. Nagaraj, and their daughter, Pavana Nagaraj, is a heptathlete.[6][7]
2012 Summer Olympics
[edit]Sahana was the last Indian athlete to qualify for the London Games.[citation needed] She earned the B standard Olympic berth at the 52nd National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships held in G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium, Hyderabad, from 23 to 26 June 2012. She broke an eight-year-old national record of 1.91 m set by Keralite Bobby Aloysius.[5][8]
My coach will offer valuable feedback about my competitors and help me train. I need him to accompany me. But I am a central government employee, with a salary of Rs 25,000. I can’t afford the burden of five lakh.
Sahana had wanted her Ukrainian coach Nikhil Evgeny to accompany her to the Games but the National Olympic Committee of India, Indian Olympic Association, had only sanctioned a quota of five athletic coaches. The Athletics Federation of India approved chief national athletic coach Bahadur Singh Chouhan, R.K. Gandhi, recommended by three qualified racewalkers, and the personal coaches of Tintu Luka, Vikas Gowda, and Krishna Poonia.[10]
Sahana was unable to reimburse the travelling expenses of her coach. A non-governmental organisation, Ek Aur Prayaas contributed funds for her coach to travel to London.[9][11]
On 8 August 2012, Sahana was eliminated from the women's high jump competition at the Olympic Games when she failed to clear 1.85 m.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sahana Kumari visits alma mater". Deccan Herald. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "A Mangalorean for Olympics". Deccan Herald. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ Mital, Saloni (7 July 2012). "High jumping Olympic mom". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Athlete – Sahana Kumari". london2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- 1 2 "College was my launch pad, says Olympian". The Hindu. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ↑ "Mother's girl Pavana, Asian U20 long-jump gold medallist, focused on heptathlon". thebridge.in. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ↑ Rayan, Stan (9 March 2008). "The golden couple". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ "Sahana Kumari qualifies for London Olympics". The Times of India. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- 1 2 Rathnam, Dhamini (17 July 2012). "Indian twitterati give high jumper a leg up". punemirror.in. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ Shekhar Luthra, Chander (20 July 2012). "Usha gets the nod, no room for Madhumita". Daily News & Analysis. New Delhi. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ "Ek Aur Prayaas thanks all for the supporting – Project high Jump for Olympics 2012". ekaurprayaas.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ↑ "India's lone woman high jumper Sahana Kumari crashes out of Olympics". The Times of India. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
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