Aishwarya B is an Indian athlete who competes in long jump and triple jump. On June 13, 2022, she set a national record in the triple jump of 14.14m at the 61st National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, winning the 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifications. However, on 20 July 2022, she tested positive for doping and was subsequently excluded from the 2022 Commonwealth Games and provisionally suspended.
Wiki/Biography
Aishwarya Babu was born on Sunday, June 15, 1997, in Karnataka, India (25 years old; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Gemini. Aishwarya B was born in a family of athletes. Her uncle is a national-level decathlete. Aishwarya B has been fond of sports since she was a child. She began her athletic career at the age of eight as a 100m and 200m sprinter. Later, she joined DYES Sports School. She did her graduation from Alva College, Mudbidri, Karnataka. While studying at Alva College, she met coach Vasanth Jogi, who encouraged her to switch to long jump and triple jump. Apart from being an athlete, she is also an employee of Indian Railways.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Aishwarya B completes triple jump at National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships 2022 (Chennai)
family
Parents and siblings
Aishwarya B’s father is a government employee and her mother is a homemaker.
husband and children
Aishwarya B’s husband Nandan Kumar works in the Governor’s office in Bengaluru. The two lived near Anekal near the Tamil Nadu border and were neighbors. Eventually, when Kumar and his brother moved to Bangalore, they separated. Later, their parents arranged their marriage. Nandan Kumar recalled the incident in an interview and said:
Since I wanted to get married, my family asked her mom if she knew any girl. Her mother asked, “Why not Aishwarya?” My late father had always been fond of her and predicted that she would become a top athlete one day. We both agreed immediately. “
Aishwarya B with her mother-in-law Sumanglama and husband Nandan Kumar
medal
gold
- 2020 Indian University Championships (Moodbidri) Triple Jump (13.29m)
- Kelo Indian University Games 2020
Aishwarya B (centre) shows off her gold medal at the Khelo India University Games 2020
- 2021 National Athletics Open Championships (Warangal) Long Jump (6.52m) and Triple Jump (13.55m)
- International Railway Championships 2022 (Kolkata) Long Jump (6.32m) and Triple Jump (13.71m)
- 2022 Indian Grand Prix (Trivandrum) Triple Jump 13.94m
- 2022 National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships (Chennai) Long Jump (6.73m) Triple Jump (14.14m) (Not recorded)
silver
- 2020 Indian University Championships (Moodbidri) Long Jump 6.25m
dispute
doping violation
Aishwarya B tested positive for a banned substance in a doping test conducted by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on July 20, 2022, after she was named in India’s 37-athlete track and field team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. . The national record holder has since been provisionally suspended and ruled out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Apart from Aishwarya, sprinter Dhanalakshmi Sekar also tested positive for drugs.
Facts/Trivia
- In 2017, she was honored by the Gaonkar School of Jumping (GSJ).
From left to right Sahana Kumari, Joyline M Lobo, Aishwarya B, Chethan B, Khyati Vakharia, Samsheer SE and Karthik Iholly
- In 2018, she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and was unable to compete in the long jump and triple jump for the following year.
- Aishwarya B was discovered by 2010 Asian Games heptathlon bronze medalist Pramila Ayyappa. Like Aishwarya, Pramila is also an employee of the Indian Railways. Pramila is in charge of South Western Railways and is also a state sports officer. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, she took Aishwarya for railway selection trials and then started training her. Later, Aishwarya B started training under the guidance of Pramila’s husband BP Ayyappa.
Aishwarya B and her coach BP Aiyaappa
- BP Aiyaappa recalled the difficulties faced by Aishwarya in an interview and revealed that she traveled to the outskirts of Bengaluru every day to receive training after the Sree Kantheerava Stadium where he and Aishwarya used to train was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. train. He said,
We struggled and went to Vidya Nagar every day except Saturday, which is nearly 35 kilometers from Bangalore. It’s tough. We had to have special passes but the state government, JSW, AFI and SAI gave us a lot of support. “
- She broke the all-time record in the long jump event with a time of 6.73m at the 2022 National Senior Interstate Athletics Championships, surpassing Mayookha Johny’s record of 6.63m set in 2011. Her score of 6.73m was also ranked as the second-best score by an Indian woman in the long jump after Anju Bobby George’s 6.83m in Athens in 2004. In addition, she set a national record in the triple jump with an astonishing result of 14.14m in the competition, breaking the triple jump record. Mayookha Johny’s record in 2011 was 14.11 million. However, when she tested positive for doping, the record was expunged.
- Tofu rice is her all-time favorite food.
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