Srabani Nanda is an Indian athlete who competes in the 100m dash, 200m dash and 4 x 100m relay. She has won multiple medals in various national and international competitions. She is one of the few Indian athletes to have qualified for the Olympics and has trained in various countries including South Africa, Australia and Jamaica.
Wiki/Biography
Srabani Nanda was born on Tuesday, May 7, 1991 (age 31; as of 2022) in Purbani, Kandhamal, Odisha. Her zodiac sign is Taurus. She studied at Shree Satya Sai High School and Government Girls High School, Phulbani. She graduated from Ramadevi Women’s University, Bhubaneswar. She received her MBA from North Odisha University (now Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjadeo University). She was interested in track and field from an early age and began training with her father’s support. In 2012, she was appointed as Junior Clerk of East Indian Railways and on May 23, 2016, she was appointed as Junior Manager (Group B) of Odisha Hydropower Corporation.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4″
Weight (approximately): 55kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
She was born into a Brahmin family.
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Banabihari Nanda and mother’s name is Subasini Rayguru. Her father is a retired clerk and her mother is the principal of a local school. Her grandfather’s name was Biswanath Nanda and her grandmother’s name was Swarnalata Nanda. She has an elder sister named Mousumi Nanda and a younger brother named Suraj Nanda.
Srabani Nanda (standing, pink) with her parents and grandparents
husband and children
She is unmarried and has no children.
religion
She follows Hinduism.
Profession
Srabani Nanda competes in 100m dash, 200m dash and 4 x 100m relay. She joined the Government Sports Hostel in Bhubaneswar in 2002 and trained under the guidance of Nila Madhab Deo and Tarun Shaw of the Sports Authority of India (SAI). She trained at the Mittal Champions Trust in South Africa in 2009 and Australia in 2011. She started participating in sports competitions in 2007 and has won medals in several national and international competitions. She completed the 200 meters in 23.07 seconds at the 26th G. Korsanov International Conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and qualified for the 200 meters sprint at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She finished sixth in the 2016 Olympic preliminaries. From 2018 to 2021, she trained with the MVP Track and Field Club in Kingston, Jamaica, under the guidance of coach Stephen Francis. She has participated in various local competitions in Jamaica and the 2022 National Games in Gujarat. She competed in the 4 x 100m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Championships in Birmingham and finished fifth.
Srabani Nanda at the 2022 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
medal
gold
- 2008: Pune Youth Commonwealth Games 4x100m relay
- 2008: The 24th National Youth Athletics Championships 100m Dash was held in Mysore
- 2008: The 24th National Youth Athletics Championships 200m Dash was held in Mysore
- 2008: The 20th National Youth Inter-District Athletics Championships 100m dash was held in Jamshedpur
- 2008: The 20th National Youth Inter-District Athletics Championships 200m Dash was held in Jamshedpur
- 2008: Won silver medals in 100m and 200m sprints at the 53rd National Secondary School Games in Kolkata
- 2009: Under-20 women’s 100m at the 25th National Youth Athletics Championships in Warangal
- 2009: Under-20 women’s 200m at the 25th National Youth Athletics Championships in Warangal
- 2012: Women’s 100m sprint event at the 77th All India Railway Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar
- 2012: Women’s 200m sprint event at the 77th All India Railway Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar
- 2014: 54th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships 4x100m Relay held in Lucknow
- 2015: The 19th Federation Cup National Seniors Track and Field Meet 100m was held in Mangaluru
- 2015: The 19th Federation Cup National Seniors Track and Field Meet 200m was held in Mangaluru
- 2015: 55th Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 4x100m Relay held in Chennai
- 2015: 200m dash event at the 55th Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Chennai
- 2016: The 20th Federation Cup National Adult Athletics Championships 200m was held in Delhi
- 2016: 12th South Asian Games 200m held in Guwahati
- 2017: 57th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships 200m held in Guntur
- 2017: 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships 200m, Patiala
- 2022: Indian Grand Prix 3 Athletics 200m at Bhubaneswar
- 2022: 61st AFI National Open Athletics Championships 100m in Bengaluru
silver
- 2008: 200m dash at the 53rd National Secondary School Games in Kolkata
- 2010: 100m dash at the 15th National Senior Federation Cup Athletics Championships in Ranchi
- 2010: 15th National Senior Federation Cup Athletics Championships, Ranchi 4x100m Relay
- 2011: 51st National Athletics Open Championships 200m dash held in Kolkata
- 2012: The 16th Federation Cup National Adult Athletics Championships 100m was held in Patiala
- 2012: The 16th Federation Cup National Adult Athletics Championships 200m was held in Patiala
- 2014: The 18th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Meet 100m was held in Patiala
- 2014: The 18th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Meet 200m was held in Patiala
- 2015: 55th National Open Athletics Championships 100m held in Kolkata
- 2015: 55th National Open Athletics Championships 200m held in Kolkata
- 2015: 55th National Open Athletics Championships 4x100m relay held in Kolkata
- 2016: The 20th Federation Cup National Adult Athletics Championships 100m was held in Delhi
- 2016: The 12th South Asian Games 100m was held in Guwahati
- 2016: 12th South Asian Games 4x100m relay held in Guwahati
- 2016: Taipei Athletics Open 200m
bronze
- 2007: 100m race at the Colombo SAF Games
- 2007: Colombo SAF Games 200m
- 2010: Delhi 19th Commonwealth Games 4x100m relay
Srabani Nanda poses with the 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze medal
- 2013: 53rd National Inter-State Athletics Championships 200m held in Chennai
- 2014: 54th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships 100m held in Lucknow
- 2014: 54th National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships 200m held in Lucknow
- 2015: 4x100m relay in the 35th National Games of Kerala
- 2015: The 21st Asian Athletics Championships 200m was held in Wuhan, China
- 2015: The first leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series 100m in Bangkok, Thailand
- 2015: 100m race in the second leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix series in Pathum, Thailand
- 2015: Women’s 4x100m relay, second leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix series in Pathum, Thailand
- 2015: Women’s 4x100m relay, third and final leg of the Asian Grand Prix series in Chanthaburi, Thailand
- 2016: Second Indian Grand Prix 100m held in Patiala
- 2017: 22nd Asian Athletics Championships 4x100m relay held in Bhubaneswar
- 2018: 58th National Inter-State Athletics Championships 200m held in Guwahati
- 2021: 200m Destiny Meet in Kingston, Jamaica
- 2022: 36th National Games 200m held in Gujarat
dispute
Srabani Nanda made angry remarks to the event officials after the final of the 200m dash during the 61st National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Chennai in June 2022. She finished fourth in the competition and claimed the event was unprofessionally managed and poorly coordinated. She said that the day before the 200-meter final, the start time of the competition was changed from 5:10 pm to 6:40 pm. When she arrived at the call room, the game start time had been changed again to 6:10 p.m. Due to the sudden time change, she lost time to warm up before the game. Also, in the call room, her lane changed from 4 to 6; however, when she got to the track, it changed to 4 again. Each lane requires a different strategy, she said, and she gets frustrated with the frequent changes. Furthermore, instead of mentioning Srabani’s name as an Olympian, the announcer announced the name of Seema Das as an Olympian, who had never even qualified for the Olympics. Srabani discussed these issues in an interview with reporters and said:
I was one of two or three female athletes to qualify for the Olympics in individual events. After all your hard work, when this happens minutes before a game, it affects you mentally. “
A technical officer for the event dismissed her claims, saying:
Nothing, just changed the sticker. What does it matter? We will apply the correct stickers later. ”
Facts/Trivia
- She enjoys painting in her free time.
Drawing by Srabani Nanda
- She counts Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt as an inspiration.
Srabani Nanda (right) and Usain Bolt
- In the 2017 national athlete rankings released by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), she ranked first in the 200m category and second in the 100m category.
- In 2016, she received the 24th Ekalavya Award for her achievements in sports. She received Rs 5 lakh in cash and a fine.
Srabani Nanda (right) is awarded the Eklavya Award 2016 by famous Indian athlete Milha Singh
- She lost her maternal grandparents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Srabani’s personal best times are 11.36 seconds for 100m and 23.07 seconds for 200m.
- She was unable to attend her only sister’s wedding because she was preparing for combat training.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education