- Saraswati Saha
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Saraswati Saha Personal information Full name Saraswati Dey-Saha Nationality 
IndiaBorn November 23, 1979
West Bengal, IndiaHeight 1.54 m (5 ft 1⁄2 in) Weight 53 kg (120 lb; 8.3 st) Sport Country India Sport Running Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres Club Indian Railways Retired Yes Medal recordAsian Games Gold Busan Asian Games 200 metres All-India Open National Championships[1] Gold 2000 Championships 100 metres Gold 2002 Championships 100 metres Gold 2002 Championships 200 metres Gold 2003 Championships 100 metres Gold 2003 Championships 200 metres Saraswati Dey-Saha (born 23 November 1979) is an Indian sprint athlete from West Bengal. She holds the current 200 metres National record of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Ludhiana on 28 August 2002.[2] She broke the previous mark held by Rachita Mistry since July 2000. In doing so, Saraswati became the first Indian woman to break 23-second barrier in 200 metres.[3] The highlight of her career was the Gold medal she won at the 2002 Busan Asian Games.[4]
Saraswati represented India in 4 x 100 metres relay at 2000 Sydney Olympics where her team - consisting of V. Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, and Rachita Mistry - clocked a time of 45.20 s in the first round. The team finished last in their heats.[5][6] She also competed in 200 metres at 2004 Athens Olympics where she clocked a time of 23.43 s in the heats.[7]
In 2002, she was conferred the Arjuna Award for her contribution to the Indian athletics.[8] Saraswati quit competitive athletics in July 2006 owing to the injury to her Achilles tendon, occurred after the Busan Asian Games.[9]
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing India2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 2nd 100 m References
- ^ "Indian Championships and Games". gbrathletics.com. http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ind.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009". Athletics Federation of INDIA. http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ "Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier". The Hindu. 2002-08-29. http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Saraswati Saha, Neelam J Singh win gold". indiaexpress.com. 2002-10-10. http://www.indiaexpress.com/news/sports/20021010-0.html. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Women - Round 1". IAAF. http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Saraswati Dey-Saha - Biography and Olympics results". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/saraswati-dey-1.html. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ "Olympic Games 2004 - Results 08-23-2004 - 200 Metres W Heats". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/history/oly/season=2004/eventcode=3201/results/racedate=08-23-2004/sex=W/discCode=200/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Arjuna Awardees". Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
- ^ "Saraswati calls it quits". The Indian Express. 2006-08-01. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/saraswati-calls-it-quits/9738/#. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
External links
- IAAF profile for Saraswati Saha
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- Indian sprinters
- People from West Bengal
- Olympic athletes of India
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Asian Games gold medallists for India
- Sportspeople from West Bengal
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Indian athletics biography stubs
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