Srabani Nanda (also Shrabani, born 7 May 1991) is an Indian woman

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athlete from

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specialized in 4x100m relay,

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and

200 metre The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

sprint events. She belongs to

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. She trains in Kingston, Jamaica with MVP Track & Field Club under coach Stephen Francis.

Achievements

International

Srabani Nanda was at the Rio Olympics 2016, in the women's 200m category. Srabani clocked 23.07 seconds at the G Kosanov Memorial Meet in Almaty 2016 to seal her berth. The qualifying mark was set at 23.20 seconds. She won a gold medal and silver medal in 200 and 100 metre sprint respectively at the

2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...

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. She also helped India win a bronze medal in women's 4x100 metre relay event of the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

with a timing of 45.25 seconds at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on 12 October 2010. She had been part of the girls 4x100 metre relay gold in the

2008 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games (Hindi: 2008 कॉमनवेल्थ यूथ गेम्स), officially known as the III Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Pune 2008, a regional sporting event that was held from 12 to 18 O ...

at Pune and she won a bronze medal in both the 100 and 200 metre sprint events of the

SAF Games The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia. The governing body of these games is South Asia Olympic C ...

in Colombo in 2007. In 2017 she won a bronze medal at the

2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres The women's 400 metres at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 6 and 7 July. Medalists Results Heats Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Final Source: Reference ...

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. In the relay with

Dutee Chand Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women's 100 metres event. She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in 100m race in a global competition. She is the third Indian woman ...

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and

Himashree Roy Himashree Roy is an Indian athlete. She won the bronze medal in the 100 meters women's relay race along with Merlin K Joseph, Srabani Nanda and Dutee Chand in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships which concluded on July 9, 2017. She was bor ...

National

Nanda won two silver medals in women's 100m sprint (11.98 secs) and 4x100m relay with

Anuradha Biswal Anuradha Biswal (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian former track and field athlete from Odisha who specialized in 100 metre hurdles. She previously held the national record of 13.38 seconds for 100 m hurdles, set on 26 August 2002 during the DDA- ...

, Renubala Mahanta and

Saraswati Chand Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women's 100 metres event. She is the first Indian to win a gold medal in 100m race in a global competition. She is the third Indian woman ...

in the

15th National Senior Federation Cup Athletics Championship 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 and preceding 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky number, a pernicio ...

held at Ranchi, Jharkhand from 1 to 4 May 2010. She collected another double, winning the u-20 girls 100m (12.11s) and 200m (25.04s)gold medals in the 25th National Junior Athletics Championship at Warangal (AP) on 20 November 2009.

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* * * * (2010) * (2014) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nanda, Srabani 1991 births Living people Indian female sprinters Sportswomen from Odisha Athletes from Odisha Olympic athletes for India People from Phulbani Olympic female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Asian Games competitors for India South Asian Games medalists in athletics South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India