Lalita Babar
Lalita Babar 
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| Full name | Lalita Shivaji Babar | ||||||||||||
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| birthday | June 2, 1989 | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Mohi , India | ||||||||||||
| size | 166 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | Long distance running , hurdles running | ||||||||||||
| Best performance | 3000 m hurdles: 9: 19.76 min 
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| status | active | ||||||||||||
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Lalita Babar (born June 2, 1989 in Mohi , Maharashtra ) is an Indian athlete . She mainly takes part in the 3000 meter obstacle course and is the reigning Indian national record holder and reigning Asian champion in the same competition.
Babar was named Sports Person of the Year at the 2015 India Sports Awards, organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Indian Ministry of Youth and Sports. She was recently honored with the prestigious Arjuna Award 2016 by the President of India for her contribution in the field of athletics. She is currently supported by the Anglian Medal Hunt Company.
Early life and junior career
Babar was born on June 2, 1989 in Mohi, a village in the Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra , to a farming family. She was born in an area that has been regularly hit by periods of drought , which has a negative impact on agriculture in the area.
Babar began her career in athletics as a long distance runner at a young age. She won her first gold medal in 2005 at the national U-20 championships in Pune .
She is currently supported by the Anglian Medal Hunt Company, a sports management company based in New Delhi .
Career
Babar began her career in athletics as a long distance runner .
In 2014, she became a hat-trick winner of the Mumbai Marathon . Determined to win a medal in all-around events like the Asian and Commonwealth Games , she switched to the 3,000-meter obstacle course after winning the marathon in January 2014. At the Asian Games 2014 in Incheon , South Korea , she won the bronze medal in the final with 9: 35.37 minutes. In doing so, she broke the national record held by Sudha Singh .
At the 2015 Asian Championships , Babar won the gold medal with a time of 9: 34.13 minutes, breaking her personal record, the national Indian record and the record of the games. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics . In addition, with her personal best of 2:38:21 h in the Mumbai Marathon 2015, she qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the marathon . At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , she broke the record again with a time of 9: 27.86 minutes in her qualifying run . As the first Indian woman to qualify for the steeplechase finals, she finished eighth in the final.
In April 2016 she beat the national record again with a time of 9: 27.09 minutes at the National Athletics Championships of the Federation Cup in New Delhi . At the Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro , she outbid this with a time of 9: 19.76 minutes in her run and qualified for the final. This made her the first Indian woman in 32 years to reach a final in any athletics competition. In the final, she finished 10th with a time of 9: 22.74 minutes.
successes
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| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon , South Korea | 3. | 3000 meter obstacle | 9: 35.37 min |
| 2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan , China | 1. | 3000 meter obstacle | 9: 34.13 min |
| World championships | Beijing , China | 8th. | 3000 meter obstacle | 9: 29.64 min | |
| 2016 | Olympic games | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | 10. | 3000 meter obstacle | 9: 22.74 min |
Awards
- Awards for Sportsman of the Year (2015), FICCI and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport
- India Sports Awards (2015), from FICCI and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sport
- Arjuna Award , from the Government of India
Web links
- Lalita Babar in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ All eyes today on 'Mandeshi Express' Lalita Babar . In: The Times of India , August 15, 2016.
- ↑ No Challenge is steep for Satara Girl Lalita Babar . Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ Lalita Babar on course for Rio 2016 despite IAAF loss . August 27, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ Lalita Babar sets new course record; completes hat-trick of titles at Mumbai Marathon . In: Daily News and Analysis , January 19, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ↑ Babar's decision to choose steeplechase pays off handsomely . In: Bangalore Mirror , September 28, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ Rayan, Stan: Vikas Gowda and Lalita Babar strike gold . In: The Hindu , June 6, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ↑ Women's 3000 meters steeplechase heats results
- ↑ 5 Things About Lalita Babar - 1st Indian to Reach Steeplechase Finals, World Athletics Championships - The Better India ( en ) Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ Women's 3000 meters steeplechase results
- ^ Lalita Babar Sets National Mark, Sudha Singh Qualifies For Olympics . NDTV . April 29, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ↑ Chasing Olympic medal, Lalita Babar enters final 32 years after PT Usha . In: The Indian Express , August 14, 2016.
- ↑ Lalita Babar finishes 10th in 3,000m steeplechase . In: The Indian Express , August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ↑ India Sports Awards: Lalita Babar named Sports Person of the Year . February 22, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ Lalita Babar named Sportsperson of the Year in India Sports Awards . February 22, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Babar, Lalita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mohi , Maharashtra , India |