Nayana James

Nayana James
Nayana James (r.) In Bhubaneswar 2017
nation	India
birthday	18th October 1995 (age 24)
place of birth	Kozhikode , Kerala , India
size	181 cm
Weight	72 kg
Career
discipline	Long jump
Best performance	6.55 m
status	active
Medal table
Asian Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × Indoor Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Asian Championships bronze Bhubaneswar 2017 6.42 m Indoor Asian Championships silver Tehran 2018 6.08 m
last change: February 16, 2018

Nayana James (born October 18, 1995 in Kozhikode , Kerala ) is an Indian long jumper .

Athletic career

Nayana James gained her first experience in international competitions at the 2017 Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar , where she won the bronze medal with 6.42 m behind the Vietnamese Bùi Thị Thu Thảo and her compatriot Neena Varakil . In addition, she was eliminated in the first round over 100 m hurdles in 14.45 s. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran , where she won the silver medal in the long jump with a new indoor record of 6.08 minutes. At the beginning of April, she took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time , where she finished twelfth in the final with 6.14 m. At the end of August she also took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta , where she reached tenth place with 6.14 m.

James is a student at the University of Kerala .

Personal best

• 100 m hurdles: 13.96 s (−1.3 m / s), June 4, 2017 in Patiala
• Long jump: 6.55 m (+1.2 m / s), June 2, 2017 in Patiala
  • Long jump (hall): 6.08 m, February 3, 2018 in Tehran

Web links

Commons : Nayana James  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nayana James in the database of World Athletics (English)