Suman Devi

Suman Devi
nation	India
birthday	15th July 1985 (age 35)
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	59.45 m (February 11, 2016 in Guwahati )
status	not active
Medal table
South Asian Games 0 × 1 × 1 × U20 Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
South Asian Games bronze Islamabad 2004 50.58 m silver Guwahati 2016 59.45 m Junior Asian Championships silver Bangkok 2002 52.33 m
last change: January 31, 2020

Suman Devi (born July 15, 1985 ) is an Indian athlete who specializes in throwing the javelin .

Athletic career

Suman Devi played her first international competition in 2002 at the Junior Asian Championships in Bangkok , where she won the silver medal with a width of 52.33 m. In 2004 she won the bronze medal at the South Asian Games in Islamabad with 50.58 m behind Anne Maheshi De Silva from Sri Lanka and her compatriot Gurmeet Kaur . Then she finished sixth at the Junior Asian Championships in Ipoh with 48.33 m. At the Asian Athletics Championships in 2005 in Incheon , South Korea , she came seventh with a throw of 52.58 m and in 2010 she was ninth at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi with 51.19 m, as well as at the 2013 Asian Championships in Pune with 48.13 m. She also came ninth at the Asian Championships in Wuhan with 46.55 m and in 2016 she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Annu Rani at the South Asian Games in Guwahati with a new best of 59.45 m . In 2017 she took part again in the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar and reached tenth place there with a width of 50.90 m.

In 2001 and 2005 Devi was Indian javelin champion.

Web links

• Suman Devi in the database of World Athletics (English)