Manju Bala is an Indian track and field athlete, who competes in the hammer throw. He finished first in the hammer throw at the 2022 National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships, Chennai, after which he was named in India’s 37-member athletics squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He was also selected to represent India in the 2022 Asian Games.
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Wiki/Biography
Manju Bala Swamy was born on Saturday, 1 July 1989 (age 33 years; as in 2022) in Chandgothi, Churu district, Rajasthan, India. His zodiac sign is Cancer. Manju, who was inclined towards sports since childhood, played volleyball till class 9. One day, she went on a school trip to Jaisinghsar near Bikaner, where she saw for the first time an athlete throwing a metal ball tied to a chain. Manju immediately fell in love with the sport and started practicing it after returning home. Later, he was noticed by coach Rajesh Poonia who trained him. Subsequently, Manju won a bronze medal in the School Nationals and a gold medal in the Junior Nationals. She finished fourth at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Jakarta. In an interview, he recalled his father’s struggle in raising three athlete children and said,
Our father never stopped us from choosing any sport. He used to take loans from fellow villagers to help us pursue the game. He sent my brother Sandeep to practice at NIS Patiala. When Munish opted for boxing, my father used to request bus drivers passing through the village to bring his gloves from Jalandhar. When I started, a hammer used to cost Rs 800. To meet the costs he would spend extra hours at the tea shop. He used to leave home early and return late.”
After her marriage, she lived in Ladunda, Surajgarh tehsil of Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. He was appointed as Inspector of Income Tax, which was an honorary appointment.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father Vijay Singh runs a tea shop on Rajgarh-Pilani Road in Chandgothi. Manju’s brother Sandeep Kumar Swami is deaf and dumb. He won a gold medal in javelin throw in the national competition for special athletes. Meanwhile, Manju’s younger sister, Munesh Bala Swamy, is a boxer and a police officer in Rajasthan.
Manju Bala with her father Vijay Singh at her tea shop in Chandgothi
Manju Bala’s brother, Sandeep Kumar Swamy and mother
Manju Bala with her sister Munesh Bala Swamy
husband and children
Her husband Ramesh Mann is a soldier in the Indian Army. Together, the couple has a daughter (born in 2016) who is fondly called ‘Cheenu’ and ‘China’ by family members.
A picture of Manju Bala with her husband Ramesh Mann and daughter
medal
Sleep
- 2021 Rajasthan State Championship, Sri Ganganagar (64.88m)
- 2022 National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships, Chennai (64.19)
- 2021 National Open Athletics Championships, Warangal (64.42m)
Manju Bala (centre) at the 2021 National Open Athletics Championships, Warangal.
- 2021 National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships, Patiala (61.08m)
- 2019 National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship, Lucknow (57.71)
- 2014 National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships, Lucknow (62.74 m)
- 2014 Federation Cup, Patiala (62.15 m)
- 2012 Railway Championships, Jabalpur (59.77 m)
- 2011 National Games of India, Ranchi (56.73 m)
silver
- 2022 National Federation Cup, Thenhipalam (64.01m)
Brass
- 2014 Asian Games, Incheon (60.47 m)
Manju Bala (right) at the 2014 Asian Games, Incheon.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Her bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games, Incheon, was briefly changed to silver after the original gold winner Zhang Wenxiu failed a doping test. However, Zhang Wenxiu was handed back his gold medal after he successfully overturned his doping ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld his appeal, which ruled that his positive case was caused by contaminated food. .
- Manju Bala broke a 19-year-old meet record during the 2021 National Open Athletics Championships, Warangal. She achieved a record of 64.42 metres, surpassing Hardeep Kaur’s 2002 record of 61.67 metres. Her throw of 64.42 meters was recorded as the second best national record in women’s hammer throw after Sarita Romit Singh’s throw of 65.25 metres.
- After her marriage, she took training from her husband Ramesh Mann. In an interview, she talked about her supportive in-laws and said,
My husband Ramesh Mann is a soldier in the Indian Army. Sometimes he trains with me at 4 am in the morning in our village Ladhundha in Jhunjhunu district. Sometimes my mother-in-law also accompanied us. The villagers would wonder what we were doing, making circles in empty fields and throwing metal balls.”
- She is the recipient of the Maharana Pratap Award (2012–13) in the category of athletics.
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