Sarbani Nanda is an Indian athlete who competes in the 100 meters sprint, 200 meters sprint and 4 x 100 meters relay events. He has won many medals in various national and international competitions. She is one of the few Indian athletes to qualify for the Olympics and has trained in various countries including South Africa, Australia and Jamaica.
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Sarbani Nanda was born on Tuesday, 7 May 1991 (age 31 years; as in 2022) in Phulbani, Kandhamal, Odisha. His zodiac sign is Taurus. She studied at Sri Sathya Sai High School and Government Girls High School, Phulbani. She completed her graduation from Ramadevi Women’s University, Bhubaneswar. He did a Master’s degree in Business Administration from North Odisha University (now Maharaja Shriram Chandra Bhanjdev University). He was interested in athletics from a young age and started training with the support of his father. In 2012, he was appointed as Junior Clerk in the East Indian Railway Company, and on 23 May 2016, he was appointed as Junior Manager (Group-B) in Odisha Hydro Power Corporation.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 4″
Weight (Approx): 55 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
He belongs to a Brahmin family.
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Banbihari Nanda and mother’s name is Subasini Raiguru. His father is a retired clerk, and his mother is a headmistress at a local school. His grandfather’s name is Biswanath Nanda and grandmother’s name is Swarnalata Nanda. She has a sister named Moushumi Nanda and a brother named Suraj Nanda.
Shrabani Nanda (standing in pink) with her parents and grandparents
husband and children
He is unmarried and has no children.
Religion
She follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
Sarbani Nanda runs in the 100 meter sprint, 200 meter sprint and 4 x 100 meter relay. She joined the Government Sports Hostel in Bhubaneswar in 2002 and trained under Neela Madhab Dev and Tarun Shaw of the Sports Authority of India (SAI). He trained at the Mittal Champions Trust in South Africa and Australia in 2009 and 2011 respectively. He started competing in athletic competitions in 2007 and has won medals in several national and international competitions. He completed the 200 meters race in 23.07 seconds at the XXVI International Meeting G.Kosanov Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan and qualified in 200 meters sprint for Rio Olympics 2016. She finished sixth in the heat level of the 2016 Olympics. He trained with the MVP Track and Field Club in Kingston, Jamaica under coach Stephen Francis from 2018 to 2021. He participated in various local competitions in Jamaica and the National Games held in Gujarat in 2022. He competed in the 4 x 100 meters relay at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Games held in Birmingham and finished in fifth place.
Shrabani Nanda during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games
medal
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- 2008: 4×100 meters relay at the Youth Commonwealth Games in Pune
- 2008: 100 meters race in the 24th Junior National Athletics Championship held in Mysore.
- 2008: 200 meters race in the 24th Junior National Athletics Championship held in Mysore.
- 2008: 100 Sprint at the 20th National Junior Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship held in Jamshedpur
- 2008: 200 meter sprint in the 20th National Junior Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship held in Jamshedpur
- 2008: Silver in 100m and 200m sprint at the 53rd National School Games in Kolkata
- 2009: Under-20 Girls’ 100m in the 25th National Junior Athletics Championship in Warangal.
- 2009: Under-20 Girls 200m in the 25th National Junior Athletics Championship in Warangal.
- 2012: Women’s 100 meters Sprint at the 77th All India Railway Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar
- 2012: Women’s 200 meters Sprint at the 77th All India Railway Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar
- 2014: 4×100 meter relay in the 54th National Interstate Senior Athletics Championship held in Lucknow
- 2015: 100m at the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics held in Mangaluru
- 2015: 200m at the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics held in Mangaluru
- 2015: 4×100 meters relay at the 55th Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships held in Chennai
- 2015: 200 meters sprint at the 55th Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships held in Chennai
- 2016: 200m in the 20th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship held in Delhi
- 2016: 200m at the 12th South Asian Games held in Guwahati
- 2017: 200m in the 57th National Inter-State Senior Athletic Championship held at Guntur.
- 2017: 200m at the 21st Federation Cup Senior National Athletic Championships in Patiala
- 2022: 200m at the Indian Grand Prix 3 Athletics Competition in Bhubaneswar
- 2022: 100m in the 61st AFI National Open Athletics Championships held in Bengaluru.
silver
- 2008: 200 meters race at the 53rd National School Games in Kolkata
- 2010: 100m Sprint at the 15th National Senior Federation Cup Athletics Championships in Ranchi
- 2010: 4x100m Relay at the 15th National Senior Federation Cup Athletics Championship in Ranchi
- 2011: 200 meter sprint in the 51st Open National Athletics Championship held in Kolkata
- 2012: 100m at the 16th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship held in Patiala
- 2012: 200m at the 16th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship held in Patiala
- 2014: 100m at the 18th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics held in Patiala
- 2014: 200m at the 18th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics held in Patiala
- 2015: 100m in the 55th National Open Athletic Championship held in Kolkata
- 2015: 200m in the 55th National Open Athletic Championship held in Kolkata
- 2015: 4×100 meter relay in the 55th National Open Athletic Championship held in Kolkata
- 2016: 100m in the 20th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship held in Delhi
- 2016: 100 m at the 12th South Asian Games held in Guwahati
- 2016: 4×100 meters relay at the 12th South Asian Games, held in Guwahati
- 2016: 200 m at the Taiwan Open Athletics Championships in Taipei
Brass
- 2007: 100m at the SAF Games in Colombo
- 2007: 200m at the SAF Games in Colombo
- 2010: 4×100 meters relay at the 19th Commonwealth Games held in Delhi
Shrabani Nanda posing with the bronze medal won in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 2013: 200 m in the 53rd Senior National Inter-State Athletics Championship held in Chennai.
- 2014: 100 m in the 54th National Interstate Senior Athletics Championship held in Lucknow.
- 2014: 200 m in the 54th National Interstate Senior Athletics Championship held in Lucknow.
- 2015: 4×100 meters relay at the 35th National Games in Kerala
- 2015: 200 m in the 21st Asian Athletics Championships held in Wuhan, China
- 2015: 100m in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Series in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2015: 100 meters at the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Series in Pathum, Thailand
- 2015: Women’s 4×100 meters relay at the Second Stage of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Series in Pathum, Thailand
- 2015: Women’s 4×100 meters relay at the third and final leg of the Asian Grand Prix Series in Chanthaburi, Thailand
- 2016: 100m at the 2nd Indian Grand Prix held in Patiala
- 2017: 4×100 meters relay at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships held in Bhubaneswar
- 2018: 200 m in the 58th Senior National Inter-State Athletics Championship held in Guwahati.
- 2021: 200m at The Destiny Meet, held in Kingston, Jamaica
- 2022: 200m in the 36th National Games held in Gujarat
Controversy
Sarbani Nanda made an angry statement towards the conducting officials after the final of the 200m sprint event during the 61st National Inter-State Athletics Championships held in Chennai in June 2022. She finished fourth in the event and alleged that the management of the event was amateurish and poorly coordinated. , He said that a day before the 200m final, the scheduled start time of the race was changed from 5:10 pm to 6:40 pm. When she reached the call room, the start time of the race was again changed to 6:10 pm. Due to this sudden change in timing, he lost time to warm up before the race. Also, her lane in the call room was changed from 4 to 6; However, when she reached the track, it was changed again to 4. She said that each lane required a different strategy, and that such frequent changes frustrated her. Furthermore, the announcers did not address Sarbani’s name as an Olympian, and they instead announced the name of Hima Das as an Olympian who had never even qualified for the Olympics. Sarbani talked about these issues while talking to journalists and said,
I am one of two or three female athletes to qualify for the Olympics in the individual event. After all the hard work, when this happens a few minutes before the race, it affects you mentally.
A technical official at the event rejected his claims and said,
It was nothing, just a sticker change. What difference does it make? We added the correct sticker later.”
Facts/General Knowledge
- She likes drawing and painting in her spare time.
A painting by Sarbani Nanda
- She considers Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt as her inspiration.
Sarbani Nanda (right) with Usain Bolt.
- She was ranked No. 1 in the 200 m category and No. 2 in the 100 m category in the National Athlete Rankings 2017 published by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
- He received the 24th Eklavya Award in 2016 for his achievements in sports. He received Rs 5 lakh in cash and a citation.
Sarbani Nanda (right) given the Ekalavya Award 2016 by famous Indian athlete Milkha Singh
- He lost his maternal grandparents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Sarbani’s personal best times are 11.36 seconds in 100 meters and 23.07 seconds in 200 metres.
- She could not attend her only sister’s wedding as she was training for competitions.
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