Rubina Yadav (born 14 January 2001) is an Indian athlete from Haryana competing in the high jump event. She was part of the Indian athletics team and finished 9th[1] in the high jump event[2] at the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.[3][4] In April, she achieved the qualifying mark for the Asian Games at the Indian Grand Prix-3 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium In Bengaluru. She jumped 1.81m to clear the Games qualifying mark of 1.80m.[4] She trains at Inspire Institute of Sport.[5]
Career edit
- 2023: In May, she won the gold with a jump of 1.80m[6] at the 26th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, Birsa Munda Foot Ball Stadium, Morabadi, Ranchi.[7]
- 2023: In July, she represented India at the Asian Athletics Championships at Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.[7]
- 2019: In October, she won the gold at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships in Ranchi.[8]
References edit
- ^ Sportstar, Team (2023-10-03). "Athletics Asian Games 2023, October 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Parul Chaudhary, Annu Rani win gold; Tejaswin win decathlon silver, Chithravel gets bronze in triple jump". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ PTI. "AFI looking to add 15 more athletes to its already announced 65-member team for Asian Games". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 2023-08-26. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ a b Bureau, Sports (2023-04-10). "India Grand Prix-3 | Rubina towers with a leap of 1.81m to attain Asian Games qualifying mark". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Six Athletes from Inspire Institute of Sport Qualify for the 2023 Asian Athletics Championship". News18. 2023-05-20. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ "Jyothi Yarraji wins second gold in 200m; Rohit Yadav bags javelin gold". The Statesman. Indo-Asian News Service. 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ^ a b "Rubina Yadav | Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ "Coach blames Jharkhand's poor show on inexperience". Telegraph India. Retrieved 2023-10-10.