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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian steeplechase runner}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| name = Sudha Singh<br />
| image = Sudha Singh, Gold Medalist For India In 3000m SC.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| caption = Singh in 2016<br />
| fullname = Sudha Singh<br />
| nickname = <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|6|25|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Amethi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| height={{height|m=1.58}}<br />
| weight={{cvt|45|kg}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| sport = [[Track and field]]<br />
| event = [[3000 metres steeplechase]]<br />
| club = Railways<br />
| team = <br />
| turnedpro = <br />
| retired = <br />
| coaching = <br />
| worlds = <br />
| regionals = <br />
| nationals = <br />
| olympics = <br />
| paralympics = <br />
| highestranking = <br />
| pb = 9:26:55 ([[Shanghai]] 2016)<br />
| medaltemplates = <br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalSport|Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m st.]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m st.]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|2017 Bhubaneswar]]|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m st.]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|2009 Guangzhou]]|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m st.]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|2011 Kobe]]|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m st.]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Silver|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|2013 Pune]]|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m st.]]}}<br />
| updated = 9 July 2017<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sudha Singh''' (born 25 June 1986) is an Indian Olympic athlete in the [[3000 metres steeplechase]] event. A national record holder in the event, she has represented India at international events since 2005. Singh is an [[Asian Championship|Asian Champion]] in the discipline and has won two gold and four silver medals at varying editions of the [[Asian Games]] and the [[Asian Athletics Championships|continental championships]].<br />
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Singh's breakthrough came at the [[2010 Asian Games]] in [[Guangzhou]], where she won the gold medal in steeplechase. She has since won a gold at the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] in [[Bhubaneswar]] and a silver at the [[2018 Asian Games]] in [[Jakarta]] and has represented India at two consecutive [[Olympic Games]] in [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] and [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]. Singh was conferred with India's second highest sporting honour, the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2012.She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the [[Padma Shri]] in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1692337 |title=Padma Awards 2021 announced |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs | access-date=26 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/shinzo-abe-tarun-gogoi-ram-vilas-paswan-among-padma-award-winners-complete-list/articleshow/80453596.cms |title=Shinzo Abe, Tarun Gogoi, Ram Vilas Paswan among Padma Award winners: Complete list |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Singh's breakthrough performance came in the [[2010 Asian Games]] in [[Guangzhou, China]] when she won the gold medal with a time of 9:55.67; she became the first Asian Champion in the discipline as it was the first instance of the 3000 meters steeplechase at the [[Asian Games]].<ref name="asian">{{cite web|url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/SINGH-Sudha-3000808/|title=Sudha Singh|publisher=[[2018 Asian Games]]|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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In June 2012, Singh qualified for Olympic Games 2012 after she broke her own 3,000m steeplechase national record with a timing of 9:47.70 secs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tournaments/london-olympics/Steeplechase-runner-Sudha-bags-Olympic-berth/articleshow/13922387.cms|title=Sudha Singh <br />
|access-date=2012-06-08}}</ref> At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Singh finished 13th in her steeplechase heat and did not qualify for the finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-3km-steeplechase/index.html|title=London 2012 3000m steeplechase women - Olympic Athletics|date=9 August 2016|access-date=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205103154/www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-3km-steeplechase/index.html|archive-date=5 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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In the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea, Sudha finished fourth, one place behind Lalita Babar who not only won the bronze medal in the 3000m steeplechase event but also broke Sudha's national record, clocking 9:35.37 in the process.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Athletes_Profile {{!}} Biographies {{!}} Sports|url = http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5118879&lang=en|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201122020022/http://www.incheon2014ag.org/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5118879&lang=en|url-status = dead|archive-date = 22 November 2020|website = www.incheon2014ag.org|access-date = 2015-11-02}}</ref> However, the gold medallist Ruth Jebet from Bahrain was disqualified on account of stepping inside the track before crossing the line, and Singh was promoted and won the bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Asian Games 2014: Lalita wins silver, Sudha bronze in steeplechase|url = http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/asian-games-2014-lalita-wins-silver-sudha-bronze-in-steeplechase-716821.html|website = IBNLive|access-date = 2015-11-02}}</ref><br />
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In August 2015, Sudha Singh sealed her spot in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a 19th-place finish in the women's marathon event, one place behind [[O. P. Jaisha|O.P.Jaisha]] in Beijing. Singh finished just behind [[O. P. Jaisha|Jaisha]] at 19th with a time of 2:35:35.<ref>{{Cite web|title = World Athletics Championships: India's Jaisha Orchatteri breaks national record in women's marathon - Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/World-Athletics-Championships-Indias-Jaisha-Orchatteri-breaks-national-record-in-womens-marathon/articleshow/48728686.cms|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2015-11-02}}</ref><br />
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Maharashtra's [[Lalita Babar]] finished the 3000 meters steeplechase in 9:27.09 to win the gold and set the national record while Sudha, representing Uttar Pradesh, came up with a timing of 9:31.86 and bettered the Rio Games qualification standard of 9:45.00 on the second and penultimate day of the Federation Cup National Athletics Championships in Delhi.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/sudha-singh-women-marathon-2923813/], Sudha Singh Profile: Women’s Marathon.</ref> Singh bettered the national Record in May 2016, at the [[International Amateur Athletics Federation]] (IAAF) [[Diamond League]] in [[Shanghai]].<ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/national-record-a-gift-for-india-s-support-steeplechaser-sudha-singh/story-zUIqWcXotQy21aqUfvaiXK.html| title=National record a gift for India's support: Steeplechaser Sudha Singh | date=16 May 2016 | newspaper=Hindustan Times | access-date =2 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] Singh took ill after competing and returned to India, where she was diagnosed with swine flu and ruled out from competition for the rest of the season.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-rio-olympian-sudha-singh-tested-positive-for-swine-flu-not-zika-2248251 Rio Olympian Sudha Singh tested positive for Swine Flu, not Zika]. DNA India (2016-08-23). Retrieved on 2016-08-24.</ref><br />
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Singh participated in the [[2018 Asian Games]] in [[Jakarta]], having trained under her new coaches Lalit Bhanot and Renu Kolhi. She won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase with a time of 9:40.04 minutes.<ref name="quint">{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/asian-games/asian-games-2018-sudha-singh-womens-3000m-steeplechase-silver-medal|title=Asian Games: Sudha Singh Wins Silver in Women's 3000m Steeplechase|work=The Quint|access-date=28 August 2018|date=27 August 2018}}</ref> Singh told ''The Quint'' that she was dropped from the team owing to her age, but was happy that she could come up with a medal under the tutelage of her new support staff. She said: "I am very happy that I won the medal despite everyone telling me that I'm too old to compete at the International circuit [...] My critics have motivated me to do better."<ref name="quintvideo">{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6GY_q-nk2Xs|title='I've Proven my Critics Wrong': Sudha Singh on Asian Games Silver|work=The Quint|via=[[YouTube]]|access-date=28 August 2018|date=27 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
Following her gold medal at the [[2010 Asian Games]], Singh was awarded the Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji International Sports Award by [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. Singh was subsequently conferred with the [[Arjuna Award]] (India's second highest sporting honour) by the [[Government of India]] in 2012.<ref name="asian"/><br />
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==International competitions==<br />
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="6"|Representing {{IND}}<br />
|-<br />
|2009<br />
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Guangzhou]], China<br />
|bgcolor=silver|{{sica}}<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|10:10.77]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2010<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]<br />
|[[Delhi]], India<br />
|5th<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:57.63]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Guangzhou]], China<br />
|bgcolor=gold|{{goca}}<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:55.67]]<br />
|-<br />
|2011<br />
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Kobe]], Japan<br />
|bgcolor=silver|{{sica}}<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|10:08.52]]<br />
|-<br />
|2012<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]<br />
|[[London]], United Kingdom<br />
|21st (h)<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:48.86]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2013<br />
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Pune]], India<br />
|bgcolor=silver|{{sica}}<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|10:09.80]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Moscow]], Russia<br />
|23rd (h)<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:51.05]]<br />
|-<br />
|2014<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Incheon]], South Korea<br />
|4th<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:35.64]]<br />
|-<br />
|2015<br />
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Beijing]], China<br />
|19th<br />
|Marathon<br />
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon|2:35:35]]<br />
|-<br />
|2016<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]<br />
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil<br />
|30th (h)<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:43.29]]<br />
|-<br />
|2017<br />
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Bhubaneswar]], India<br />
|bgcolor=gold|{{goca}}<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:59.47]]<br />
|-<br />
|2018<br />
|[[2018 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Jakarta]], Indonesia<br />
|bgcolor=silver|{{sica}}<br />
|3000 m s'chase<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase|9:40.03]]<br />
|}<br />
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