J. J. Shobha

Personal information

Full name

Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha

Born

14 January 1978 (age 46)
Pashupathihaal, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

Sport

Country

India

Sport

Athletics

Event

Heptathlon

Achievements and titles

Personal best

6211 (New Delhi 2004)

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing India
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Heptathlon
	2006 Doha	Heptathlon
Asian Championships
	2002 Colombo	4×400 m
	2002 Colombo	Heptathlon
	2007 Amman	Heptathlon
Afro-Asian Games
	2003 Hyderabad	Heptathlon

Updated on 10 July 2013

Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha (born 14 January 1978) is an Indian professional track and field athlete from a village called Pashupathihaal near Dharwad in Karnataka. She currently resides in Secunderabad in Telangana, India. She participated in the heptathlon and was the winner of the event at the inaugural Afro-Asian Games in 2003. Her personal best of 6211 points, achieved in 2004, is a national record.^[1]

She came into the news for her performance at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she completed the seven-discipline heptathlon event despite being injured in the penultimate event of Javelin throw. She had to be carried off the field but she returned with a tightly strapped left ankle and finished 3rd in the final event (800 m) and 11th overall with 6172 points. She was awarded the Arjuna award for the year 2004 for her gritty performance.

She came 29th in the heptathlon event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, scoring 5749 points.^[2]

International competitions

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing India
2002	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	2nd	Heptathlon	5775 pts
2002	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	3rd	Heptathlon	5870 pts
2003	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	1st	Heptathlon	5884 pts
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th	Heptathlon	6172 pts
2006	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	3rd	Heptathlon	5662 pts
2007	Asian Championships	Amman, Jordan	2nd	Heptathlon	5356 pts
2008	Asian Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	Pentathlon	3860 pts
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	29th	Heptathlon	5749 pts

References

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^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "J. J. Shobha". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
^ "India at the Beijing Olympics". Rediff News. 24 August 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

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Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha at World Athletics
Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha at Olympedia
Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)

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