V. S. Surekha

V. S. Surekha
Personal information
Full name Surekha Vazhalipilli Suresh
Nationality Indian
Born (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984
Kerala, India
Sport
Country  India
Sport Track and field athletics
Event(s) Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Regional finals Indian: 2003, 2004, 2006
Personal best(s) 4.15 m (New Delhi 2014) NR
Updated on 5 November 2014.

V. S. Surekha (Malayalam: വി.എസ്. സുരേഖ) (born 14 August 1984) is an Indian pole vaulter. She holds the current national record of 4.15 m set at National Open Championships held at New Delhi in 2014.[1] Surekha is the first Indian female pole vaulter to clear 4.00 meters. She is married to the triple jumper and Indian National record holder Renjith Maheshwary.[2]

Career

Surekha was born in Kerala; her first national record was 3.51 m, a record set at the 43rd Open National Athletic Championship in Bangalore on 28 September 2003.[3] At the third National Federation Cup junior athletic meet in Chennai, Surekha set a new meet record of 3.45 m.[4] In the next year on 12 September, at the Standard Chartered Open National Athletics in Mumbai, she bettered her national mark by vaulting 3.55m.[5] At the meeting at 1st national athletics circuit meet at New Delhi, Surekha set a new national record, with a height of 3.70 m [6] only to see her rival Chetna Solanki increase this by ten centimeters the following month.[7] However, in the same year Surekha equalled Chetna's record at an international meet at Incheon on 2 September.[8] On 5 September 2006 in New Delhi, Surekha became the first Indian vaulter to clear 4.00 meters by jumping 4.05 to set a new national record.[9] She bettered the record clearing 4.15 meters at the National Open Championships in New Delhi, in November 2014.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Surekha soars past own National mark". The Hindu. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Couple rewrite meet records". The New Indian Express. 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Piyush Kumar and Surekha adjudged best". Sportstar (The Hindu). 2–8 October 2004. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  4. ↑ "Surekha steals the show". The Hindu. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  5. ↑ "Surekha vaults own national record". The Times of India. 12 September 2004. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  6. ↑ "Surekha soars to new mark". The Times of India. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  7. ↑ "Chetna Solanki soars to a record". The Hindu. 2 June 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  8. ↑ "Soma clinches India's first gold". The Hindu. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  9. ↑ "Surekha vaults over 4m for national mark". The Indian Express. 5 September 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

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