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Velluva Koroth Vismaya

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Velluva Koroth Vismaya (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was part of the Indian women's 4 × 400 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. At the 2019 [Athletics Championships], she won silver in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay and silver in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay. VK Vismaya was part of the Indian mixed relay team in 2019’s World Athletics Championships in Doha, in which she qualified for the finals and secured a place for the year 2021 in Summer Olympics. [1] She won Gold Medal in 400Metres at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships held in October 2019 in Ranchi, Jharkhand. [2]

Personal Life and Background:

Daughter of Vinod (Farmar) and Sujatha (Homemakers and warden), Velluva Koroth Vismaya (VK Vismaya) was born in 1, Kannur District in Kerala on 14th May 1997. She was named by adding the first letters of her parents’ name. Though she initially wanted to be an engineer, she took to athletics inspired by her sister Vijusha who was training to be an athlete. While she was studying in class 11 at St George Higher Secondary School Kothamangalam, she won a Gold medal in the South Zone school tournament. [1] Vismaya has always been a bright student who scored A plus (A+) in 10th standards, her academic grades have always been above 90 percent (%). She got admission in Assumption College at Changanacherry in Kottayam. Although Vismaya won two Silver medals for her state Kerala in 2014, she still was not sure of taking up sport as a career as she has always been a bright student and she gave equal importance to sports and studies. She oscillated between academics and sport but eventually her coaches and the Sports Director at Assumption College convinced her to take up athletics as a career. [1] [3] The All-India Inter-University Athletics Championships of 2017-18 held in Mangalore University was the turning point in Vismaya’s sports career. She had clocked 53.63s to win silver at the 400Metres event at the University Meet and was selected to the National Camp. Coach Galina Bukharina spotted her at the camp and started her training under her guidance was a game-changer for Kerala Sprinter. Vismaya had started her career as a hurdle sprinter but due to an injury, it became an obstacle for her to change the track. She began training as a middle-distance runner. There were no synthetic tracks or modern gym facilities in her school at the time. Hence, she trained on mud tracks which was hardest to work with in Monsoon as it becomes slippery. [1][3]

Professional achievements:

Vismaya won Gold Medal in the 200Metres race breaking a 25-year-old record in the All-India Inter-University Championship. In the same event, she also won a silver medal in 400Meters. After she won medals at the Inter University Championship, she was selected for National Camp. In 2018, 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia (also known as Jakarta- Palembang 2018) where she was part of the Indian Women's 4 × 400Metres Relay Team that won Gold medal. [2] The quartet of Vismaya, Muhammed Anas, Noah Nirmal Tom and Jisna Mathew competed in the 4 × 400 metres mixed team relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, where they clocked 3:16.14 in the heats to qualify for the final which secured a place at the 2021 Summer Olympics.[2].The team finished seventh in the finals of the world athletics championships with a timing of 3:15: 77 .[3] In 2019, Vismaya went on to win Gold medal in 400 meters race, clocking 52.12 seconds at the Athletic Meeting in Brno, Czech Republic in 2019. [4]

References

https://www.bbc.com/hindi/sport-55689268 [1] https://www.indiatimes.com/sports/what-a-run-indian-sprinter-vk-vismaya-wins-400m-gold-in-czech-republic-374614.html [2] https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2018/sep/07/interview-vk-vismaya-accidental-runner-who-held-off-a-world-champ-to-seal-4x400-asian-games-relay-1868898.html [3] https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/vk-vismaya-wins-gold-new-personal-best-czech-republic-5945730/ [4] https://indianathletics.in/59th-national-open-athletics-championships-2019-schedule/ https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/features https://www.indiafantasy.com/player-bio/vk-vismaya-athletics-age-height-olympics/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/mangalore-university-emerges-team-champions-at-all-india-inter-university-athletic-meet/articleshow/62097904.cms https://www.indiafantasy.com/player-bio/vk-vismaya-athletics-age-height-olympics/

' RIGHT SIDE BOX INFO: •	Full name: Velluva Koroth Vismaya •	Birth: 14 May 1997 •	Place of Birth: Sreekandapuram, Kannur, Kerala •	Citizenship: Indian

Medals: 1. Gold Medal in 4X400 Women's Relay at Asian Games 2018, Jakarta 2. Silver Medal 4X400 Women’s Relay at Asian Championship 2019, Doha 3. Silver Medal 4X400 Mixed Relay at Asian Championship 2019, Doha 4. Gold Medal in 400 meters Women's race, Athletic Meeting, 2019, Brno, Czech Republic