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Nicknamed ‘Dhing Express’, Hima Das is a 19-year-old Indian sprinter from the state of Assam. She became the first Indian woman — indeed the first ever Indian athlete — to win a gold medal in any format of a global track event at IAAF World U20 Championships when she clocked a speed of 51.46 seconds. Born on January 9, 2000, to rice farmers in Dhing village of Assam’s Nagaon district, Das won five back-to-back gold medals in about a month in Czech Republic in July 2019.Born on 9th January 2000, Hima Das is an Indian sprinter who has scripted history with her super-sonic performance at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships. She is the first Indian woman to clinch a bar of gold at the event. This young Assam girl has proved the world that it is your perseverance that leads you towards glory. Initially, Das used to play football but was suggested by her school teacher to switch to an individual sport which led her to go for the sprint. Her dream is to make the nation proud, which she is undoubtedly living.Das passed her 12th examination from Assam Higher Secondary Education Council in May 2019. Recently, the Bannerghatta Biological Park named a tigress cub as ‘Hima’ to honour Indian athlete Hima Das.Das mainly takes part in women’s 400-metre, 200-metre and 4×400-metre relays. At Asian Games in 2018, she won a silver medal in the 4×400-metre mixed relay. She also set an Indian U20 record of 51.32 seconds to finish sixth in the Commonwealth Games 400m final in Gold Coast in April 2018. In September 2018, Adidas signed an endorsement deal with Hima Das. She was also conferred with Arjuna Award by the President of India on September 25, 2018.Hima Das was interested in sports since childhood. She regularly played football with local boys in mud pits next to her parents’ rice fields and was convinced to take up professional athletics by a coach.
Hima Das, the first Indian women athelete to win gold medal at International Level, National record holder and the golden girl of India who stunned the whole world by grabbing five international gold medals within three weeks.In 2000, the golden girl was born in Dhing village in Assam to a poor farmer family.Hima was an active child, she used to play football with boys in muddy fields. Earlier she was interested in football but her physical education teacher in Navodaya Vidyalaya saw her speed while playing football and advised her to take up sprinting.On 2nd July 2019, the Dhing Express clocked 23.65 seconds on her way to 200m gold in Poznan Athletics Grand Pix in Poland.On 7th July, she again won gold at Kutno Athletics meet in Poland by finishing her race in 23.97 seconds.She holds the current Indian national record in 400 metres with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships. Appointed as Deputy Superintendent in Assam Police on 26 February 2021. Prior to getting into the track & field event, Hima was interested in Football. She used to play football with boys at her school and even wanted to pursue her career in Football.
Later, Hima opted sprint as her career; upon advice from a school physical education teacher named Shamsul Hoque. Nippon (Hima’s Coach) spotted her during an inter-district meet. He says- She was wearing cheap spikes, but she won gold in the 100 and 200. She ran like the wind. I hadn’t seen such a talent in ages.”
Hima was born and raised in a small village in Assam. She was born in a poor family but was good in sports and started football along with boys. She soon realized that women’s football is not going to earn her any recognition. She then with the help of her PE teacher named Shamsul Hoque started training in sprinting.She earned a niche for herself at the junior level and finally competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She couldn’t bring back medals but showed that she has the potential to win medals for her country. The very same year, she created history after she won the gold medal at World U-20 Championships 2018 in 400m. She thereby became the first Indian sprinter to win a gold medal at an international event. She represented India at the 2018 Asian Games in 4*400m Women’s Team, Mixed Team. She along with her team won the Gold medal in both the events. She also won Silver medal at the 400m sprint and thereby also created the national record by clocking 50.79s.
After a great 2018 season the expectation were high from her and she didn’t disappoint as she won as many as 5 Gold medals at the international level. She was congratulated by celebrities from various fields for her achievement and now all eyes will be on her to win an Olympic medal at the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo. She too has vowed to win more and more medals for her country. It is safe to say that she is arguably the best women athlete that India has ever produced.
Das competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 400 metres and the 4×400 metres relay. In the 400 mtres, Das qualified for the final where she finished sixth in a time of 51.32 seconds, 1.17 seconds behind gold medalist Amantle Montsho from Botswana. In the 4×400 metres relay she was part of the Indian team that competed in the final. They finished seventh, with a time of 3 minutes and 33.61 seconds.Das became the first Indian track athlete to hold a global title on winning the Gold medal at the World U-20 Championships 2018 at Tampere, Finland, in Women’s 400m with a time of 51.46 seconds.Having run a slower first half, Das accelerated on the last 100 meter stretch overtaking three competitors en route to the gold medal.Das is now part of a group of Indian athletes who have won medals at the World U20 Championships, which includes Seema Punia (Bronze, Discus throw), Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (Bronze, Discus throw) and Neeraj Chopra (Gold, Javelin throw)Hima Das was born on 09-01-2000 in Dhing, Nagaon in the state of Assam, India. She is an Indian Sprinter & Athlete who represent India in World Junior Athletics Championships 2018 & has become the first Indian by won the Gold Medal. Nicknamed as MoNJai. 1 Gold and 2 Silvers in Asiad 2018. Gold winner
Hima Das Early Life
Hima Das was born in Kandhulimari village in Dhing, Assam to Ronjit and Jonali Das; she is the youngest of four children. She attended the Dhing Public School and began playing football as a child. Das caught the attention of Nipon Das, an athletics coach from the Directorate of Sports and Youth Welfare during an inter-district competition. He asked her to shift to the state’s capital Guwahati for training. Hima Das‘ parents agreed to the proposal despite their reservations. Describing her as a rare talent Nipon Das said that Hima Das’ “dedication and hard work set her apart”. She then moved accommodation near the Sarusajai Sports Complex and got enrolled to the state academy, which specialised in boxing and football. Later, a separate wing was started for athletics.She played the sport with the boys at her school and wanted to pursue a career in football. Later, on the suggestion of Shamsul Hoque, a Physical Education Trainer from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Das switched over to athletics and began participating in short and middle distance races. Hoque introduced her to Gowri Shankar Roy of the Nagaon Sports Association. Das later qualified for inter-district competition and won two Gold medals at the sports meet.
Career:
Das is the first Indian track athlete, who won a medal at any global event. She won the gold medal in women’s 400m at the World U-20 Championships 2018 at Tampere, Clocking a time of 51.46 seconds.In 4×400 meters relay, she was a part of the Indian team which competed in the final where they finished seventh in the first time of three minutes and 33.61 seconds.Additionally, Das has finished the\ Commonwealth Games in both the 400 meters and the 4×400 meters relay. In the 400 meters, Das qualified for the final, where she finished sixth in the time of 51.32 seconds, 1.17 seconds after the gold medalist Amantle Montsho from Botswana.
Achievements-
Bagged India’s first gold medal in 400m at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championship of 2018 clocking 51.46s Competed at the Commonwealth Games of 2018 in 400 m and 4×400 m relay. In the finals of 400 m, she finished sixth with a timing of 51.32 seconds whereas, in the 4×400 relay, the team finished seventh with a timing of 3 minutes and 33.61 seconds. On 20th July 2019, Hima added her fifth gold medal of the month with her super-sonic performance in the 400 m race in Nove Mesto where she recorded the timing of 52.09 s she succeeded in her chase for another gold medal at the Tabor Athletics Meet where she clocked 23.25 s Bagged a gold medal at the Asian Games test event, held in Jakarta in 2018, improving her personal best timing to 23.59 s Won a bronze and a silver medal at the school nationals in 100m and 200m, respectively that ultimately lead her to compete at the Youth (U-18) Nationals of 2017 in Hyderabad. There, she clocked 25.85s. Appointed as the first-ever UNICEF Youth Ambassador for India on 18th November 2018 Hima qualified for the 2017 Asian Youth Championships through her performance at the Youth U-18 Nationals and finished seventh with an improved timing of 24.52 s. Won the 200m sprint event at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix 2019 with the timing of 23.65s on 2nd July and replicated the victory at the Kutno Athletics Meet in the same event with the timing of 23.97s on 7th Jul Bagged her third medal of the season with her perfect timing of 23.43 s at the Kladno Athletics Meet 2019. The same month, Finished fifth at the 2017 World Youth Championships, held in\ Nairobi with the timing of 24.31s Bagged gold medals at the Asian Games of 2018 in women’s 4×400 m and mixed 4×400 m events, and\ earned the second spot in 400 m event. The same year in September, Hima signed an endorsement deal with Addidas and the Government of India also bestowed her with the Arjuna award.
Hima Das Biography
Real/Full Name – Hima Das
Profession/Occupation – Athlete, Dhing Express
Profession / Role – Sprinter
Place of Birth-India
Nick Name – Hima, Mon Jai, Golden Girl
Famous For – Being India’s first track and field medalist at the IAAF world championship in 2018
Date Of Birth/Birthday – 9 January 2000
Age(as in 2018) – 18 Years
Mother Tongue – Hindi
Religion/Caste – Hinduism
Nationality – Indian
Zodiac/Sun Sign – Capricorn
Birth Place – Dhing, Nagaon, Assam, India
Home Town – Dhing, Nagaon, India
Residence – Dhing, Nagaon, India
Marital Status – Unmarried
Coach/Mentor – Nipon Das
Debut – In 2018 at the IAAF world U20 championships
Hima Das Body Measurements – Height, Weight
Height in centimeters – 165 cm
Height in meters – 1.65 m
Height in Feet Inches – 5’5″
Weight in Kilograms – 50 kg
Weight in Pounds – 110 lbs
Skin Colour – Wheatish
Eye Colour – Black
Hair Colour – Brown (Right side of the head is dyed Blonde)
Personal Life
Birthplace – Kandhulimari Village, Dhing, Nagaon, Assam
Zodiac sign – Capricorn
Nationality – Indian
Hometown – Dhing, Nagaon, Assam
Educational Qualification
School – Dhing Public High School
She passed the 12th-grade exam from Assam Higher Secondary Education Council in May 2019
Religion – Hinduism
Caste – Keot (Kaibarta)- Scheduled Caste
Hobbies – Playing Football, Shooting, Listening to Music, Watching Movies
Boys, Affairs & More
Marital Status – Unmarried
Family
Husband/Spouse – N/A
Parents
Father- Ronjit Das (farmer)
Mother- Jonali (farmer)
Siblings
Brother- Basanta (younger)
Sister(s)- Rinti Das (younger), Barsha (youngest)
Favourite Things
Favourite Track – Athlete Ashwini Akkunji
Favourite Football Player – Nicolás Vélez (Argentina)
Favourite Cricketer(s) – M. S. Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar
Favourite Singer(s) – Zubeen Garg, Papon
Favourite Film(s) – Mon Jaai (a 2008 Assamese language film), Mission China (a 2017 Assamese language film)
Favourite Bollywood Actor – Akshay Kumar
Home Town – Dhing, Nagaon
Nationality – Indian
Religion – Hindu
Address – Dhing, Nagaon, Assam
School – Dhing Public High School
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Hobbies – Football, Music, Shooting & Movies
Marital Status – Unmarried
Debut – IAAF World U20 Championship 2018
Hima Das Favorites Things and Like & Dislike
Favorite Track Athlete – Ashwini Akkunji
Favorite Football Player – Nicols Velez (Argentina)
Favorite Singer – Zubeen Garg
Favorite Films – Mon Jaai,Mission China
Favorite Color – Blue
Favorite Sport – Football, Sprint
Favorite Politician – Narendra Modi
Favorite Actress – Priyanka Chopra
Favorite Actor – Shah Rukh Khan
Favorite Singer – Zubeen Garg
Track and Field
International Debut – In 2018 at the IAAF World U20 Championships
Coach/Mentor
1)Nippon Das
2)Nabajit Malakar
3)Galina Bukharina
4)Elina
Event Sprint
Records (main ones)
At the 2018 Asian Games, after clocking 51.00 in heat 1, Das set a new national record in India.
On 26 August 2018, she improved the national record to 50.79 s.
Medals
Gold at the World U-20 Championships 2018 held at Tampere, Finland on 12 July 2018
Silver in 400 m at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta
Gold in Mixed 4×400 m at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta
Gold in Women’s 4×400 m at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta
Gold in 200 m in Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland on 2 July 2019
Gold in 200m at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland on 7 July 2019
Gold in 200 m at the Kladno Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic on 13 July 2019
Gold in 200 m at the Tabor Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic on 17 July 2019
Gold in 400 m in Nove Mesto, the Czech Republic on 20 July 2019
Awards, Honours
Arjuna Award on 25 September 2018
Appointed as India’s first-ever youth ambassador of UNICEF-India on 14 November 2018
Appointed as the Assam’s brand ambassador for sports by the Government of Assam
AWARD NAME – AWARD CATEGORY – RECEIPT YEAR – RECEIPT FIELD
Arjuna Award – National Sports Award – 2008 – Athletic
The list of Hima Das’ records in 2018:
At Asian Games in 2018, Hima Das won a silver medal in the 4×400-metre mixed relay
In July, 2018, Das won the 400 m final at the World U-20 Championships 2018 at Tampere in Finland by clocking 51.46 seconds
She also set an Indian U20 record of 51.32 seconds to finish sixth in the Commonwealth Games 400m final in Gold Coast in
April 2018
The list of Hima Das’ records in July 2019:
July 2, 2019: Hima Das bagged 200m gold in Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland in 23.65 seconds.
July 7, 2019: Hima Das won 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland in 23.97 seconds.
July 13, 2019: Das won 200m gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic in 23.43 seconds.
July 17, 2019: Das won a gold medal in the 200m race at Tabor Athletics Meet Czech Republic in 23.25 seconds.
July 20, 2019: Das won a gold medal in the 400-metre event in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, in 52.09 seconds.
Shocking / Interesting Facts & Secrets About Hima Das
1. She used to play football during her school days. She used to play football with boys and gave them a run for their money
she was that brilliant.
2. In September 2018, Hima Das was honoured with Arjuna Award by Government of India.
3. Her coach advised her to run 400m, considering her ability to sprint faster near finishing line. She practiced to run
slower in starting for 300m and later accelerate 100m sprint as fast as possible.
4. The coach pressurized Hima to shift to Guwahati, 140 km away from her village and convinced her that she had a future in
athletics.
5. Hima was first trained in Guwahati’s Sarusajai stadium by head coach Nipon Das and Nabajit Malakar.
6. Hima Das With Nipon Das and Nabajit Malakar at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati
7. Hima Das is also the brand ambassador of Adidas.
8. Hima participated in 400m race in Commonwealth Games 2018 at Gold Coast. She qualified for semifinals of 400m, but
unfortunately she got injured and finished sixth with timing of 51.32 seconds, which was just 1.17 seconds more than the
Amantle Montsho, the Gold Medalist from Botswana. She was also part of Indian 4×400m relay team for the same event.
9. In July 2018, Hima won Gold Medal at the World Championship Under 20 in Finland by finishing in 51.46 seconds. She created
golden history by becoming the first Indian women athelete to win gold at International event.
10. The golden girl qualified for final of Asian Games 2018. She not only won silver medal but also improved national score
of India to 51.79 seconds. But Das couldn’t qualify for 200m race due to wrong start in semifinal. She was also part of
4×400m Indian relay team and won silver in the same event.
11. In 2018, she was appointed as first ever youth brand ambassador of UNICEF India.
12. Hima Das was quite popular in her native place as a social activist before becoming international sensation. She led a
group of women to disassemble illegal outlets of liquor in her village. Her protest led to a case against her father but even
legal trouble could not stop her.
13. She became the first Indian to win a Gold in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships, when she ran the Women’s
400 meters at Tampere version of the Games, 2018 in 51.46 seconds.
14. She holds the current Indian national record in 400 meters women’s race with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked in the
Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games winning the silver medal.
15. Hima Das is an Indian sprinter from the state of Assam.
16. In Women’s 4 × 400 meters relay on 30th August, 2018, she, along with M.R. Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and V.K. Vismaya
won the gold medal for India clocking 3m 28.72s to complete the race.
17. In 2016, she participated in a inter district meet where her coach Nipon Das spotted her talent. He was amazed to see
that inspite of cheap spikes, she ran like the wind and won gold in 100 as well as 200m.
18. The golden girl amazed the whole world by grabbing back to back five Gold Medals within 19 days. The same girl who
couldn’t afford a good pair of spikes and used to practice barefoot in fields, signed endowment deal with global shoe brand
Adidas. And today she owns personalised adidas shoes with her name on right side and creating history on left one.
19. On 25 September 2018, the Government of India conferred Hima Das with the Arjuna Award.
Hima Das – Arjuna Award
20. Hima Das is a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar and in September 2018, she received a jersey signed by Sachin Tendulkar.
21. In October 2018, GQ India Magazine featured Hima Das on its cover as the “Young Indian of the Year.”
Hima Das on GQ India Cover
22. In July 2019, Hima Das created sensations in India after winning five gold medals in a single month.
23. After Bhogeswar Baruah, Hima is the first athlete from Assam to win a gold medal at an international event.
24. Hima Das is the Brand Ambassador of Assam Fire and Emergency Services.
25. After she bagged 5 medals in July 2019, she was congratulated by various politicians and celebrities on social media.
26. She was conferred with the Arjuna Award in the year 2018.
27. She was appointed as the Assam’s brand ambassador for sports by the Government of Assam in the year 2018.
28. She is the second athlete from Assam after Bhogeswar Baruah to win a gold medal at an international event.
29. It’s easy to give up in adverse situation. Hima Das didn’t have necessary resources, she could have easily walked out but
her strong will kept her going. She worked hard to make her dream come true and rest is history. Hima Das Biography is an
inspiration to every young girl. She broke all the barriers and has set new benchmark in athletics by bringing nothing but
gold in sprinting.
30. Hima campaigns to break archaic taboos like menstruation and openly advocates for women empowerment.
31. In an interview, Hima’s father said-When she was 7, she used to tell me ‘Deuta (Father), I want to fly on an airplane one
day’. But look at her today — she’s done so much more than that.”
32. Hima’s father, Ronjit Das, was a fast runner himself. He says-
When Hima told me that she wanted to pursue sports, I saw no point in stopping her. Her passion is real. And there’s no
stopping passion like that.”
33. On 1 November 2019, she appeared on the special “Karamveer” shoe of KBC Season 11 along with Dutee Chand.
34. In Guwahati, Hima Das, who was used to running 100 m and 200 m, was asked to switch to 400 m.
35. Her parents were initially reluctant to let her go, but, later, they agreed.
36. The golden girl did not stop here, and clocked her third 200m Gold Medal in 23.43 seconds, at Kaldno Athletics meet in
Czech Republic in the same month.
37. International sensation Hima Das continued creating golden history and again won gold medal in 200m with race at Tabor
Athletics meet Czech Republic on 17th July 2019. She did not only won another medal but improved her timing to 23.25 seconds.
38. The unstoppable Hima Das continued to make India proud with her incredible performance and won another Gold Medal in 400m
in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic with timing of 52.09 seconds.
39. Her coach Nipon Das took care of her accomodation expense. He also persuaded the officials to admit her into academy.
Even though the state academy was for boxing and football, Das managed to become part of academy by impressing the officials
with her outstanding performance.
40. Government of Assam appointment Hima Das as the sports brand ambassador of Assam.
Strong determination and honest hard work could make anyone achieve impossible. It doesn’t matter how much obstacles come in
between you and your goal. You will find a way to achieve your goal.
41. After winning the gold medal in the World U20 Championship, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated her on
Twitter.
42. Indian President Ram Nath Kovind also congratulated her on Twitter.
The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) mocked her English prior to winning event, but later it apologized after Das grabbed
the gold medal.
43. In the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, she finished sixth in women’s 400-meter final.
In August 2018, she won a Silver Medal in the Asian Games held in Indonesia.
Hima Das, the golden girl or Dhing Express achieved the impossible performance with her immense hard work. Her sensational
performance surprised everyone all around the world.
44. Das is the first Indian track athlete, who won a gold medal at any global event.
She clinched the top spot in the women’s 400 m final race in the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships in Finland.
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