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.
A fully fit Shobha placed 29th in the heptathlon event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, scoring 5749 points.[2]
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
shobha, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templates, tools, available, assist, fo. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 Andhra Pradesh 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 J J ShobhaPersonal informationFull nameJavur Jagadeeshappa ShobhaBorn 1978 01 14 14 January 1978 age 45 Pashupathihaal Dharwad Karnataka IndiaSportCountry IndiaSportAthleticsEvent s HeptathlonAchievements and titlesPersonal best s 6211 New Delhi 2004 Medal record Asian Games2002 Busan Heptathlon2006 Doha HeptathlonAfro Asian Games2003 Hyderabad HeptathlonAsian Athletics Championships2002 Colombo Heptathlon2007 Amman HeptathlonUpdated on 10 July 2013 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 A fully fit Shobha placed 29th in the heptathlon event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics scoring 5749 points 2 International competitions editYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting nbsp India2002 Asian Championships Colombo Sri Lanka 2nd Heptathlon 5775 ptsAsian Games Busan South Korea 3rd Heptathlon 5870 pts2003 Afro Asian Games Hyderabad India 1st Heptathlon 5884 pts2004 Olympic Games Athens Greece 11th Heptathlon 6172 pts2006 Asian Games Doha Qatar 3rd Heptathlon 5662 pts2007 Asian Championships Amman Jordan 2nd Heptathlon 5356 pts2008 Asian Indoor Championships Doha Qatar 4th Pentathlon 3860 ptsOlympic Games Beijing China 29th Heptathlon 5749 ptsReferences edit 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 http specials rediff com sports 2008 aug 24slide3 htmExternal links editJavur Jagadeeshappa Shobha at World Athletics nbsp Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha at Olympedia nbsp Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games archived nbsp nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Indian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title J J Shobha amp oldid 1174333965, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
