Siddhanth Thingalaya
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Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||
Born | (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33) Maharashtra, India | |||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) | |||||||||||
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Country | India | |||||||||||
Sport | Running | |||||||||||
Event | Sprint (110 m hurdles) | |||||||||||
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Personal bests | 13.48 (Mesa 2017) NR | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Siddhanth Thingalaya (born 3 January 1991) is an Indian track and field athlete from Mumbai who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.[1] He holds the current national record in 110 m hurdles with a time of 13.48 seconds, set at Altis Invitational Meet, USA in June 2017. In 7 years' time, he improved the national record 8 times, and brought it from 13.96 to 13.48.[2]
Career
Siddhanth started his athlete career while he was 11 years old. Started participating in inter-school events. His first success in 110 m hurdles came when he won the inter-university title at Kochi, in 2008. He followed it up with a Bronze medal at the 9th National Federation Cup junior athletics championship in Lucknow, with time of 14.69 seconds (99.0 cm hurdles).[3]
Siddhanth had training stint in Australia under Mittal Champions Trust and had participated at South Africa under the Mittal Champions Trust and clocked 14.31 seconds at the high altitude Potchefstroom in March 2010. Few months later, he went on to win the silver medal in the Asian Junior Meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, clocking a personal best 13.96 seconds (99.0 cm hurdles), while setting a new Indian Junior record.[4] He competed for India in the 2010 World Junior Championships, missing qualifying for the semi-finals by .03 in his heat running 14.09.
Currently Siddhanth is being trained by Gary Cablayan, who is a certified USA track and field coach in the sprints, hurdles and relays. He expertise in elite speed specialist and has been training many NFL players like DeSean Jackson and John Ross (American football). He has also coached two Olympians Olutoyin Augustus from Nigeria and Kenneth Medwood from Belize
Thingalaya improved his personal best timing to 14.20 seconds in the heats of men's 110 m hurdles during the 50th National Inter-State Athletics Championships held in Patiala. In the finals, on 7 August 2010, he broke the Indian National record (held by K. Krishna Mohan) by clocking 13.81 seconds while winning the gold. His margin of victory was an impressive 0.65 s as he finished ahead of his rivals, Tamil Nadu’s P. Muthuswamy and Punjab’s Amandeep Singh.[1]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2017 | World Championships | ![]() | Heat | 110 metres hurdles | 13.64 |
UW Indoor Preview | ![]() | 1st | 60 metres hurdles(indoor) | 7.70[5] | |
Altis Invitational | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 13.48[6] | |
2016 | UW Preview Indoor | ![]() | 1st | 60 metres hurdles (indoor) | 7.86[7] |
Mountain T's Invitational | ![]() | 1st | 60 metres hurdles (indoor) | 7.80[8] | |
NTC Pure Athletics Elite Invitational | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 13.59[9] | |
Canyon State Games | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 13.54[10] | |
2015 | UCLA Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 13.83[11] |
21st Asian Athletics Championships | ![]() | Heat | 110 metres hurdles | 14.10 | |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | ![]() | Heat | 110 metres hurdles | 13.91 |
Asian Games | ![]() | 6th | 110 metres hurdles | 13.71 | |
2013 | 91st Australian Athletics Championships | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 13.72 |
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 1 | ![]() | 2nd | 110 metres hurdles | 13.88 | |
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 2 | ![]() | 3rd | 110 metres hurdles | 13.90 | |
Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 3 | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 13.81 | |
20th Asian Athletics Championships | ![]() | 4th | 110 metres hurdles | 13.89 | |
2012 | Sydney Track Classic | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 14.03 |
Qantas Melbourne Track Classic | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 14.13 | |
90th Australian Athletics Championships | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 13.66 | |
2011 | Perth Track Classic | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 14.00 |
89th Australian Athletics Championships | ![]() | 1st | 110 metres hurdles | 14.14 | |
2010 | Asian Junior Athletics Championships | ![]() | 2nd | 110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm) | 13.96 |
IAAF World U20 Championships | ![]() | Heat | 110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm) | 14.09 | |
Commonwealth Games | ![]() | Heat | 110 metres hurdles | 14.06 | |
Asian Games | ![]() | DNF | 110 metres hurdles | NA |
References
- ^ a b "Three national records fall at Indian Inter-State Championships". International Association of Athletics Federations. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ India - national records progression - men .
- ^ "Kesavaramani betters meet record in 110m hurdles". The Hindu. 26 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ "Andheri boy Siddhant Thingalay to represent India at IAAF World Junior's". MiD DAY. 18 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ 2017 UW Indoor Seattle Results .
- ^ 2017 Altis Invitational Results .
- ^ 2016 UW Indoor Seattle Results .
- ^ 2016 Mountain T's Invitational Results .
- ^ 2016 Pure Athletics Elite Invitational Results.
- ^ 2016 Canyon State Games Arizona.
- ^ UCLA Rafer 2015 Results.
External links
- Siddhanth Thingalaya at World Athletics
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