People from Purulia District - Pinki Pramanik, Mihir Sen, Basudeb Acharia, Bir Singh Mahato (Paperback)

Chapters: Pinki Pramanik, Mihir Sen, Basudeb Acharia, Bir Singh Mahato. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pinki Pramanik (born 10 April 1986 in Purulia) is an Indian track athlete who specialises in the 400 metres and 800 metres. She has had much success with the national 4x400 metres relay team, winning silver at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, gold at the 2006 Asian Games, and gold at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games. She completed at triple of gold medals at the 2006 South Asian Games, winning the 400 and 800 m events, as well as the relay. Her first success was winning two bronzes at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships when she was 17 years old. She was chosen to represent Asia at the IAAF World Cup. Domestically, she has won three times at the All-India Open National Championships. A series of injuries and a car crash has meant that she has seldom competed since 2007. Pramanik made her mark at junior level when she set four junior state records in 2002. She made her world debut at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics where she reached the 800 m semifinals. She won the 400 m race at the All-India Open National Championships soon after. She set a record at the National Junior Athletics meeting by running 54.92 seconds in the 400 m, although some confusion over whether she was born in 1986 or 1987 dampened proceedings. She stepped up to the senior level the following year and won two bronzes in the 400 m and 800 m races at the 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. In late 2004, an incident in which a group of youths planted a gun on her and called police put her career at risk. However, eye witnesses testified that the youths had harassed her and had placed the gun in her bag; she was released without charge. She took three month...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2643319