Nationality India Height 1.91 m Country India Education Mithibai College | Sport Running Residence Mumbai Name Siddhanth Thingalaya Events Sprint | |
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Born 3 January 1991 (age 33) ( 1991-01-03 ) Maharashtra, India | ||
Siddhanth thingalaya india 110m hurdles 14 13 0 2hw qantas melbourne track classic 3 3 2012
Siddhanth Thingalaya (born 3 January 1991) is an Indian track and field athlete from Mumbai who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. 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.
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- Siddhanth thingalaya india 110m hurdles 14 13 0 2hw qantas melbourne track classic 3 3 2012
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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 (99.0cm hurdles).
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. He competed for India in the 2010 World Junior Championships, missing qualifying for the semi-finals by .03 in his heat running 14.09.
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.