FULL NAME: Samsad Ara Begum
GENDER: Female
BORN: 29th September, 1998
PARENTS: M Rashid (Father)
TYPE OF ATHLETE: Distance dunner
HOME ADDRESS: Khurda, Odisha, India
EDUCATION: Not known
EVENTS PURSUED: 5000m and 10000m run
TRAINING PLACE: SAI Training Centre, Cuttack
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Not known

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the women 5000m run gold medal with New Meet Record (17:58.8) at the 67th Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from 28-30 December, 2019.
*     Bagged a double, winning women’s 5000m and 10000m gold medals at the 66th Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2018.
*     Bagged a double by winning gold medals in women’s 5000m and 10000m events of the 65th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2017. She also emerged best female athlete of the meet, establishing new state record in 5000m and new meet record in 10000m events.
*     Bagged a double by winning 1st position in U-20 girls’ 3000m and 5000m events of the 64th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from April 2 to 4, 2017. She also created a new meet record (18:20.2s) in 5000m and was adjudged the best female athlete of the championship.
*     Bagged a creditable double by winning titles in (girls-20) 3000m and 5000m events of the 63rd Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, from Dec 28 to 30, 2015. She created new meet records in both the events.

ZONAL:
*     Won the u-20 women’s gold medal in 5000m and silver 3000m events of the 29th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at SAI Complex in Kolkata on Sept 17-18, 2017.
*     Won one silver and one bronze medal in girls-20 5000m (11.03.0s) and 3000m (11.03.0s) events respectively in the 28th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Guwahati, Assam on Sept 10 and 11, 2016.
*     Won a gold each in girls-20 3000m and 5000m events of the 26th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Kolkata on Sept 20 and 21, 2014.
*     Won one bronze medal in girls-18 3000m event of the 24th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Kolkata from Sept 4 to 6, 2012.

NATIONAL:
*     Finished seventh in girls 3000m and fifth in 5000m events of the 14th Federation Cup Junior National Athletics Championship, held at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru from May 3 to 5, 2016.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 26 January, 2013
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 8 April, 2020