SOJAN EDAPPILLY Ancy

India
Athletics
1 Mar 2001
22
Female
1.62/5'4''

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Women's Long Jump 2 Silver Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium
Women's Long Jump Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Asian Championships
4Women's Long Jump2023Bangkok, THA6.41
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Student
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English, History - St. Thomas College, Thrissur, IND
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English
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Kerala [India]
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Anoop Joseph [personal]
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In 2021 she sustained a heel injury. (sportskeeda.com, 01 Mar 2022)

In October 2018 she suffered a right ankle injury. (mathrubhumi.com, 03 Nov 2018; newindianexpress.com, 28 Oct 2018)

She struggled with hamstring injuries when she used to compete in sprint events. (indiasportshub.com, 26 Jun 2022)
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She began training with coach Kannan Mash when she was in grade seven of school. (Sojan Sojan Facebook profile, 27 Jun 2022; onmanorama.com, 29 Jan 2020)
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Her father encouraged her to take up athletics. "I am grateful to my parents that they encouraged me to play sport. I am blessed that they were both athletes in their time and I could take to athletics myself." (onmanorama.com, 29 Jan 2020; timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 01 Feb 2018)
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To record a long jump of 7.00m. (indiasportshub.com, 26 Jun 2022)
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Brazilian footballer Neymar, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. (Instagram profile, 28 Jun 2022)
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Her parents, and her first coach Kannan Mash. (onmanorama.com, 29 Jan 2020)
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She was named Best Athlete in the girls' category at the 2019 National School Meet in Sangrur, India. (mathrubhumi.com, 15 Dec 2019)

Additional Information

General
LONG JUMP FOCUS
She previously competed in sprints as well as the long jump, but began focusing on the long jump in 2022. "100m and 200m require a very special kind of strength training and nutrition. In U20 I could compete [in sprints] at that level, using whatever resources I had. But after a certain point the nutrition and strength training facilities were lacking for me to reach top five in India. Also my hamstring used to get injured very frequently. So after discussing with my coaches and parents, I decided to stick to long jump going into 2022. This has helped me channel my focus and training on one single objective. Earlier I used to be very stressed, because my results in sprints used to be very haphazard. But now thankfully the results in long jump have been positive and there has been no serious injury [problems] for me since then [speaking in mid-2022]." (indiasportshub.com, 26 Jun 2022)

Legend
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Silver Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event