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Nicknamed ‘Dhing Express’, Hima Das is a 19-year-old Indian sprinter from the state of Assam. She became the first Indian woman — indeed the first ever Indian athlete — to win a gold medal in any format of a global track event at IAAF World U20 Championships when she clocked a speed of 51.46 seconds. Born on January 9, 2000, to rice farmers in Dhing village of Assam’s Nagaon district, Das won five back-to-back gold medals in about a month in Czech Republic in July 2019.  
 
Hima Das was interested in sports since childhood. She regularly played football with local boys in mud pits next to her parents’ rice fields and was convinced to take up professional athletics by a coach.
 
Das mainly takes part in women’s 400-metre, 200-metre and 4x400-metre relays. At Asian Games in 2018, she won a silver medal in the 4×400-metre mixed relay. She also set an Indian U20 record of 51.32 seconds to finish sixth in the Commonwealth Games 400m final in Gold Coast in April 2018. In September 2018, Adidas signed an endorsement deal with Hima Das. She was also conferred with Arjuna Award by the President of India on September 25, 2018.
 
Das passed her 12th examination from Assam Higher Secondary Education Council in May 2019. Recently, the Bannerghatta Biological Park named a tigress cub as 'Hima' to honour Indian athlete Hima Das.
 
The list of Hima Das’ records in July 2019:
 
  • July 2, 2019: Hima Das bagged 200m gold in Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland in 23.65 seconds.
  • July 7, 2019: Hima Das won 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland in 23.97 seconds.
  • July 13, 2019: Das won 200m gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet in the Czech Republic in 23.43 seconds.
  • July 17, 2019: Das won a gold medal in the 200m race at Tabor Athletics Meet Czech Republic in 23.25 seconds.
  • July 20, 2019: Das won a gold medal in the 400-metre event in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, in 52.09 seconds.
The list of Hima Das’ records in 2018:
 
  • At Asian Games in 2018, Hima Das won a silver medal in the 4×400-metre mixed relay
  • In July, 2018, Das won the 400 m final at the World U-20 Championships 2018 at Tampere in Finland by clocking 51.46 seconds
  • She also set an Indian U20 record of 51.32 seconds to finish sixth in the Commonwealth Games 400m final in Gold Coast in April 2018

Latest Updates on Hima Das

India's medal tally at the Jakarta Asian Games 2018 was the best ever by the country in the history of the games. In spite of that, it was ranked 8th overall

Updated On: 18 Sep 2023 | 8:23 PM IST

Star India sprinter Hima Das has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for three whereabouts failures in 12 months, according to sources

Updated On: 05 Sep 2023 | 7:17 PM IST

India aims to get back to the fourth spot, after participating in six medal matches on Monday, August 8. Read this article to know the schedule and how you can watch CWG 2022 finals.

Updated On: 08 Aug 2022 | 11:07 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2022, India's performance, highlights, Opening, and Closing ceremony, where can you watch it? When is the next CWG event? What is the closing ceremony lineup?

Updated On: 08 Aug 2022 | 11:00 PM IST

The Indian women's cricket team lost a close final to Australia by nine runs even as Harmanpreet Kaur's scored 65 runs off 43 balls

Updated On: 08 Aug 2022 | 9:33 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 8 Highlights: Indian wrestling contingent performed exceptionally, winning six medals which included 3 gold, 1 silver and two bronze. Women's hockey lost controversially

Updated On: 06 Aug 2022 | 3:07 AM IST

India athletes shine on Day 7, as India clinched gold and silver in para-powerlifting and long jump. Read more about India's Day 8 full schedule at CWG 2022. When and where to watch it?

Updated On: 06 Aug 2022 | 7:58 AM IST

On the seventh day of CWG 2022, Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men's Long Jump final, becoming the first Indian male athlete to bring home a medal in the category

Updated On: 05 Aug 2022 | 9:23 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Highlights: Powerlifter Sudhir won India's historic first-ever gold in the sport while Sreeshankar won India's first-ever medal (silver) with an attempt of 8:08 M in Long Jump

Updated On: 05 Aug 2022 | 3:08 AM IST

Commonwealth Games 2022 Day 7: With Hima Das, Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees at key CWG 2022 events, who will win today?

Updated On: 04 Aug 2022 | 1:06 PM IST

Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 7 Full Schedule -Hima Das, Murali Sreeshankar to be India's hope for a medal. Read this article to know when and where can you watch.

Updated On: 04 Aug 2022 | 11:30 AM IST

A member of the CWG-bound women's 4x100m relay team is set be withdrawn from the Indian squad after testing positive for a banned drug

Updated On: 25 Jul 2022 | 2:50 PM IST

Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Wednesday said he spoke to sprinter Hima Das and told her not to lose heart on missing the upcoming Tokyo Olympics

Updated On: 30 Jun 2021 | 7:51 PM IST

Star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand might miss the Olympic qualifying World Athletics Relays in Poland on May 1 and 2 as the Indian team's connecting flight to Amsterdam has been suspended

Updated On: 28 Apr 2021 | 11:44 AM IST

Star sprinter Hima Das is confident that the Indian women's 4x100m relay team, of which she is a part, can qualify for the Tokyo Olympics during the World Athletics Relay in Poland next month.

Updated On: 20 Apr 2021 | 3:18 AM IST

S Dhanalakshmi of Tamil Nadu, who had stunned Dutee Chand in the 100m final, on Thursday beat another star athlete Hima Das in the 200m semifinal heats by running a meet record time of 23.26 seconds

Updated On: 18 Mar 2021 | 9:30 PM IST

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday formally presented international athlete Hima Das with the letter appointing her to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

Updated On: 27 Feb 2021 | 5:15 AM IST

Nicknamed 'Dhing Express', Hima Das is a 20-year-old Indian sprinter from Assam

Updated On: 10 Feb 2021 | 11:58 PM IST

Star sprinter Hima Das, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and chief badminton coach Pullela Gopichand will raise awareness on daily fitness exercises in a campaign planned from September 13 to 27

Updated On: 10 Sep 2020 | 12:34 PM IST

"Take care Amit ji. Praying for your good health and quick recovery," Sachin Tendulkar tweeted

Updated On: 12 Jul 2020 | 1:22 PM IST