Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

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Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Profile

  • Name:
  • Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
  • Born:
  • December 11, 1969
  • Spouse:
  • Avtar Singh

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Biography

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is a former athlete and parliamentarian from Bengal. She was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (2004) from Krishnagar Constituency of West Bengal as a candidate of Communist Party of India. Formerly an Indian athlete who represented India at many international competitions, she is a recipient of the prestigious Arjuna Award in the year 1995. Padma Shri in 2003 and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 1998 are other major honours she received during her career. She is one among the best female athletes India has ever produced. In 2004 she came to limelight when her husband got arrested in charges of running a sex racket in Kolkata. She is married to Avtar Singh and the couple has one son.

 

Known as a middle distance runner, she won the 800 metres at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships. In 1998 Asian Athletics Championships, she won bronze medals in 800 m and 1500 m events. In Asian Games in Bangkok the same year, she won two gold medals in 800 m and 1500 m events, thus making some outstanding contributions to Indian athletics. After retirement from athletics she got active in politics and joined Communist Party of India. She contested the 2004 general elections which she won quite convincingly. But she lost the seat in 2009 Lok Sabha elections.

 

She was born in December 1969 in Debogram, a town in Nadia District of West Bengal. Her father is a former pole-vault player who coached Jyotirmoyee. She completed her graduation in physiology. She started her career in athletics in the early 1990s as a successful successor to Shiny Abraham in the 800 metres. But through her talents she made some outstanding contributions to Indian athletics in the 1990s, overpowering Shiny Abraham. She also excelled in 1500m events.

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Updated: March 20, 2016

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