Neelu Mishra

Neelu Mishra (/''nee-loo mish-ra''/ alias Neelu Anand Dubey, born 1 July 1972) is an Indian Sprinter from Varanasi, India. She has represented India in Master Athletics, meant for athletes over 35 years at various competitions in various track and field events such as the 100 meters, 200 meters, 80 meters hurdle, Long Jump, and High Jump. A child prodigy in sports, Mishra grew up in Basti, Uttar Pradesh and participated in more than 10 national tournaments through the late 1980s and the early 1990s and bagged countless medals. She was the fourth fastest girl in India in 1994, and her state level inter-university record of clocking 100 meters in 12.00 seconds in 1993 remains unbeaten till date.

After getting married in 1995, she had to stop participating in sports due to societal pressure and family commitments. A few years into her married life, she was diagnosed with acute renal infection, several heart complications, obesity, asthma, chronic diabetes, and hypertension. In 2002, experts feared that her life was in grave danger as prolonged intake of antibiotics turned her into a veritable vegetable.

Professional Career    

International Events At the International level, she brought accolades to India by winning several international medals. She participated in the World Masters Athletics Championship, Finland in 2009 and won a bronze medal.

Asia Masters Athletics Championships held at Kuala Lumpur in 2010.

National Events

Neelu participated and proved her accolade at multiple national events before getting married. However, coming back in her ‘second innings’, over the period of 12 years, she has won a total of 8 golds, 21 silvers and 7 bronze medals in 5 All India Civil Services Athletics Competitions[1] and 10 National Master's Athletics Competitions.

Since 2009, she has also been bearing the flag of the team captain of the contingent of athletes representing the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh at the national level competitions. ---- {| class="wikitable" | colspan="4" |Medal Record |- | colspan="4" |'''World Master's Athletics Championships[1] |- |1 |Bronze |2009 Lahti[[# ftn2|[2]]] |W35 High Jump |- | colspan="4" |Asian Master's Athletics Championships[3] |- |2 |Gold |2009 Chiang Mai[4] |W35 High Jump |- |3 |Gold |2010 Chennai |W35 100 meters |- |4 |Gold |2010 Chennai |W35 200 meters |- |5 |Gold |2010 Chennai |W35 High Jump |- |6 |Gold |2010 Kuala Lumpur[5] |W35 100 meters |- |7 |Gold |2010 Kuala Lumpur[6] |W35 200 meters |- |8 |Gold |2010 Kuala Lumpur[7] |4 x 100 meters relay |- |9 |Gold |2010 Kuala Lumpur[8] |4 x 400 meters relay |- |10 |Bronze |2010 Kuala Lumpur[9] |W35 Long Jump |- |11 |Gold |2011 Kedah |W35 100 meters |- |12 |Gold |2011 Kedah |W35 100 meters hurdle |- |13 |Gold |2011 Kedah |W35 200 meters |- |14 |Silver |2011 Kedah |4 x 100 meters relay |- |15 |Gold |2011 Bangkok |W35 100 meters |- |16 |Gold |2011 Bangkok |W35 High Jump |- |17 |Gold |2011 Bangkok |W35 100 meters hurdle |- |18 |Gold |2011 Bangkok |4 x 100 meters relay |- |19 |Gold |2011 Bangkok |4 x 400 meters relay |- |20 |Silver |2011 Bangkok |W35 200 meters |- |21 |Gold |2012 Taipei[10] |W40 200 meters |- |22 |Gold |2012 Taipei[11] |4 x 400 meters relay |- |23 |Silver |2012 Taipei[12] |4 x 100 meters relay |- |24 |Bronze |2012 Taipei[13] |W40 100 meters |- |25 |Gold |2014 Kuantan |W40 Long Jump |- |26 |Gold |2014 Kuantan |4 x 100 meters relay |- |27 |Silver |2014 Kuantan |W40 100 meters |- |28 |Silver |2014 Kuantan |W40 200 meters |- |29 |Silver |2014 Kuantan |4 x 400 meters relay |- |30 |Silver |2014 Kuantan |W40 80 meters hurdle |- |31 |Silver |2014 Kitakami[14] |4 x 100 meters relay |- |32 |Silver |2014 Kitakami[15] |4 x 400 meters relay |- |33 |Silver |2016 Singapore[16] |4 x 100 meters relay |- |34 |Bronze |2016 Singapore[17] |W40 80 meters hurdle |- |35 |Gold |2018 Penang |4 x 100 meters relay |- |36 |Gold |2018 Penang |4 x 400 meters relay |- |37 |Silver |2018 Penang |W45 100 meters |- |38 |Silver |2018 Penang |W45 200 meters |- |39 |Gold |2019 Kuching |4 x 100 meters relay |- | colspan="4" |All India Civil Services |- |40 |Gold |2011 Bhopal |100 meters |- |41 |Silver |2012 Chennai |200 meters |- |42 |Silver |2016 Delhi |Long Jump |- |43 |Bronze |2016 Delhi |100 meters |- |44 |Silver |2017 Guntur |100 meters |- |45 |Silver |2019 Raipur |100 meters |- |46 |Silver |2019 Raipur |200 meters |- | colspan="4" |National Master's Athletics Championships |- |47 |Gold |2009 Hisar |W35 High Jump |- |48 |Silver |2009 Hisar |W35 100 meters |- |49 |Gold |2011 Chandigarh |W35 100 meters hurdle |- |50 |Silver |2011 Chandigarh |W35 100 meters |- |51 |Silver |2011 Chandigarh |W35 200 meters |- |52 |Gold |2012 Bangalore |W35 100 meters |- |53 |Gold |2012 Bangalore |W35 100 meters hurdle |- |54 |Silver |2012 Bangalore |W35 200 meters |- |55 |Silver |2014 Coimbatore |W40 200 meters |- |56 |Silver |2014 Coimbatore |W40 100 meters |- |57 |Bronze |2014 Coimbatore |W40 80 meters hurdle |- |58 |Silver |2015 Goa |W40 100 meters |- |59 |Silver |2015 Goa |W40 200 meters |- |60 |Bronze |2015 Goa |W40 80 meters hurdle |- |61 |Silver |2016 Mysore |W40 100 meters |- |62 |Silver |2016 Mysore |W40 200 meters |- |63 |Bronze |2016 Mysore |W40 Long Jump |- |64 |Bronze |2018 Bangalore |W45 80 meters hurdle |- |65 |Bronze |2018 Bangalore |W45 High Jump |- |66 |Gold |2019 Guntur |W45 200 meters |- |67 |Silver |2019 Guntur |W45 100 meters |- |68 |Silver |2019 Guntur |W45 80 meters hurdle |- |69 |Silver |2019 Goa |W45 80 meters hurdle |- |70 |Silver |2019 Goa |4 x 100 meters |- |71 |Bronze |2019 Goa |W45 High Jump |- |72 |Gold |2020 Imphal |W45 100 meters |- |73 |Gold |2020 Imphal |W45 200 meters |- |74 |Silver |2020 Imphal |W45 80 meters hurdle |- | colspan="4" |2nd All India Master Games, 2019 |- |75''' |Silver |2019 Dehradun |W40 Trap Shooting |} Provided by Wikipedia