FULL NAME: Sabita Toppo
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: 6th April, 2005 (Source: Athletics Federation of India)
PARENTS: Father (Prakash Toppo), Mother (Victoria Toppo)
HOME ADDRESS: Sargidipa, Ranpur, Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha, India
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Studying at Unit-IV Girls High School, Bhubaneswar. Earlier studied at Bhabani Shankar High School, Sundargarh.
PET EVENT(S): 100m sprint, 100m hurdles, long jump, pentathlon, shot put and javelin.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Sushmita Dutta (First coach), Rohit Mane and Martin Owens
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: State Sports Hostel, Sundargarh (2017-2019) and Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High Performance Centre (HPC), Bhubaneswar (From August 2019).
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Odisha Junior & Senior Women, Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC, India Youth & Junior
PERSONAL BEST: 100m hurdles (13.96 seconds)

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Bagged a double, winning 100m hurdles Gold with New Meet Record (15.0s) and pentathlon Gold in girls-16 age group of the 67th Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from 28-30 December, 2019.
*     Won the 100m hurdles Gold and long jump Silver medal in girls-16 group of the 66th Odisha State Athletics Meet, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from 28-30 December, 2018.
*     Won the high jump Gold medal in U-14 girls’ group of the the 65th Odisha State Athletics Championship, held at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from Dec 28-30, 2017. She also equalled the meet record in the event.

ZONAL:
*     Won Gold medal in Girls-16 pentathlon and one Bronze medal each in 100m hurdles and medley relay events of the 31st East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand on 14-15 Sept, 2019.
*     Bronze medal in U-14 girls High jump event of the 30th East Zone Junior Athletics Championship, held at Patna, Bihar on Sept 15 and 16, 2018.

NATIONAL:
*     Won one Gold and one Silver medal for Odisha-Reliance Foundation Athletics HPC team and National Camp-B team respectively in the 1st National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh on 24 March 2024.
*     Won the womens 100m hurdles Silver medal in the 22nd National Juniors (U20) Federation Athletics Championships at SAI Regional Centre in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 9 March 2024.
*     Won the Bronze medal in U-20 women 100m hurdles event of the 38th National Junior Athletics Championships at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) on 9 November 2023.
*     Won the 4x100m realay Bronze medal in the 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on 17 June 2023.
*     Won the Silver medal in womens 100m hurdles event of the 21st National Federation Cup Junior (U-20) Athletics Championship at the District Sports Complex Collectorate in Tiruvanamalai, Tamil Nadu on 29 April 2023.
*     Won the 100m hurdles Silver medal in U-18 girls group of the 37th National Junior Athletics Championship at SAI Athletics Stadium in Guwahati, Assam on 13 November 2022.
*     Won girls 100m hurdles Gold medal in the 17th National Youth (U-18) Athletics Championships at Tatya Tope Stadium, Bhopal (MP) on 17 September 2022.
*     Won the womens long jump Bronze medal at the 4th Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Haryana on 9 June 2022.
*     Bagged one Gold and one Silver medal in U-16 girls long-jump and 80m hurdles respectively at the 36th National Junior Athletics Championship, Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati (Assam) on 6 and 8 Feb, 2021.
*     Won the long-jump Bronze medal at the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (RFYS) National Athletics Championships in Mumbai in January 2020.
*     Won Gold medal with National Record (3331 points) in U-16 girls pentathlon event of the 35th National Junior Athletics Championships in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on 5 Nov, 2019.
*     Finished joint sixth in U-14 girls javelin event of the 34th National Junior Athletics Championship, held at Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium in Ranchi from Nov 2-5, 2018.
*     Won Silver medal at the SGFI School Nationals in Rohtak, Haryana in 2018.

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Won 100m hurdles Silver medal in the 4th South Asian Junior Athletics Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on 12 September 2024.
*     Finished seventh in womens 100m hurdles with a time of 14.49 secs in the 21st Asian Junior (U-20) Athletics Championships, held at the Dubai Police Stadium in Dubai from 24-27 April 2024.
*     Won the girls 100m hurdles Silver medal and medley relay Gold medal in the 4th Asian Youth Athletics Championship at Al Kuwait Kaifan Stadium in Kuwait on 14 and 16 October 2022.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Odisha Government conferred her with the Biju Patnaik Best Upcoming Athlete Award and a cheque of Rs 1 lakh at Lok Seva Bhawan, Bhubaneswar on 29 August 2023.
*     On 21 Feb 2023, Odisha Government felicitated her with a total cash award of Rs 5,69,000 for winning two gold and one bronze medals at the 4th Khelo India Youth Games 2022, one gold one silver at the 4th Asian Youth Athletics Championship and one silver at the 37th Junior National Athletics Championship 2022.
*     On 17 December 2021, she received a cash award of Rs 40,000 from the Government of Odisha for winning gold medal at the 35th National Junior Athletics Championship.
*     Achieved 4 Personal Best Timings in six races including three in her favoured 100m hurdles event at the Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics HPC competition series in Bhubaneswar, 8-10 November, 2020.
*     RFO Athletics HPC Head Coach James Hillier describes Toppo as an incredible natural talent and ferocious competitor.
*     Sabita lost her mother in July 2020.
*     Her father works as a mason-cum-farmer and her elder brother serves in the Army.
*     Sabita is the youngest of six siblings.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 17 February 2018
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 16 September 2024