Sudha Hari Narayan Singh
A steeplechaser and marathon runner who ran at two Olympics and set nine national records, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
Sudha Singh is an international athlete in the 3,000 metres steeplechase and the marathon. She was named for the Padma Shri in 2021 in the field of sports, from Uttar Pradesh [1].
From a small town
Singh was born on 25 June 1986 and comes from a small town in Uttar Pradesh [2]. She ran for India at the London Olympics in 2012 and the Rio Olympics in 2016 [2]. She has also competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the 2015 World Championships and the IAAF Continental Cup in Ostrava in 2018 [2].
Medals and records
At the Asian Games of 2010, 2014 and 2018 she won one gold and one silver [2]. At four Asian Championships she won two golds and two silvers [2]. Since 2007 she has broken the national steeplechase record nine times [2]. On the roads she has won marathons in India and abroad, including the Mumbai Marathon in 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020 [2].
She received the Arjuna Award in 2012, and the Uttar Pradesh government’s Rani Laxmi Bai award in 2013 and Yash Bharati award in 2016 [2]. She is working on a project to coach athletes from small places that lack good training facilities [2].
Sources
- [1] Padma Awards 2021: list of awardees — Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Accessed 24 October 2026.
- [2] Padma Awards 2021: citation for Sudha Hari Narayan Singh — Padma Awards, Government of India. Accessed 24 October 2026.
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