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{{short description|Indian sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Asha Roy
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|1|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ghanshyampur, [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[West Bengal]], India
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprints]]
| pb = '''100 m''': 11.72 ([[Lucknow]] 2013)<br/>'''200 m''': 23.59 ([[Chennai]] 2013)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalSport|Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|2013 Pune]]|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres|200 m]]}}
}}

'''Asha Roy''' (born 5 January 1990) is an Indian professional [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who won the silver medal for 200m in the Asian Track and Field at the 20th [[Asian Athletics Championships]] in [[Pune]] on 7 July 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sprinter-asha-roy-gives-singur-a-reason-to-cheer/story-2oWhNEoTEX2jvpsStD7I7I.html|title=Sprinter Asha Roy gives Singur a reason to cheer|date=2013-07-14|work=hindustantimes.com/|access-date=2017-05-13|language=en}}</ref> Roy clocked 11.85 seconds in a 100-meter dash at the 51st National Open Athletics Championships, held at the Yuva Bharti Krirangan, [[Kolkata]] in 2011. Roy's record was just short of the national record of 11.38 seconds, which was set by Rachita Mistry in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 2000.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.asiasentinel.com/society/indias-fastest-woman/|title=India's Fastest Woman - Asia Sentinel|date=2011-11-04|work=Asia Sentinel|access-date=2017-05-13|language=en-US}}</ref> Roy also ran the fastest 200-meter dash, clocking the tape at 24.36 seconds and anchored [[Bengal]]'s 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the silver with a timing of 47.49 seconds at the Championships.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/athletics/track-results-51st-open-national-athletics-championships-2011|title=Track Results: 51st Open National Athletics Championships, 2011|date=2011-09-14|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Roy was born in Ghanshyampur, a village in the Hooghly district of the Indian State of [[West Bengal]], on 5 January 1990, to Bholanath Roy, a door-to-door vegetable-seller, and Bulu Roy, a [[homemaker]]. Roy is the third among four daughters of Bholanath Roy and Bulu Roy. The Roy family lives in abject poverty and the [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] usually was only able to eat two meals a day, with little attention to the kind of nutrition the top athletes need.<ref name=":1" />

Roy studied for her bachelor's degree at the Sriampore College of the Hooghly district. Roy was promised a job and monetary assistance after her performance at the National Open Meet by both, the [[Indian Railways]] and the State Government of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":1" /> However, it took Roy almost a year to get a job. Roy was approached by a few [[Kolkata]]-based companies to join them as a brand ambassador, but all the opportunities ended in nought. Roy had almost decided to quit the sport, between January 2011 and February 2012, when finally an opportunity came her way. Roy joined [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railways]] office in February 2012.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/running/after-two-years-of-darkness-asha-roy-returns-in-style|title=After two years of darkness, Asha Roy returns in style|date=2013-04-08|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref>

== Career ==
Roy trained under a coach Probir Chandra, who had first spotted Roy when she finished first at a school meet as a student of the third grade. Coach Chandra approached Roy's father to discuss her talent and took the full responsibility for her training. Roy became a member of the Bengal Athletic Team when she was in the fifth grade and she participated in the Nationals when she was in the sixth grade.<ref name=":1" />

=== 2004-2006: School Games and Junior Nationals ===
Roy won four gold medals and was named the best athlete in the school games in 2004. Roy achieved the second position in the long jump as well as in the 100-meter dash at the Junior Nationals in 2006.<ref name=":1" />

=== 2009: Indo-Bangla International Meet ===
Roy won the gold medal for the 100-meter dash at the Indo-Bangla International Meet.<ref name=":1" />

=== 2010: University Meet ===
Roy won a silver medal at the University Meet.<ref name=":1" />

=== 2011: 51st National Open Athletics Championships ===
Roy participated in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4X100-meter Relay races at the 51st National Open Athletics Championships, hosted at the Yuva Bharti Krirangan, [[Kolkata]]. She bagged the gold medal for the 100-meter race, finishing in 11.85 seconds, and for the 200-meter race, finishing in 24.36 seconds.<ref name=":1" /> Roy also anchored the [[Bengal]]'s 4 × 100 m relay team, bagging the silver medal with a timing of 47.49 seconds at the Championships. It was after her performance at the Open National Championship that her career took off.<ref name=":2" />

=== 2013: Indian Grand Prix championship and 20th Asian Athletics Championships ===
Roy made her comeback by winning the gold medal for the 200-meter race in the second [[Indian Grand Prix]] Championship in [[Patiala]]. Roy also was able to improve her previous best of 24.33 seconds in the 200-meter race and set a new meet record, timing 24.23 seconds.<ref name=":3" />

Roy went on to win the silver medal for 200m in the Asian Track and Field at the 20th [[Asian Athletics Championships]] in [[Pune]] on 7 July 2013. The [[West Bengal]] Athletic Association felicitated Roy on 17 July 2013 and awarded her with Rs. 50,000 and gifts from the State association.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/asha-roy-felicitated-for-asian-meet-silver/article4926659.ece|title=Asha Roy felicitated for Asian meet silver|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-13|language=en}}</ref>

=== 2015: Struggles and Injuries ===
Under the guidance of the Chief national coach in the [[Sprint (running)|sprinting]], Tarun Saha, Asha Roy had been training to participate in [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics]] in the 200-meter race and represent the Railways.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Rush-for-Rio-berths-as-athletes-look-to-impress/articleshow/48980433.cms|title=Rush for Rio berths as athletes look to impress - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref> Roy was in the national preparatory camp for the [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] when her waist injury became worse and she could no longer continue to train. Roy's condition began deteriorating after she began training at the [[Kolkata]] SAL campus, leading to her inability to perform at the [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sportzwiki.com/more/asha-roys-dream-of-participating-in-rio-gets-shattered-due-to-injury/|title=Asha Roy's dream of participating in Rio gets shattered due to injury - Sportzwiki|website=sportzwiki.com|date=30 December 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-13}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}

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[[Category:Asian Athletics Championships medalists]]
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BasilGott93 at 06:51, 19 October 2025