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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
| image = Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha.jpg<br />
| caption = Shobha at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]]<br />
| fullname = Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|14|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pasupathihal]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]<br />
| event = [[Heptathlon]]<br />
| pb = 6211 {{AthAbbr|NR|Indian}} ([[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|2004]])<br />
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]]<br />
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships|2002 Colombo]]|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400m]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships|2002 Colombo]]|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|2007 Amman]]|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Afro-Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Afro-Asian Games|2003 Hyderabad]]|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games#Women|Heptathlon]]}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha''' (born 14 January 1978) is an Indian former [[Heptathlon|heptathlete]]. Her personal best of 6211 points, achieved in 2004, is a [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]].<ref name=":0" /> Shobha represented India in heptathlon event at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]] and the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]]. She has been honored with the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2004.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Shobha was the winner of the heptathlon event at the inaugural [[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games|Afro-Asian Games in 2003]].<ref name=":0">{{cite sports-reference |title = J. J. Shobha |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/j-j-shobha-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110333/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/j-j-shobha-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 2020-04-18 |access-date = }}</ref><br />
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She came into the news for her performance at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]], where she completed the seven-discipline heptathlon event despite being injured in the penultimate event of Javelin throw. She had to be carried off the field but she returned with a tightly strapped left ankle and finished 3rd in the final event (800 m) and 11th overall with 6172 points.<br />
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She came 29th in the heptathlon event at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]], scoring 5749 points.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-08-24 |title=India at the Beijing Olympics |url=https://specials.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/24slide3.htm |work=[[Rediff News]]}}</ref><br />
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==International competitions==<br />
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="6"|Representing {{IND}}<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2002<br />
|[[2002 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]<br />
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd<br />
|Heptathlon<br />
|5775 pts<br />
|-<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Busan, South Korea]]<br />
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd<br />
|Heptathlon<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's heptathlon|5870 pts]]<br />
|-<br />
|2003<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games|Afro-Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Hyderabad, India]]<br />
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st<br />
|Heptathlon<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games – Results#Heptathlon|5884 pts]]<br />
|-<br />
|2004<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]<br />
|[[Athens, Greece]]<br />
|11th<br />
|Heptathlon<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|6172 pts]]<br />
|-<br />
|2006<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Doha, Qatar]]<br />
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd<br />
|Heptathlon<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's heptathlon|5662 pts]]<br />
|-<br />
|2007<br />
|[[2007 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Amman, Jordan]]<br />
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd<br />
|Heptathlon<br />
|[[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|5356 pts]]<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2008<br />
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]<br />
|[[Doha, Qatar]]<br />
|4th<br />
|Pentathlon<br />
|[[2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#Pentathlon|3860 pts]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]<br />
|[[Beijing, China]]<br />
|29th<br />
|Heptathlon<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|5749 pts]]<br />
|}<br />
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