As a 21-year-old graduate student at Kurukshetra University, Suman wakes up at 5 a.m., takes care of buffaloes and helps on the family farm, cycling 8 kilometers to the Mahavir Stadium in Hisar to train in shot put, long jump and other athletics. events.
Three decades and many breaks later, Suman, now a 52-year-old sub-inspector posted at the Delhi Police Academy, is as active an athlete as ever with two gold medals in shot put — one gold each in masters athletics — within five months. Championship in Pune in August and the 3rd Veterans Sports and Games Championship in Nashik last month.
Suman credits her father, who is in the Haryana Police, for her achievements. “He always encouraged me to participate in sports events at police clubs. I graduated in sociology and represented my college in athletic meets as well. Karan Singh was my coach. He didn’t see girls except athletes,” says Suman. A year after completing her graduation in 1994, Suman Joined the Delhi Police and a year later she got married and gave birth to a son in 1996. I was completely away from sports.
In 2000, encouraged by her husband Jai Kishan, who was also a sub-inspector in the Delhi Police, she participated in the Delhi Police meet where she won gold in shot put and javelin and silver in discus throw. She qualified and participated in the All India Police Meet in 2001. But then a long hiatus followed as a career and children took priority.
After the marriage of his children, he turned his attention to athletics. A routine that included regular training exercises helped him turn back the clock. In August, Suman participated in the Masters Athletic Championship and won gold in the shot put. After the gold medal in the Nashik tournament.
“Only a healthy body can have a healthy mind,” said Suman, who was awarded the prestigious Delhi Police Best Trainer Award in 2024.
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