V. K. Vismaya | |
Fullname: | Velluva Koroth Vismaya |
Sport: | Track and field |
Event: | 400 metres |
Birth Date: | 1997 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sreekandapuram, Kannur district, Kerala, India[1] |
Pb: | 400 m - 52.12 (2019) |
Velluva Koroth Vismaya (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian athlete from Kerala who specializes in the 400 metres. She was part of the gold-winning Indian team at the 2018 Asian Games.[2]
Vismaya hails from Kannur, Kerala. Her father is a construction labourer. She started athletics late only at the age of 11. She is a B.Sc. Mathematics graduate.
Vismaya was part of the Indian women's 4 × 400 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. At the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships, she won silver in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay and silver in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay. The quartet of Vismaya, Muhammed Anas, Noah Nirmal Tom and Jisna Mathew competed in the 4 × 400 metres mixed team relay at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, where they clocked 3:16.14 in the heats to qualify for the final and secured a place at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] .The team finished seventh in the finals of the world athletics championships with a timing of 3:15: 77.[4]
She won the gold medal in 400m at the 59th National Open Athletics Championships held in October 2019.[5]