Sheena Varkey

Sheena Nellickal Varkey (born 22 November 1992), or N.V. Sheena, is an Indian athlete from Kerala. She competes in triple jump event. She is named in the Indian athletics team for the women's triple jump event for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China.^[1] She won a silver medal at the Asian Indoor Championships in 2018.^[2]

N.V. Sheena

N.V. Sheena with her bronze medal in 2017 Women Triple Jump
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Sport
Country	India
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  India Asian Championships 2017 Bhubaneswar Triple Jump Asian Indoor Championships 2018 Tehran Triple jump

Career

• 2023: In June, she won the gold at the Indian Championships, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
• 2023: In February, she took part in the 10th 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships at Astana Nur-Sultan.^[3][4]
• 2018: In February, she won a silver medal in the women's triple jump at the 2018 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships at Tehran.^[5][6]
• 2017: In July, she won the bronze at the Bhubaneshwar Asian Championships, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.^[7][8][9]
• 2016: In September, she won the gold at the Lucknow Indian Open Championships, Lucknow.^{[citation needed]}
• 2014: In February, she came 7th in the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, Hangzhou, China.^{[citation needed]}
• 2012: In October, Sheena first caught the eye at the Lucknow National Junior Championships with a big win.^[3]

References

1. "Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023". Firstpost. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
2. "Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Indian triple-jumper Sheena Nellckal Varkey bags silver medal". DNA India. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
3. "Nellickal Verkay SHEENA | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
4. Sudarshan, M (12 February 2023). "Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023: India clinch silver, bronze in women's pole vault". Khel Now. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
5. "Triple jumper Sheena wins silver in Asian Indoor Athletics". The Times of India. 1 February 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
6. Scroll Staff (1 February 2018). "Asian Indoor Athletics: Sheena Nellckal Varkey bags silver in triple jump on day one". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
7. "2017 Asian Athletics Championships: India creates history, tops medal tally". JagranJosh. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
8. Navneet Singh (8 July 2021). "Sudha Singh wins gold in Asian Athletics Championships steeplechase". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
9. Jonathan Selvaraj (8 July 2017). "Asian Athletics Championships: Sudha Singh wins gold, Dutee bags her second medal on day 3". ESPN. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

External links

• Nellickal Verkay SHEENA at World Athletics