Siddhanth Thingalaya (born 3 January 1991) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 m hurdles.
Career Siddhanth started his athlete career while he was 11 years old. Started participating in inter-school events. His first success in 110 m hurdles came when he won the inter-university title at Kochi, in 2008. He followed it up with a Bronze medal at the 9th National Federation Cup junior athletics championship in Lucknow, with time of 14.69 seconds (99.0 cm hurdles).
Siddhanth had training stint in Australia under Mittal Champions Trust and had participated at South Africa under the Mittal Champions Trust and clocked 14.31 seconds at the high altitude Potchefstroom in March 2010. Few months later, he went on to win the silver medal in the Asian Junior Meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, clocking a personal best 13.96 seconds (99.0 cm hurdles), while setting a new Indian Junior record. He competed for India in the 2010 World Junior Championships, missing qualifying for the semi-finals by .03 in his heat running 14.09.
Currently Siddhanth is being trained by Gary Cablayan, who is a certified USA track and field coach in the sprints, hurdles and relays. He expertise in elite speed specialist and has been training many NFL players like DeSean Jackson and John Ross (American football). He has also coached two Olympians Olutoyin Augustus from Nigeria and Kenneth Medwood from Belize
Thingalaya improved his personal best timing to 14.20 seconds in the heats of men's 110 m hurdles during the 50th National Inter-State Athletics Championships held in Patiala. In the finals, on 7 August 2010, he broke the Indian National record (held by K. Krishna Mohan) by clocking 13.81 seconds while winning the gold. His margin of victory was an impressive 0.65 s as he finished ahead of his rivals, Tamil Nadu’s P. Muthuswamy and Punjab’s Amandeep Singh.
International competitions Representing 2017World Championships London110 metres hurdles13.64UW Indoor Preview Seattle1st60 metres hurdles(indoor)7.70Altis Invitational Arizona1st110 metres hurdles13.482016UW Preview Indoor Seattle1st60 metres hurdles (indoor)7.86Mountain T's Invitational Arizona1st60 metres hurdles (indoor)7.80NTC Pure Athletics Elite Invitational Florida1st110 metres hurdles13.59Canyon State Games Arizona1st110 metres hurdles13.542015UCLA Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational Los Angeles1st110 metres hurdles13.8321st Asian Athletics Championships Wuhan110 metres hurdles14.102014Commonwealth Games Glasgow110 metres hurdles13.91Asian Games Incheon6th110 metres hurdles13.71201391st Australian Athletics Championships Sydney1st110 metres hurdles13.72Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 1 Bangkok2nd110 metres hurdles13.88Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 2 Chonburi3rd110 metres hurdles13.90Asian Athletics Grand Prix Series-Leg 3 Colombo1st110 metres hurdles13.8120th Asian Athletics Championships Pune4th110 metres hurdles13.892012Sydney Track Classic Sydney1st110 metres hurdles14.03Qantas Melbourne Track Classic Melbourne1st110 metres hurdles14.1390th Australian Athletics Championships Melbourne1st110 metres hurdles13.662011Perth Track Classic Perth1st110 metres hurdles14.0089th Australian Athletics Championships Melbourne1st110 metres hurdles14.142010Asian Junior Athletics Championships Hanoi2nd110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm)13.96IAAF World U20 Championships Moncton110 metres hurdles (99.0 cm)14.09Commonwealth Games Delhi110 metres hurdles14.06Asian Games Guangzhou110 metres hurdlesNA
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