Born on 9th January 2000, Hima Das is an Indian sprinter who has scripted history with her super-sonic performance at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships. She is the first Indian woman to clinch a bar of gold at the event. This young Assam girl has proved the world that it is your perseverance that leads you towards glory. Initially, Das used to play football but was suggested by her school teacher to switch to an individual sport which led her to go for the sprint. Her dream is to make the nation proud, which she is undoubtedly living.

Achievements-

• Bagged India's first gold medal in 400m at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championship of 2018 clocking 51.46s
• Competed at the Commonwealth Games of 2018 in 400 m and 4x400 m relay. In the finals of 400 m, she finished sixth with a timing of 51.32 seconds whereas, in the 4x400 relay, the team finished seventh with a timing of 3 minutes and 33.61 seconds.
• Bagged a gold medal at the Asian Games test event, held in Jakarta in 2018, improving her personal best timing to 23.59 s
• Won a bronze and a silver medal at the school nationals in 100m and 200m, respectively that ultimately lead her to compete at the Youth (U-18) Nationals of 2017 in Hyderabad. There, she clocked 25.85s.
• Hima qualified for the 2017 Asian Youth Championships through her performance at the Youth U-18 Nationals and finished seventh with an improved timing of 24.52 s.
• Finished fifth at the 2017 World Youth Championships, held in Nairobi with the timing of 24.31s
• Bagged gold medals at the Asian Games of 2018 in women's 4×400 m and mixed 4×400 m events, and earned the second spot in 400 m event. The same year in September, Hima signed an endorsement deal with Addidas and the Government of India also bestowed her with the Arjuna award.
• Appointed as the first-ever UNICEF Youth Ambassador for India on 18th November 2018
• Won the 200m sprint event at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix 2019 with the timing of 23.65s on 2nd July and replicated the victory at the Kutno Athletics Meet in the same event with the timing of 23.97s on 7th July
• Bagged her third medal of the season with her perfect timing of 23.43 s at the Kladno Athletics Meet 2019. The same month, she succeeded in her chase for another gold medal at the Tabor Athletics Meet where she clocked 23.25 s
• On 20th July 2019, Hima added her fifth gold medal of the month with her super-sonic performance in the 400 m race in Nove Mesto where she recorded the timing of 52.09 s