Ancy Sojan Edappilly

Ancy Sojan’s personal best in the long jump is 6.88m, achieved at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar on 27 June 2026, according to the supplied material. The performance broke the previous Indian women’s long jump national record and established a new benchmark in the event.

Ancy Sojan holds the Indian women’s long jump national record with a jump of 6.88m, recorded at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar in June 2026. The performance surpassed the previous national record of 6.83m, which had stood since 2004.

Ancy Sojan broke the Indian women’s long jump national record previously held by Anju Bobby George. The earlier mark of 6.83m had stood for 22 years before Ancy jumped 6.88m at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar on 27 June 2026.

Ancy Sojan’s 6.88m jump is the Indian women’s long jump national record, according to the supplied information. She achieved the mark at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar on 27 June 2026, surpassing the previous 6.83m record held by Anju Bobby George.

Ancy Sojan is from Thrissur, Kerala, India. She studied at Vimala College in Thrissur and developed through Kerala’s athletics system before establishing herself as an international long jumper. Her career includes a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Games and a national-record performance in 2026.

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Ancy Sojan won the silver medal in the women’s long jump at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, with a jump of 6.63m. The result marked a major milestone in her senior international career and established her among Asia’s leading long jump competitors.

Ancy Sojan was born on 12 April 2001. As of September 2026, she is 25 years old. Her career includes a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Games and the Indian women’s long jump national record of 6.88m, achieved in June 2026.