She won a gold medal at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships.
Sprinter Hima Das becomes the first Indian women athlete to win the gold in the women’s 400m final race in the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships held in Tampere, Finland, in 2018.
She recorded a time of 51.46s to win to clinch the top spot in this World Championship.
No Indian woman or man before Hima Das has won a gold medal in a World Championship at any level, be it youth, junior or senior.
She became the first-ever sports ambassador of Assam.