Ancy Sojan

Ancy was born on 1 March 2001 in Nattika, a small fishing village in Kerala, into a modest Syrian Christian family.^[1] As a child, her father, an autorickshaw driver, would take her to the beach in her village, where she practised jumping on the loose sand.^[2] In 2024, she joined the Indian Navy through the sports quota and currently serves as a Chief petty officer.^[3] She suffers from Polycystic Ovarian Disease.^[4]

Ancy competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she finished 14th with a jump of 6.25 m in the qualification round and did not advance to the final.^[5]

At the 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, she narrowly missed the podium with a fourth place finish jumping 6.41 m. Later at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, she won the silver medal with a jump of 6.63 m.^[6]

She won the silver medal at the 2025 Asian Championships in Gumi, with a best effort of 6.33 m.^[7] Later at the 2025 World University Games in Bochum, she placed eighth with a jump of 6.29 m.^[8] She also competed in the 4 x 100 m relay at the Games, where the team finished seventh clocking 45.06.^[9]

At the 2026 Asian Indoor Championships in Tianjin, she won the bronze medal jumping 6.21 m.^[10] She recorded a jump of 6.88 m, at the 2026 National Inter-State Championships in Bhubaneswar, breaking the 22-year-old national record of 6.83 m set by Anju Bobby George at the 2004 Athens Olympics.^[3]