Manjeet Kaur (born 4 April 1982) is an Indian sprint athlete from Punjab who specializes in 400 metres. She held the 400 m National record of 51.05 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Chennai on 16 June 2004.[1] She broke the previous record held by K. M. Beenamol since November 2001.[2] In doing so, she passed the qualifying mark for the 2004 Athens Olympics.[3] She along with Chitra K. Soman, Rajwinder Kaur and K. M. Beenamol form the team that holds the current National record in 4 x 400 metres relay.[1][4]
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A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Punjab Police, Manjeet competed for India in 4 x 400 metres relay at 2004 Athens Olympics where her team set the current National record with a time of 3:26.89.[1] The team finished third in their heats.[5] In the next Beijing Olympics also she represented India in 4 x 400 metres relay where her team composed of Sathi Geetha, Chitra K. Soman, and Mandeep Kaur clocked a time of 3:28.83 and finished seventh in their heats.[6]
In Doha Asian Games in 2006, Manjeet led India to a 4 x 400 metres relay gold.[7] Earlier at the same event, she had also won a silver medal in Women's 400 metres race behind eventual winner Olga Tereshkova from Kazakhstan. In 2005, she was conferred the Arjuna Award for her contribution to the Indian athletics.[8]
Manjeet Kaur won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in 4x400 m relay event with Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose and Ashwini Akkunji.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009". Athletics Federation of INDIA. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Beenamol erases P T Usha's record". Rediff.com. 23 November 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Manjit, Seema set new marks". Sportstar. 3 July 2004.
- ^ "Women's 4 x 400m team sets national mark". Rediff.com. 28 June 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Olympic Games 2004 – Results 08-27-2004 – 4x400 Metres Relay W Heats". IAAF. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Olympic Games 2008 – Results 08-22-2008 – 4x400 Metres Relay W Heats". IAAF. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Intense competition within the Indian team". The Hindu. 5 March 2008. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ^ "Arjuna Award". webindia123.com. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
External links
edit- Manjeet Kaur at World Athletics
- Manjeet Kaur at Olympedia
- Manjeet Kaur at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Manjit Kaur". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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