Vithya Ramraj (born 20 September 1998) is an Indian athlete from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She is a three-time National champion. She competes in 100m and 400m hurdles and 400 metres.[1] On 2 October 2023 at the 2022 Asian Games, she equalled the Indian national record of 55.42s in 400m hurdles set by P. T. Usha at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.[2] She won the 400m hurdles bronze at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on October 3.[3][4]

Vithya Ramraj
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Sport
SportAthletics
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed 4 X 400m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Women 4 X 400m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou 400m hurdles

Vithya qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Early life

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Vithya hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Her father is a truck driver and her mother Meena is a home maker.[5] Her identical twin Nithya is also an athlete. Vithya works with Indian Railways. The girls started playing hockey and her mother enrolled them in the Erode Girls Sports School for Class 7.[6] She earned her BBA Degree from Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode (2016 to 2019) on a sports scholarship provided by the KVIT Trust, Perundurai. She received good support from the college management and faculty. Dr. A. Sankar, Director of Physical Education at Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, encouraged and supported her training and participation in national-level events.

Career

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Till 2017, Vithya also ran 100m and 200m sprint events but later focussed on 400m hurdles. But she and her coach decided that she will do both 400m and 400m hurdles and she is also continuing with both 100m events. The tournaments she took part in 2023 are:[1]

She won a silver medal at the2022 Asian Games, winning the 4x400m mixed relay team along with Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vithya RAMRAJ | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  2. ^ "Asian Games: Vithya Ramraj Equals PT Usha's National Record In Women's 400m Hurdles | Asian Games News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  3. ^ a b Sportstar, Team (2023-10-03). "Asian Games 2023: Vithya Ramraj wins bronze in 400m hurdles". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  4. ^ ANI (2023-10-03). "Asian Games: Vithya Ramraj clinches bronze medal in Women's 400m Hurdles". www.dtnext.in. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  5. ^ Grewal, Indervir (2023-09-10). "Indian Grand Prix-5: Twin sisters fulfilling mother's dream". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  6. ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (2023-09-12). ".01 seconds shy of Usha's 39-year-old record, Vithya Ramraj looks to hurdle into record books". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-09-13.

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