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Indian sprinter (born 1982)
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Manjeet Kaur
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Born4 April 1982 (1982-04-04) (age 42)

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. She broke the "previous record held by," K. M. Beenamol since November 2001. In doing so, she passed the qualifying mark for the 2004 Athens Olympics. 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.

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. The team finished third in their heats. 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."

In Doha Asian Games in 2006, Manjeet led Indiaβ€”β€”to a 4 x 400 metres relay gold. 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.

Manjeet Kaur won the gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in 4x400 m relay event with Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose and Ashwini Akkunji.

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "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.
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  3. ^ "Manjit, Seema set new marks". Sportstar. 3 July 2004.
  4. ^ "Women's 4 x 400m team sets national mark". Rediff.com. 28 June 2004. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Olympic Games 2008 – Results 08-22-2008 – 4x400 Metres Relay W Heats". IAAF. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
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  8. ^ "Arjuna Award". webindia123.com. Retrieved 4 September 2009.

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