Ashwini Akkunji Explained

Ashwini Akkunji
Birth Name:Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:1987 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Siddapura, Udupi, India
Height:184cm
Workplace:she is coach in SAI, Bangalore
Country:India
Sport:Athletics
Pb:400 m: 52.82 (Bangalore 2011)
400 m hurdles: 56.15 (Guangzhou 2010)

Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji (born 7 October 1987) is an Indian sprint athlete from Siddapura, Udupi who specializes in 400 metres.[1] Ashwini has won gold medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 Asian Games in 4x400 m relay team event with Manjeet Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and Sini Jose[2] and an individual gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles on 25 November 2010 at the 2010 Asian Games held at Guangzhou, in China.[3] She is also a recipient of the Rajyotsava Prashasti (2010), a civilian honour awarded by the Indian State Government of Karnataka[4] [5]

Biography

Born in Siddapura, Udupi, Kundapura taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, she was raised in a Tulu-speaking family to her mother, Yashoda Shetty Akkunji and father, B.R. Chidananda Shetty.[6] [7] Ashwini hails from an agriculturist family.[8] with a sporting legacy.[9] She grew up on her family's 5 acre farmland amidst Areca nut plantations along with her elder siblings a sister, Dipti and a brother, Amith.[10] Earlier, Ashwini was employed with the Indian Railways, and as a manager in Corporation bank in Patiala, Punjab[11] and presently works as a coach in Sports Authority of India Bangalore.[12]

Doping

In July 2011 prior to Asian athletics championships in Kobe (Japan) she tested positive for anabolic steroids.[13] She was subsequently dropped from the athletics team for the event and was suspended from athletics. She denied the charges but on 23 December 2011 the NADA banned her for a year.[14] The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld an appeal by the International Association of Athletics Federations against lighter sentences and handed Ashwini and 5 other athletes (Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose, Jauna Murmu, Tiana Mary and Priyanka Panwar) a two-year ban.[15]

Awards, rewards and recognition

She was given the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2010. This comprised a cash payment of one hundred thousand Rupees, a 20 gramme gold medallion and a grant of priority in the allotment of house sites by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).[16] She has been rewarded financially by both the national and state governments, as well as Indian Railways, in recognition of the gold medals won in 2010.[17] [18] [19] [20]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Kundapur (SP). Kundapur: Country's Pride, Ashwini Shetty Akkunje, Getting Accolades Aplenty. 14 October 2010. 15 October 2010. Daijiworld Media Network. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200457/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=87541. dead.
  2. News: Bose . Saibal. Indian relay girls bring the house down. 15 October 2010. Times of India.
  3. Web site: Rawat. Rahul. Ashwini wants to win more medals. India Today. 30 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101205170236/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/121649/Sports/ashwini-wants-to-win-more-medals.html. 5 December 2010 . live.
  4. News: Infosys CEO Gopalakrishnan, Ullas Karanth bag top Karnataka award. 30 November 2010. The Hindu. 30 October 2010. Chennai, India. https://web.archive.org/web/20101105033634/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article859752.ece. 5 November 2010 . live.
  5. News: Running against the odds . deccanchronicle .
  6. Web site: Team Mangalorean. Ashwini's village in celebration mood!. Mangalorean.com. 30 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101126140607/http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=209369. 26 November 2010. dead. dmy-all.
  7. News: Staff Correspondent. Ashwini's family ecstatic. 15 October 2010. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 October 2010.
  8. News: Belgaumkar . Govind D.. Grit pumped up Karnataka's golden girl.. 15 October 2010. The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101019040556/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/14/stories/2010101463130600.htm. 19 October 2010 . dead.
  9. News: Beejadi. Aishwarya. Udupi: Rural Surroundings of Akkunje Scripts Ashwini's Success. 30 November 2010. Daijiworld.com. 11 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121011155417/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=90751. dead.
  10. Web site: Daily News and Analysis. Daily News and Analysis. Gensale Express does India proud at Asiad. D B Corp Ltd.. 30 November 2010.
  11. News: Sukumar . Dev S. Running... till the cows come home. 15 October 2010. Daily News and Analysis. https://web.archive.org/web/20101022051145/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_running-till-the-cows-come-home_1452267. 22 October 2010 . live.
  12. Web site: Udupi: Athlete Ashwini Akkunji gets engaged . 24 September 2015 . 30 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930230707/http://daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=356727 . dead .
  13. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/ashwini-and-priyanka-add-to-doping-shame/1/143690.html Ashwini and Priyanka add to doping shame : Controversies – London Olympics News – India Today
  14. Web site: ashwini akkunji . 10 June 2012 .
  15. News: CAS confirms 2-year bans on 6 Indian athletes . 18 July 2012 . Chennai, India . The Hindu . 18 July 2012.
  16. Web site: Rajyotsava awards for 162 Bangalore, Oct 30, DH News Service: « NRI Forum Karnataka :: News . 8 December 2010 . 29 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170429092452/http://www.nriforumkarnataka.org/news/?p=334 . dead .
  17. News: India News . The Times of India . 13 October 2010.
  18. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105034/yeddy-announces-cash-prizes-karna.html Yeddy announces cash prizes to Karna medal winners in CWG
  19. News: Railways honours Commonwealth Games medallists . https://web.archive.org/web/20101030082527/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/27/stories/2010102763801600.htm . dead . 30 October 2010 . Chennai, India . . 27 October 2010.
  20. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-village-road-that-led-to-guangzhou/720452/0 The Village Road that Led to Guangzhou – Indian Express

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