Manjeet Kaur Explained

Manjeet Kaur
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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.[4]

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.[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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009 . Athletics Federation of INDIA . 2009-09-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php . 5 August 2009 .
  2. News: Beenamol erases P T Usha's record . 2001-11-23 . . 2009-10-04.
  3. News: Manjit, Seema set new marks . 2004-07-03 . .
  4. News: Women's 4 x 400m team sets national mark . 2004-06-28 . . 2009-10-04.
  5. Web site: Olympic Games 2004 – Results 08-27-2004 – 4x400 Metres Relay W Heats . . 2009-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090604105734/http://www.iaaf.org/history/OLY/season=2004/eventCode=3201/results/racedate=08-27-2004/sex=W/discCode=4X4/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html . 4 June 2009 . dead.
  6. Web site: Olympic Games 2008 – Results 08-22-2008 – 4x400 Metres Relay W Heats . . 2009-10-04.
  7. News: Intense competition within the Indian team . https://web.archive.org/web/20080309211951/http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/05/stories/2008030555922000.htm . dead . 2008-03-09 . 2008-03-05 . . 2009-10-04.
  8. Web site: Arjuna Award . webindia123.com . 2009-09-04.