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Place of Birth: Kodagu district, Karnataka, India
About M. R. Poovamma
- Machettira Raju Poovamma (born 5 June 1990) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres distance.
- As a member of the Indian 4 × 400 m relay teams she participated in the 2016 Olympics and won gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and 2013 and 2017 Asian championships; individually she won a silver medal in 2013 and a bronze in 2014 at those competitions.
- She received the Arjuna Award in 2015 for her contributions to athletics.
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