Manjeet Kaur, Date of Birth

    

Manjeet Kaur

Indian sprinter

Date of Birth: 02-Apr-1982

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Manjeet Kaur

  • 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 India 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.

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