Asha Agarwal is an Indian former long-distance runner and a recipient of
Arjuna Award
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Asha Agarwal won the
Hong Kong Marathon
The Hong Kong Marathon (香港馬拉松), sponsored by Standard Chartered, Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In addition to the full marathon, a 10 km run and a half marathon ar ...
on 27 January 1985. In September 1985 she won gold at the Asian Track and Field meet in
Jakarta
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, setting a record of 2 hours 48 minutes and 51 seconds, which still stands. She also won the Freedom Race in
Delhi
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in 1989,
Trinidad
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Marathon in 1986 and has run eight out of 26 marathons below 2 hours 50 minutes.
Mumbai marathon 2004, Trivia
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References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian female marathon runners
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Indian female long-distance runners
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games
Place of birth missing (living people)
Asian Games competitors for India
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