Chitra Kulathummuriyil Soman (born 10 July 1983) was born in Kottayam,
Kerala
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. Her father is from Kottayam and her mother is from kanjirappally,
Kerala
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. She is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...
. Soman finished seventh in
4 x 400 metres relay
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In mathematics
Four is the smallest c ...
at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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, together with teammates
Satti Geetha
Sathi Geetha (born 5 July 1983) is an Indian track and field athlete from Palakollu, Andhra Pradesh. She is a sprinter specializing in the 400 metres.
Sathi Geetha was born on 5 July 1983 in Maruteru, coming from a Telugu Hindu traditional an ...
,
K. M. Beenamol
Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol, popularly known as K. M. Beenamol (born 15 August 1975), from Kombidinjal, Idukki district, Kerala is an international athlete from India.
Professional athletics career
Beenamol and her brother K. M. Binu beca ...
and
Rajwinder Kaur. This team, only with
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 bro ...
running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat. Soman also ran for the Indian team who won a silver medal at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
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. In 2007, Chitra Soman won gold medal in 400m race at Asian Grand Prix series held at Guwahati on 23 June 2007 and at Puen held on 27 June 2007. She also led Indian women 4 × 400 m relay team to Gold in Asian Athletics Championship held at Amman in July 2007. In 2008, Chitra again showed her class by leading another win for Indian women 4 × 400 m relay team in 3rd Asian Indoor Championship in Athletics held in Doha in Feb 2008.
Her personal best time in 400 m is 51.30 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in
Chennai
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.she got married 2011 and he is from punjab.
See also
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List of Kerala Olympians
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References
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1983 births
Living people
Sportswomen from Kerala
Indian female sprinters
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Olympic athletes of India
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for India
Malayali people
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
Asian Games gold medalists for India
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
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