Manjeet Kaur (born 4 April 1982) is an Indian

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athlete from

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who specializes in

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. She held the 400 m National record of 51.05 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in

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on 16 June 2004. She broke the previous record held by

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since November 2001. In doing so, she passed the qualifying mark for the

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. She along with Chitra K. Soman, Rajwinder Kaur and

form the team that holds the current National record in

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. A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Punjab Police, Manjeet competed for India in

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

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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

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. In 2005, she was conferred the

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for her contribution to the Indian athletics. Manjeet Kaur won the Gold Medal at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

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event with Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose and Ashwini Akkunji.

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* * 1982 births Living people Indian female sprinters 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Olympic athletes of India Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Recipients of the Arjuna Award Sportswomen from Punjab, India Punjabi people Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{India-athletics-bio-stub