Manju Bala Swami (born 1 July 1989) is an Indian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete competing in the

hammer throw The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...

. She won the bronze medal in the event in the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. Her bronze medal was briefly upgraded to silver after the original winner

Zhang Wenxiu Zhang Wenxiu (, born 22 March 1986 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a retired Chinese female hammer thrower. Career She won the 2005 Asian Championships and 2006 Asian Games. She finished tenth at the 2001 World Championships, seventh at the 2004 Olymp ...

failed a doping test, but Zhang was later reinstated as the winner.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bala, Manju 1989 births Living people Indian female hammer throwers People from Churu district Athletes from Rajasthan Sportswomen from Rajasthan Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games