Vally Sathyabhama (born 14 May 1964) is a former

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who currently holds the Indian national record in the

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. She set the record with a time of 2:38:10 on 21 December 1995 in

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. In 1991, she won the gold medal for

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in the All-India Open National Championships. In the same year, she repeated her performance by winning the gold in 10,000 m in the All-India Inter-State Championships

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* Living people 1964 births Place of birth missing (living people) Indian female marathon runners Indian female long-distance runners 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people {{India-athletics-bio-stub