Vandana Rao is a former
Indian track and field athlete who represented India in 1984 and
1988 Olympics in 4 × 400 m women relay race. She is an Asian Games Gold medalist.
She was awarded
Arjuna award
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...
by government of India for her achievements.
Career
Vandana Rao has represented India in the following International athletic events.
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1982 Asian Games
The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of ...
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1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
* 1985 Asian Track n Field
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1985 IAAF World Cup
The 4th IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on October 4–6, 1985, at the Bruce Stadium in Canberra, Australia.
Overall results ...
* 1986 Four Nations and ASIAN Games
* 1987 Asian Track n Field and World Championship
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1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
Awards
* Karnataka State
Rajyotsva Award in 1984
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Arjuna Award
The Arjuna Award, officially known as Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games, is the second-highest sporting honour of India, the highest being the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. The award is named after Arjuna, one ...
in 1987
Personal life
She is married to former Indian hockey player and head coach,
Joaquim Carvalho.
References
sports references25 years later
*https://bookofachievers.com/articles/victorious-vandana-was-part-of-the-olympic-relay-quartet-she-shares-her-journey
*https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/commitment-and-hard-training-required-to-succeed-in-sports/article3737560.ece
*https://www.sportskeeda.com/athletics/indias-best-athletic-performances-at-olympics/4
*https://www.the-sports.org/vandana-rao-athletics-spf37356.html
*https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/stories-of-indian-women-athletes-who-dared-11581056928066.html
*https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/On-a-different-track-now/article16651411.ece
*https://indianathletics.in/medal-winners-of-asian-games/
*https://www.olympic.ind.in/winners-and-athletes?id=285
External links
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1963 births
Living people
Sportswomen from Karnataka
Athletes from Karnataka
Indian female sprinters
Indian female middle-distance runners
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
Olympic athletes for India
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Asian Games
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Asian Games gold medalists for India
Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Olympic female sprinters
World Athletics Championships athletes for India
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