Vandana Pandurang Shanbhag (born 19 September 1965) is a female Indian former

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athlete who represented

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at the 1988 Olympics in the

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race. She is also a

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player. She won the silver medal in the women's 400 metres race at the 1987 Asian Athletics Championships held in Singapore. She was honoured with the Arjuna Award for outstanding achievement in Indian sports. She is married, has a daughter and is settled in Mangalore.

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