Rosa Kutty (born 1964) is a former

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n woman athlete who participated in

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and

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in 4x 400 relay race. She won silver medal in

1998 Asian Games The 1998 Asian Games (), officially known as the 13th Asian Games and the XIII Asiad, was an Asian multi-sport event celebrated in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6 to 20, 1998, with 377 events in 36 sports and disciplines participated by 6,554 ...

in 800 mt race. She is from Aayavana, Muvattupuzha in Kerala and now live in

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Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. She works as Sports Officer in the Bangalore Division of South Western Railways She got

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for her achievements in 1994.

Medals

*Silver medal in 800m at Asian Meet, Delhi, 1989 *Bronze in 800m at Beijing Asiad *Silver at Bangkok Asiad, 1998

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* 1964 births Living people Indian female middle-distance runners 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people People from Muvattupuzha Athletes from Kerala Olympic athletes for India Recipients of the Arjuna Award Sportswomen from Kerala Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes from Bangalore Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for India Asian Athletics Championships winners {{India-athletics-bio-stub