Chitra Kulathummuriyil Soman (born 10 July 1983) was born in Mattakkara, Kottayam, Kerala. Her father is from Kottayam and her mother is from kanjirappally, Kerala. She is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Soman finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat.[1] Soman also ran for the Indian team who won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In 2007, Chitra Soman won gold medal in 400m race at Asian Grand Prix series held at Guwahati on 23 June 2007 and at Puen held on 27 June 2007. She also led Indian women 4 × 400 m relay team to Gold in Asian Athletics Championship held at Amman in July 2007. In 2008, Chitra again showed her class by leading another win for Indian women 4 × 400 m relay team in 3rd Asian Indoor Championship in Athletics held in Doha in Feb 2008.[2][3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | 10 July 1983 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Sprints |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 200 m: 24.74 (Doha 2006) 400 m: 51.3 (Chennai 2004) 400 m hurdles: 57.70 (Ludhiana 2005) |
Her personal best time in 400 m is 51.30 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Chennai.she got married 2011 and he is from punjab.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Women)".
- ^ "MEDAL WINNERS OF ASIAN GAMES". Athletics Federation of India. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "இந்திய விளையாட்டு வீராங்கனைகள் இதுவரை வென்றுள்ள பதக்கங்கள் எத்தனை?". BBC Tamil. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links
edit- Chitra K. Soman at World Athletics
- Chitra K. Soman at Olympedia
- Chitra K. Soman at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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