Anu Vaidyanathan

Anu Vaidyanathan
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born New Delhi, India
Residence Bangalore, India
Sport
Country India
Sport Triathlon

Anuradha "Anu" Vaidyanathan (born 1983 or 1984) is an Indian triathlete. In 2009 she became the first and only Asian woman to complete the Ultraman Canada event, placing 18th (out of 24 mixed gender competitors).[1] In three years, she competed all over the globe in Ironman distance events and long-course triathlons culminating in Ultraman Canada in 2009, followed by a finish at Ironman Canada three weeks after Ultraman. Vaidyanathan is the first Indian to train for long-course triathlons in India and qualified for the Half Ironman 70.3 Clearwater World Championship in 2008[2] (although she did not compete in this race[3]).

Besides being an athlete, she runs a company, PatNMarks, that specializes in Intellectual Property Consulting.[4] Vaidyanathan also has a PhD in a record-setting time of 26 months from University of Canterbury at Christchurch, in electrical engineering and a bachelor's and master's degrees in computer engineering. She has served as a member of faculty at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering[5] and at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

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References

  1. ↑ http://ultramancanada.com/race-results/2009-2
  2. ↑ Ashok, Kalyan (27 February 2008). "Anuradha dares to be different". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ "Matching Athletes: World Championship 70.3 2008". World Triathlon Corporation. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Murali, D. (18 September 2011). "Evolution of IP valuation". The Hindu Business Line.
  5. ↑ Neelakantan, Shailaja (15 August 2010). "An Indian University Finds Success Recruiting in the U.S.". The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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