Paramjeet Kaur

Paramjeet Kaur
Born (1976-04-02) 2 April 1976
Meerut Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality Indian

Paramjeet Kaur, (born 2 April 1976, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh) is an international athlete settled in Rajasthan, India. She won gold medal in women’s 4X400m women’s relay in the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships held in Jakarta, Indonesia. She represented India in the Sydney Olympics 2000[1][2][3] [4][5] in 4X400 women’s relay event. She is the first woman athlete from Rajasthan who represented India in Olympics till year 2000. She is also the first women Olympian from Indian Revenue Service.

Her moment of glory and pride came when she along with K. M. Beenamol, Jincy Philips, Manjula Kuriakose broke a 13-year-old national record in 4x400 women's relay event in Inter State Senior Athletics Championships held in Chennai. They also clocked the world’s sixth fastest time in long relay in the year 2000. These quarter milers recorded 3:28.11 sec, smashing the previous national record of 3:31.55 sec set in Rome in 1987 by one of Indian athletics best relay squads, P.T. Usha, Shiny Abraham, Vandana Shanbagh, and Vandana Rao. Their time was better than the Asian Games record of 3:29.11 sec created by China in Hiroshima.

She was awarded "Best Athlete of the Meet" for various Championships during her career including three consecutive years in Inter-University meet.

Awards and Honour

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  India
2000 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.54 NR
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.46
1999 South Asian Federation Games Kathmandu, Nepal 1st 4 × 100 m relay
1998 South Asian Athletic Federation Colombo,Sri Lanka 2nd 4 × 400 m relay
1996 Asian Junior Athletic Championships New Delhi, India 1st 4 × 400 m relay
2nd 400 m
1992 Singapore Open Track & Field Championship Singapore 1st 4 × 400 m relay
2nd 4 × 100 m relay
1992 Asian Junior Athletic Championships New Delhi,India 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:41.27

Personal life

Paramjeet Kaur is married to Mr. Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, a sports enthusiast and has 2 children Yash and Mansi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Paramjeet Kaur". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Games: Indian contingent travels to Sydney with a fistful of dreams". India Today/1/244693.html. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Twenty four member team for Sydney Olympics". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  4. ↑ "Indian Contingent announced". Rediff.
  5. ↑ "India and the Olympics". Book "India and the Olympics". Retrieved 2014-12-29.


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