Paramjeet Kaur

Paramjeet Kaur (born 2 April 1976, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian former athlete. She won a gold medal in the women's 4X400m 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 the women's 4X400 relay event. She is the first woman athlete from Rajasthan to represent India in Olympics until 2000. She is also the first woman Olympian from the Indian Revenue Service.

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

Her moment of glory and pride came when she along with K. M. Beenamol, Jincy Philips, and Manjula Kuriakose broke a 13-year-old national record in the women's 4x400 relay event in the Inter State Senior Athletics Championships held in Chennai. They also clocked the world's sixth fastest time in the long relay in 2000. These quarter milers recorded a time of 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 honours
  • Maharana Pratap Award from Government of Rajasthan (1993–97)
  • Aravali Award from Maharaja of Udaipur (1993)
  • Nahar Sanman Puruskar from Rajasthani Welfare Association (1997)

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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 Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, a sports enthusiast. They have two children, Yash and Mansi.

References
  1. "Paramjeet Kaur". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. "Olympic Games: Indian contingent travels to Sydney with a fistful of dreams". India Today/1/244693.html. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. "Twenty four member team for Sydney Olympics". The Hindu. 6 September 2000. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  4. "Indian Contingent announced". Rediff.
  5. "India and the Olympics". Book "India and the Olympics". Retrieved 29 December 2014.


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