Manjit Kaur

Manjeet Kaur

Personal information
Born	4 April 1982 (1982-04-04) (age 35)
Medal record Women’s athletics Representing  India Asian Championships 2005 Incheon 400 m 2005 Incheon 4 × 400 m relay 2007 Amman 4 × 400 m relay 2009 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m relay 2009 Guangzhou 400 m Asian Games 2006 Doha 4 × 400 m relay 2010 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m relay 2006 Doha 400 m Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 4 × 400 m relay 2006 Melbourne 4 × 400 m relay

Manjeet Kaur (born 4 April 1982) is an Indian sprint athlete from Punjab who specializes in 400 metres. She holds the current 400 m National record of 51.05 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Chennai on 16 June 2004. She broke the previous record held by K. M. Beenamol since November 2001. In doing so, she passed the qualifying mark for the 2004 Athens Olympics. She along with Chitra K. Soman, Rajwinder Kaur and K. M. Beenamol form the team that holds the current National record in 4 x 400 metres relay.

A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Punjab Police, Manjeet competed for India in 4 x 400 metres relay at 2004 Athens Olympics where her team set the current National record with a time of 3:26.89. The team finished third in their heats. In the next Beijing Olympics also she represented India in 4 x 400 metres relay where her team composed of Sathi Geetha, Chitra K. Soman, and Mandeep Kaur clocked a time of 3:28.83 and finished seventh in their heats.

In Doha Asian Games in 2006, Manjeet led India to a 4 x 400 metres relay gold. Earlier at the same event, she had also won a silver medal in Women's 400 metres race behind eventual winner Olga Tereshkova from Kazakhstan. In 2005, she was conferred the Arjuna Award for her contribution to the Indian athletics.

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