Vithya Ramraj
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Vithya Ramraj (born 20 September 1998) is an Indian athlete from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She is a three-time National champion. She competes in 100m and 400m hurdles and 400 metres.[1] On 2 October 2023 at the 2022 Asian Games, she equalled the Indian national record of 55.42s in 400m hurdles set by P. T. Usha at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.[2] She won the 400m hurdles bronze at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on October 3.[3][4]
Vithya qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Early life
[edit]Vithya hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Her father is a truck driver and her mother Meena is a home maker.[5] Her identical twin Nithya is also an athlete. Vithya works with Indian Railways. The girls started playing hockey and her mother enrolled them in the Erode Girls Sports School for Class 7.[6] She earned her BBA Degree from Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode (2016 to 2019) on a sports scholarship provided by the KVIT Trust, Perundurai. She received good support from the college management and faculty. Dr. A. Sankar, Director of Physical Education at Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, encouraged and supported her training and participation in national-level events.
Career
[edit]Till 2017, Vithya also ran 100m and 200m sprint events but later focussed on 400m hurdles. But she and her coach decided that she will do both 400m and 400m hurdles and she is also continuing with both 100m events. The tournaments she took part in 2023 are:[1]
She won a silver medal at the2022 Asian Games, winning the 4x400m mixed relay team along with Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan.[3]
- 15–17 May 2023: 100m and 100m hurdles - Birsa Munda Foot Ball Stadium, Morabadi, Ranchi (IND);
- 17 June 2023: 4 × 100 m relay - Indian Championships, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar (IND);
- 13 July 2023: 100m hurdles - Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok (THA);
- 30 July 2023: 4 × 400 m relay, 4 × 400 m mixed relay - Mahinda Rajapaksha Stadium, Diyagama (SRI)
- 10, 11 September 2023: 400m, 400m hurdles - Indian Grand Prix 5, Chandigarh (IND).
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Vithya RAMRAJ | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ^ "Asian Games: Vithya Ramraj Equals PT Usha's National Record In Women's 400m Hurdles | Asian Games News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ a b Sportstar, Team (2023-10-03). "Asian Games 2023: Vithya Ramraj wins bronze in 400m hurdles". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ ANI (2023-10-03). "Asian Games: Vithya Ramraj clinches bronze medal in Women's 400m Hurdles". www.dtnext.in. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ^ Grewal, Indervir (2023-09-10). "Indian Grand Prix-5: Twin sisters fulfilling mother's dream". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ^ Selvaraj, Jonathan (2023-09-12). ".01 seconds shy of Usha's 39-year-old record, Vithya Ramraj looks to hurdle into record books". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Indian female hurdlers
- Indian female sprinters
- People from Coimbatore
- Athletes from Tamil Nadu
- Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for India
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games silver medalists for India
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)