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 '''Kamaljeet Sandhu''' is a female Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 [[Asian Games|Bangkok Asian Games]] in 400 m race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She is the first Indian woman athlete to win an individual gold medal at Asian games.<ref name="mumbaimirror">{{cite news|title=Women’s Day Special: From Mother Teresa to Kamaljit Sandhu, women who have made India proud|url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/photos/news/womens-day-special-from-mother-teresa-to-kamaljit-sandhu-women-who-have-made-india-proud/kamaljit-sandhu/mumbaiphotos/57534685.cms|access-date=9 March 2017|agency=Mumbai Mirror|publisher=India Times|date=9 Mar 2017}}</ref> She is from [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] state in [[India]]. She received [[Padma Shri]] award in 1971.<ref name="mumbaimirror"/> In 1971, she was one of the finalists in the World University Games held at Turin, Italy, in 400 metres race. She participated in the Women's 400 metres at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich Olympics]], bowing out in the heats. Kamaljeet retired from athletics in 1973. She was also a national-level basketball and inter-varsity hockey player. She went to the 1982 Asian Games as the coach of the Indian women's sprint team. She is also an alumna of Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sprint queen on payback run|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1030906/asp/ranchi/story_2338096.asp|access-date=9 March 2017|agency=The Telegraph|publisher=ABP|date=6 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312034042/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1030906/asp/ranchi/story_2338096.asp|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{short description|Indian sprinter}}
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'''Kamaljeet Sandhu''' is a female Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 [[Asian Games|Bangkok Asian Games]] in 400 m race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She is the first Indian woman athlete to win an individual gold medal at Asian games.<ref name="mumbaimirror">{{cite news|title=Women’s Day Special: From Mother Teresa to Kamaljit Sandhu, women who have made India proud|url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/photos/news/womens-day-special-from-mother-teresa-to-kamaljit-sandhu-women-who-have-made-india-proud/kamaljit-sandhu/mumbaiphotos/57534685.cms|access-date=9 March 2017|agency=Mumbai Mirror|publisher=India Times|date=9 Mar 2017}}</ref> She is from [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] state in [[India]]. She received [[Padma Shri]] award in 1971.<ref name="mumbaimirror"/> In 1971, she was one of the finalists in the World University Games held at Turin, Italy, in 400 metres race. She participated in the Women's 400 metres at the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich Olympics]], bowing out in the heats. Kamaljeet retired from athletics in 1973. She was also a national-level basketball and inter-varsity hockey player. She went to the 1982 Asian Games as the coach of the Indian women's sprint team. She is also an alumna of Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sprint queen on payback run|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1030906/asp/ranchi/story_2338096.asp|access-date=9 March 2017|agency=The Telegraph|publisher=ABP|date=6 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312034042/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1030906/asp/ranchi/story_2338096.asp|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian female sprinters]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
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