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{{short description|Indian sprinter}}
{{Hatnote|For the cricketer with same name, see [[Mandeep Kaur (cricketer)]]}}
{{Distinguish|Manjeet Kaur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Mandeep Kaur
| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Women’s 4x400m Relay) Mandeep Kaur of India won the Gold Medal, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on October 12, 2010 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Portrait of Mandeep Kaur
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|19 April 1988}}
| birth_place = [[Jagadhri]], [[Haryana]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women’s [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 Asian Athletics Championships|2007 Amman]] | [[2007 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2009 Asian Athletics Championships|2009 Guangzhou]] | [[2009 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]] | [[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 m relay]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 x 400 m relay]] }}
}}

'''Mandeep Kaur''' (born 19 April 1988 in [[Jagadhri]]) is an [[India]]n [[sportsperson|athlete]] who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the [[2008 Olympic Games]], but failed to pass the first round.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/mandeep-kaur-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/mandeep-kaur-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Mandeep Kaur}}</ref> Mandeep Kaur won gold medals in the women's {{nowrap|[[4 x 400 metres relay]]}} events at the 2010 [[Commonwealth Games]] and the 2010 and 2014 [[Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/fGQkMraFeWLwnaYlx53MsN/Asian-Games-India-wins-gold-in-4x400m-women-relay.html |title=Asian Games: India wins gold in 4x400m women's relay |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=2 October 2014}}</ref>

On 29 June 2011, [[Reuters]] reported that she had tested positive for the anabolic steroids [[methandienone]] and [[stanozolol]] during off-season tests, following the same day announcement of the [[Athletics Federation of India]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Sudipto Ganguly |date=29 June 2011 |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/athletics-india-doping-idINL3E7HT23220110629 |agency=[[Reuters]]|title=Athletics-Indian pair fail doping test |quote=Leading Indian 400 metres pair Mandeep Kaur and [[Juana Murmu]] have failed doping tests, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Wednesday}}</ref> She blamed the results on tainted food supplements, and denied taking any banned substance knowingly.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-01/athletics/29726080_1_supplements-steroids-vitamin |title=Mandeep claims innocence, wants food supplements to be tested |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=1 July 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918111651/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-01/athletics/29726080_1_supplements-steroids-vitamin |archive-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After a total of 6 Indian female 400m runners tested positive, including Mandeep's teammates at the Commonwealth Games, [[Ashwini Akkunji]] and [[Sini Jose]], the team coach, Ukrainian [[Yuri Ogrodnik]], was fired by India's Sport's Minister [[Ajay Maken]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/coach-sacked-in-india-dope-scandal/story-e6frfglf-1226088609086 |title=Coach sacked in India dope scandal |work=[[Herald Sun]] |date=6 July 2011}}
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