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'''Nithya Ramraj''' (born 20 September 1998) is an Indian athlete from Tamil Nadu. She competes in 100m hurdles. She represented India at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.<ref name="SportzConnect">{{Cite web |last=SportzConnect |date=2023-09-11 |title=Tamil Nadu Twins Vithya-Nithya aim for Asian Games medal |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/news-tamil-nadu-twins-nithya-vithya-ramraj-aim-asian-games-medal |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-11 |title=Vithya falls just short of Usha’s 39-year-old 400m hurdles national mark |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/vithya-just-misses-usha-s-39-year-old-400m-hurdles-natl-mark-101694452271510.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> She is India's No.2 in the sprint hurdles behind top athlete Jyothi Yarraji in the rankings.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Rayan |first=Stan |date=2023-09-12 |title=Vithya Ramraj is living out a dream |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/vithya-ramraj-is-living-out-a-dream/article67300102.ece |access-date=2023-09-29 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Nithya hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Her father was a truck driver and her mother, Meena, is a home maker.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-10 |title=Twin Sisters Vithya and Nithya Ramraj Eye Asian Games Glory |url=https://www.news18.com/sports/twin-sisters-vithya-and-nithya-ramraj-eye-asian-games-glory-8572170.html |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> She is the youngest of the three sisters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-09-11 |title=Twin sisters Vithya and Nithya Ramraj eye Asian Games glory |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/sports/twin-sisters-vithya-and-nithya-ramraj-eye-asian-games-glory |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=National Herald |language=en}}</ref> Her identical twin Vithya is also an athlete. The girls started playing hockey and her mother joined them in the Erode Girls Sports School for Class 7. Later they shifted to athletics. Nithya is working with the Income Tax Department.<ref name="SportzConnect"/>

== Career ==

* 2023: Ran 100m hurdles at the Asian Games 2022 at Hangzhou, China. Earlier, she clocked 13.55s to finish fourth in the trials.<ref name=":0" />
* 2023: Representing India she finished fourth in the sprint hurdles at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships 2023 in Bangkok.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rahul |date=2023-07-14 |title=Jyothi Yarraji triumphs in women’s 100m hurdles to swell India’s gold medal tally to three « Athletics Federation of India |url=https://indianathletics.in/jyothi-yarraji-triumphs-in-womens-100m-hurdles-to-swell-indias-gold-medal-tally-to-three/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Athletics Federation of India |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2021: In March, she came third in the 100m hurdles in the 24th National Federation Cup Senior Athletic Championshps at NS NIS, Patiala.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Athlete Details « Athletics Federation of India |url=https://indianathletics.in/athlete-details/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=Athletics Federation of India |language=en-US}}</ref>
* 2019: In October, she came second in the 100m hurdles in the 59th National Open Athletics Championships at Ranchi in Jharkhand.<ref name=":1" />
* 2019: In August, she was fourth in the 100m hurdles in the 9th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-hangzhou-athletics-india-results-medal-winners Olympics.com list]
* [https://indianathletics.in/athlete-details/?id=3034 Nithya Ramraj at Athletics Federation of India]

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[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian female hurdlers]]
[[Category:People from Coimbatore]]
[[Category:Athletes from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]

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