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{{short description|Indian sprinter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox athlete
| name = Rachita Mistry
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| fullname = Rachita Panda Mistry
| nicknames =
| nationality = {{IND}}
| sport = [[Running]]
| event = [[100 metres]], [[200 metres]]
| club = [[Indian Railways]]
| collegeteam =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|03|04}}
| birth_place = [[Rourkela]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| residence =
| retired= Yes
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height ={{height|m=1.64}}
| weight ={{convert|55|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| country = India
| pb = '''100 m''': 11.26 ([[Thiruvananthapuram]] 2000)<br/>'''200 m''': 23.10<br>([[Chennai]] 2000)
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCompetition|[[All-India Open National Championships]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ind.htm|title=Indian Championships and Games|publisher=gbrathletics.com|accessdate=2009-09-06}}</ref>}}
{{MedalGold| 1998 Championships | [[100 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|All-India Inter State Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1998 Championships | [[100 metres]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2000 Championships | [[100 metres]]}}
{{MedalGold| 2000 Championships | [[200 metres]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Indian National Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1997 Games | [[100 metres]]}}
}}

'''Rachita Panda Mistry''' (born 4 March 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/rachita-mistry-136161|title=Rachita Mistry|work=iaaf.org|accessdate=28 January 2016}}</ref> is an [[India]]n professional [[sprint (running)|sprinter]] from [[Odisha]]. She held the [[100 metres]] national record of 11.38 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on 12 August 2000<ref name="afio">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianathletics.org/isr.php |title=Official Website of Athletics Federation of India: NATIONAL RECORDS as on 21.3.2009 |publisher=Athletics Federation of INDIA |accessdate=2009-09-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805174209/http://indianathletics.org/isr.php |archivedate=2009-08-05 }}</ref><ref name="hindu_aug00">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/08/13/stories/07130117.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105113117/http://www.hindu.com/2000/08/13/stories/07130117.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-05|title=Neelam heaves discus to a new National mark|date=2000-08-13|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-10-02}}</ref> for 13 years until it was bettered in 2013 by Merlin K. Joseph.<ref>{{cite news |title= Merlin K Joseph 'betters' national mark |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/Merlin-K-Joseph-betters-national-mark/articleshow/22425800.cms |newspaper= The Times of India |date= 9 September 2013 |accessdate= 9 September 2013}}</ref> Rachita set her personal best time of 11.26 s for 100 metres in [[Bangalore]] on 5 July 2001 and in the process she broke [[P. T. Usha]]'s long standing mark of 11.39 s set during the [[1985 Asian Championships in Athletics]] in [[Jakarta]].<ref name="iaaf_jul00">{{cite news|url=http://berlin.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=14765.html|title=Shakti Singh betters Asian shot put record|date=2000-07-07|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF)|accessdate=2009-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610181549/http://berlin.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=14765.html|archive-date=10 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="hindu_aug00b">{{cite news|title=Shakti Singh creates Asian record|date=2000-07-06|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> However, following some controversies,<ref name="hindu_jul00">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/07/22/stories/0722096m.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105113211/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/07/22/stories/0722096m.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-05|title=Not a bitter pill to swallow!|date=2000-07-22|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-02}}</ref><ref name="hindu_apr02">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/04/04/stories/2002040406002300.htm|title=Time to set the record straight|date=2002-04-04|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220063958/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/04/04/stories/2002040406002300.htm|archive-date=20 December 2008|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref> the Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) did not ratify the national record on the ground that no [[Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport|dope tests]] had been carried out during the meet.<ref name="hindu_aug02">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/05/stories/2002040505191900.htm|title=AAFI rejects four National records|date=2002-08-05|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321173603/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/04/05/stories/2002040505191900.htm|archive-date=21 March 2006|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref> AAIF, however, clarified that the performances of the athletes who set the National record during the 2000 National Circuit Meet would be allowed to stand as their personal bests.<ref name="hindu_aug02" />

Rachita represented India in [[4 x 100 metres relay]] together with [[P. T. Usha]], E. B. Shyla, and [[Saraswati Saha]] at the [[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics]] where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current [[List of Indian records in athletics|national record]] of 44.43 s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vijaykumar|first=C.N.R|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/15e.htm|title=After the feast, the famine|publisher=www.rediff.com|date=1998-12-15|accessdate=2009-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianathletics.in/records/Records%20seniors%20(As%20on%2031.12.2011).pdf|title=National records|publisher=ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA|date=2011-12-31|accessdate=2013-08-17}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Later in the [[4 x 100 metres relay]] at [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney Olympics]] her team - consisting of V. Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, and [[Saraswati Saha]] - clocked a time of 45.20 s in the first round. The team finished last in their heats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp |title=Sydney2000 Results: Official Results - 4 X 100 METRES - Women - Round 1 |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations|IAAF]] |accessdate=2009-10-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916214229/http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/index.asp |archivedate=2009-09-16 }}</ref><ref name="srllc">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/rachita-mistry-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/rachita-mistry-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Rachita Mistry - Biography and Olympics results|publisher= Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2009-09-05}}</ref>

Rachita is also a former National record holder in the [[200 metre]] sprint. She set the 200 m record on 31 July 2000, at [[Chennai]], with a run of 23.10 seconds.<ref name="hindu_aug02c">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233236/http://www.hindu.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082905962100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-06|title=Saraswati breaks 23-second barrier |date=2002-08-29|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-09-03}}</ref> In doing so, she broke the previous record held by [[P. T. Usha]]. Rachita's 200 metres record was later replaced by Saraswati Saha in August 2002.<ref name="hindu_aug02c" /> In 1998, she was conferred the [[Arjuna Award]] for her contribution to the Indian athletics.<ref name="arjuna">{{cite web|url=http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm |title=Arjuna Awardees|publisher=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]|accessdate=2009-09-05 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm |archivedate = 2007-12-25}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{IND}}
|-
|1998
|[[1998 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Fukuoka, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|4 x 100 m [[List of Indian records in athletics|NR]]
|-
|2000
|[[2000 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Jakarta, Indonesia]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|100 m
|}
{{Clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{iaaf name|id=136161}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mistry, Rachita}}
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Athletes from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of India]]
[[Category:Indian female sprinters]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Olympic female sprinters]]

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