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{{Short description|Indian athlete}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Rupal Chaudhary
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event = [[400 m]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|12|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Meerut district|Shahpur Jainpur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| pb = 51.85 (2022)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]]
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2025 Asian Athletics Championships|2025 Gumi]]|[[2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400m mixed]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2025 Asian Athletics Championships|2025 Gumi]]|[[2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400m]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2025 Asian Athletics Championships|2025 Gumi]]|[[2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World U20 Championships|World U20 Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2022 World Athletics U20 Championships|2022 Cali]] |[[2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|4×400m mixed]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2022 World Athletics U20 Championships|2022 Cali]]|[[2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]}}
}}

'''Rupal Chaudhary''' (born 23 December 2004) is an Indian [[track and field]] athlete specializing in [[400 metres|400 m]] events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/india/.-rupal-14921188|website=World Athletics|accessdate=12 May 2024|title=. Rupal}}</ref>

==Early life==
She comes from Shahpur Jainpur village in the [[Meerut district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="ie">{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/up-farmers-daughter-rupal-becomes-first-indian-to-win-twin-medals-at-world-u-20-athletics-8072579/lite/|website=Indian Express|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= UP farmer's daughter Rupal Chaudhary becomes first Indian to win twin medals at World U-20 Athletics|date=5 August 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
In 2022, Rapul defeated pre-race favourite [[Priya Mohan]] to win the women's [[400m]] at the Indian National U-20 Federation Cup Athletics Championships.<ref name="ie"/> Later that year, she was a bronze medalist at the [[2022 World Athletics U20 Championships]] in [[Cali]], Colombia in the [[2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 metres]], setting a new personal best time of 51.85 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/world-athletics-u20-championships-2022-india-400m-rupal-chaudhary-silver-medal |website=Olympics.com|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= World Athletics U20 Championships 2022: India's Rupal Chaudhary wins second medal with bronze in 400m |date=5 August 2022}}</ref> At the same event she also won silver in the [[2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|Mixed {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay]] in an [[List of Asian under-20 records in athletics|Asian U20 record]] time.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/world-athletics-u20-championships-2022-india-mixed-4x400m-relay-silver-medal| website=Olympics.com|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= World Athletics U20 Championships 2022: Indian mixed 4x400m relay team wins silver with Asian record|date=3 August 2022}}</ref> In doing so, she became the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the World U-20 Athletics Championships.<ref>{{cite web|website=Sportstar|accessdate=12 May 2024|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/rupal-chaudhary-makes-history-world-u-20-athletics-championships-womens-400m/article65731038.ece|title= World U-20 Athletics: Rupal Chaudhary wins bronze in women's 400m, makes history|date=5 August 2022}}</ref>

She suffered a knee injury which ruled her out of the entire 2023 season.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/world-athletics-relays-after-knee-injury-rupal-chaudhary-makes-comeback-indian-squad-4x400m-news/article68099146.ece/| website=Sportstar|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= After knee injury, Rupal makes a comeback to Indian team for World Relays|date=23 April 2024}}</ref>

She ran as part of the Indian {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay team at the 2024 [[2024 World Athletics Relays – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|World Relays Championships]] which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, in [[Nassau, Bahamas]] in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5398/women-4x400m-results-world-athletics-relays-championships-2024 |accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Women 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024|date=5 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/world-athletics-relays-indias-mens-and-womens-4x400m-teams-qualify-for-paris-2024-9310466/lite/|website=Indian Express|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Paris Olympics: How Indian men's and women's relay squads stepped up in Bahamas In last-chance territory|date=6 May 2024}}</ref>

She competed at the [[2025 World Athletics Relays]] in China in the [[2025 World Athletics Relays – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay]] in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6607/mixed-4x400-metres-relay-world-athletics-relays-championships-2025 | website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=13 May 2025|date=11 May 2025|title=Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025}}</ref> Later that month, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the [[2025 Asian Athletics Championships]], as well as gold medals in the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay and the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7216290?eventId=204596&gender=W|website=World Athletics|accessdate=30 May 2025|title= 26th Asian Athletics Championships}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Olympics.com|url= https://www.olympics.com/en/news/asian-athletics-championships-2025-gumi-day-2-india-report|accessdate=30 May 2025|title= Asian Athletics Championships 2025: Double delight for Rupal Chaudhary as India defends mixed 4x400m title in Gumi|date=28 May 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{World Athletics|india/.-rupal-14921188}}

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