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{{short description|Indian athlete}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| image = Shiny Wilson at release In-house Hindi Journal "Annam" (cropped).jpg
| caption = Abraham in 2013
| nationality = Indian
| full_name = Shiny Kurisingal Abraham-Wilson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|05|08}}
| birth_place = [[Thodupuzha]], [[Idukki district|Idukki]], Kerala, India
| country = {{IND}}
| sport = Track and field
| event = [[400 metres|400 meters]]<br>[[800 metres|800 meters]]
| pb = '''400 m''': 52.12 (1995)<br>'''800 m''': 1:59.85 (1995)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's Athletics}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1985 Asian Championships in Athletics|1985 Jakarta]] | 800 metres}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1985 Asian Championships in Athletics|1985 Jakarta]] | 400 metres}}
}}

'''Shiny Wilson''' ([[Married and maiden names|nee]] Abraham, born 8 May 1965) is a retired Indian athlete. She has been a National Champion in 800 metres for 14 years.<ref name="Champions">{{cite book |title=Indian Champions |author=Chitra Garg |publisher=Rajpal & Sons |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fq1wdzqhu6kC |isbn=9788170288527 |pages=52–54 }}</ref> Shiny Abraham Wilson (Shiny Abraham) represented India more than 75 times in international competition. She holds the added distinction of representing Asia in four World Cups, She is also perhaps the only athlete to have taken part in six Asian Track & Field Meets in a row beginning 1985 in Jakarta.<ref name="Champions"/> During this period she won seven gold, five silver and two bronze medals in the Asian competitions. She collected a total of 18 gold and two silver medals from the seven South Asian Federation (SAF) Meets she has competed.<ref name="Champions"/>

== Early life ==
Born at Thodupuzha in [[Idukki district]] of [[Kerala]] on 8 May 1965, Shiny became interested in athletics as a child but developed her skills after joining the sports division in [[Kottayam]].

In fact Shiny, [[PT Usha]] and [[M D Valsamma]] studied at the same sports division in various parts of Kerala and as they grew up, they were coached by the NIS coach P. J. Devesla.

Shiny was then trained at G.V. Raja Sports School in Trivandrum before she moved to Alphonsa College in Palai.<ref name="Champions"/>

She is married to Wilson Cherian, who is also an international swimmer and an Arjuna awardee. They have three children: Shilpa, Sandra and Shane.

She is currently the Indian team selector and government nominee for selection committee board. Presently working as general manager (South) At FCI Chennai.

== Career ==
Shiny Abraham's athletics career ran alongside that of [[PT Usha]] from the time the two of them represented the country in the [[Asian Games]] in New Delhi in 1982. Shiny became national champion in the 800 metres a year before the Asian Games in Delhi.<ref name="Champions"/>

After that and until she announced her retirement, she has won the event every time she did the course on the national scene, A veteran of four Olympics and three Asian Games, Shiny has some great moments to cherish, particularly the experience in the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games]], where she became the first woman from India to enter the semi-final of an Olympic event.<ref name="Champions"/> And more importantly, she was part of the relay squad which set the Asian record there and again when it improved upon that mark during the World Championship in Rome in 1987.

Shiny also has some bitter memories, of the day when she cut into the inner lane and was disqualified while very much in front of the field during the [[1986 Asian Games]] in [[Seoul]]. She also cherishes the memory of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when she became the first woman to be the flag bearer for India at the Olympics.<ref name="Champions"/>

Her most memorable competition was the Asian Track & Field Meet at [[Delhi]] in 1989, despite being in the family way, she ran the 800;meters to come second behind Sun Sumei of China but Shiny was declared the winner as Sumei tested positive for doping.<ref name="Champions"/> One of her greatest achievements was that she was running even faster after the birth of her child and she set a new record of 1:59.85 in the 800m race at the 1995 South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Chennai.<ref name="Champions"/>''' '''''''''''''''

Shiny married swimmer Wilson Cherian in December 1988.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shiny Abraham the ties knot with ace swimmer Wilson Cherian |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19881215-shiny-abraham-the-ties-knot-with-ace-swimmer-wilson-cherian-797998-1988-12-15 |access-date=9 October 2019 |work=India Today |date=15 December 1988 |language=en}}</ref>

Shiny was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1985, Birla Award in 1996 and Padma Shri in 1998. she is also the recipient of Chinese Journalists Award 1991 for being one of the Top Ten Athletes of Asia.

== Participation ==
Shiny Abraham has participated in four [[Olympic Games]]: [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles (1984)]], [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul (1988)]],

[[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona (1992)]] and [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta(1996)]]. .

Although she didn't win any medals at any of the four Olympics, she and [[Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha|P.T. Usha]] powered India to an unexpected Women's 4X400 relay final at the 1984 Games.

She was also the '''captain of the Indian Contingent at the 1992 Games.'''

She has also represented India in three [[Asian Games]] and has won a Gold, 2 Silvers and a Bronze.

In the Asian Track and Field meets, she has won 7 Gold Medals, 6 Silver Medals and 2 Bronze Medals.

Represented India for more than 75 Times .

'''First Indian Women athlete to reach the semi-finals in Olympics in women's 800m'''

'''First Indian woman captain and flag bearer for Indian Contingent for 1996 Atlanta Olympics'''

== Awards ==
* She received the [[Arjuna award]] in 1984
* She received [[Chinese journalist]] award 1991 From [[Chinese Government]] For her Outstanding Achievement in Sports'''''''''
* She was conferred [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian award in 1998.'''<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>
* She was honoured with [[Birla family|Birla]] Award in 1998.
* In 2002, she Was Honoured by the [[UNICEF]], Los Angeles and had presented a paper presentation on behalf of Asia
* In 2009, she was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award From [[CNN IBN]] at Delhi
* In 2012, she was Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award From [[JFW (magazine)|JFW]] Achievers Award in Chennai
* In 2012, she was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award From Sun Networks for Women Achievers for the Field of Sports .

== See also ==
* [[List of Indian women athletes]]
* [[List of Kerala Olympians]]
* [[List of Indian records in athletics]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IAAF profile|67239|Shiny Wilson}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ab/shiny-abraham-wilson-1|Shiny Abraham-Wilson}}
* {{IOC profile|shiny-kurisingal-abraham-wilson|Shiny Kurisingal Abraham-Wilson}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
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