Vithya Ramraj
Vithya Ramraj (born 20 September 1998) is an Indian athlete from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. She is a three-time National champion. She competes in 100m and 400m hurdles and 400 metres.[1] On 11 September 2023, she clocked a blistering 55.43 seconds in the 400-metre hurdles at the Athletics Grand Prix in Chandigarh coming 0.01 sec close to PT Usha's record in 400m hurdles set at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.[2][3][4]
Early life
Vithya hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Her father is a truck driver and her Meena is a home maker.[5] Her identical twin Nithya is also an athlete. Vithya works with Indian Railways. The girls started playing hockey and her mother joined them in the Erode Girls Sports School for Class 7.[6] Later they shifted to athletics
Athletics career
Till 2017 Vithys also ran 100m and 200m sprint events but later on started focusing on 400m hurdles. But she and her coach decided that she will do both 400m and 400m hurdles and she is also continuing with both 100m events. The tournaments she took part in 20023[7] are:
- 15-17 May 2023: 100m and 100m hurdles - Birsa Munda Foot Ball Stadium, Morabadi, Ranchi (IND);
- 17 June 2023: 4 × 100 m relay - Indian Championships, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar (IND);
- 13 July 2023: 100m hurdles - Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok (THA);
- 30 July 2023: 4 × 400 m relay, 4 × 400 m mixed relay - Mahinda Rajapaksha Stadium, Diyagama (SRI)
- 10, 11 September 2023: 400m, 400m hurdles - Indian Grand Prix 5, Chandigarh (IND).
References
- ↑ "Vithya RAMRAJ | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "Vithya Ramraj comes within 0.01 seconds of matching PT Usha record in 400m hurdles". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "Vithya Ramraj Misses Out on Breaking PT Usha's Record By One Hundredth Of A Second | Athletics News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ Halder, Aditya K. "Indian Grand Prix 5 Chandigarh Highlights, Day 2: Vithya Ramraj misses out on PT Usha record by whisker!". www.mykhel.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Grewal, Indervir. "Indian Grand Prix-5: Twin sisters fulfilling mother's dream". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Selvaraj, Jonathan. ".01 seconds shy of Usha's 39-year-old record, Vithya Ramraj looks to hurdle into record books". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ↑ "Vithya RAMRAJ | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.