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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Reeth hails from Mysore and took to sport at the age of 12.<ref name="thehindu" | Reeth hails from Mysore and took to sport at the age of 12.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web | url=http://vashtimagazine.com/clean-sports-in-india/ | title=Clean Sports In India | publisher=Vashti Magazine | accessdate=9 November 2014 | author=Shenoy, Archana}}</ref> She studied at Christ the King Convent, [[Mysore]] which encourage sports immensely. She was a [[kho kho]], [[basketball]] and [[throw ball]] player in addition to athletics at the university or state level.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/03/06/stories/2003030601250400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030917013532/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/03/06/stories/2003030601250400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 September 2003 | title=A reverie with Reeth | date=6 March 2003 | accessdate=9 November 2014 | work=[[The Hindu]] | author=Ashok, Kalyan}}</ref> She subsequently decided to focus on [[athletics (sport)|athletics]]. She studied at Maharani college in Bangalore. She has four sisters who too were prolific sportspersons and have represented their respective universities, state and country in various sports fields. | ||
She has two children Shilka and Shamir. | She has two children Shilka and Shamir. | ||
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Reeth is still an active athlete and competes regularly in the [[World Masters Athletics Championships]] meant for athletes over 35 years. She has participated and won medals in the World Masters events in 2003 ([[Carolina, Puerto Rico]]), 2011 ([[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], United States) and 2013 ([[Porto Alegre]], Brazil) in various events. | Reeth is still an active athlete and competes regularly in the [[World Masters Athletics Championships]] meant for athletes over 35 years. She has participated and won medals in the World Masters events in 2003 ([[Carolina, Puerto Rico]]), 2011 ([[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], United States) and 2013 ([[Porto Alegre]], Brazil) in various events. | ||
In 2003, at Carolina, Puerto Rico she won the bronze medal in the Long Jump in the W40 category.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mastershistory.org/International-Results/puertorico2003format.html | title=World Masters Athletics Championships 2003, Carolina | publisher=Mastershistory.org | accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> In 2011, at Sacramento, Reeth won the silver medal for Long jump and the silver medal for Triple jump in the W45 category.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/files/results/sacramento/women.htm | title=World Masters Athletics 2011, Sacramento | publisher=World Masters Athletics | accessdate=8 November 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https:// | In 2003, at Carolina, Puerto Rico she won the bronze medal in the Long Jump in the W40 category.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mastershistory.org/International-Results/puertorico2003format.html | title=World Masters Athletics Championships 2003, Carolina | publisher=Mastershistory.org | accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> In 2011, at Sacramento, Reeth won the silver medal for Long jump and the silver medal for Triple jump in the W45 category.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/files/results/sacramento/women.htm | title=World Masters Athletics 2011, Sacramento | publisher=World Masters Athletics | accessdate=8 November 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207031852/http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/files/results/sacramento/women.htm | archivedate=7 December 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 2011, at Port Alegre, she won the bronze medal for Long jump in the W50 category.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/files/results/porto_alegre/WMA2013-Womens-Results.pdf | title=World Masters Athletics 2013, Port Alegre | publisher=World Masters Athletics | accessdate=9 November 2014}}</ref> | ||
===Other activities=== | ===Other activities=== | ||