Jauna Murmu (born 16 August 1990) is an Indian sprint runner and

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from Odisha who specializes in

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

and

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

. She belongs to

Mayurbhanj District Mayurbhanj district is one of the List of districts of Odisha, 30 districts of Odisha state in eastern India and the largest in the state by area, nearly equivalent to Tripura. The district's headquarters is located in Baripada, with other majo ...

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. She has received coaching from Arun Kumar Das and Subash Chandra Dasmohapatra. She is presently employed by with ONGC

Achievements

She has multiple International and national achievements.

International

*Finished 4th in

400m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China (although several events commenced ear ...

held in

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, China. *Won one gold medal in women's

400 metre hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, onc ...

event, clocking 57.39 seconds and claimed one bronze in

sprint with a timing of 53.17 seconds in the 3rd Asian All Star Athletics Meet, which concluded at New Delhi on July 30, 2010. *Two gold medals in the

2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...

: in the 400m hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay.

National

*Won the silver medal in women's 400m event of the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship, clocking 52.78 seconds at Patiala, Punjab on August 6, 2010.

Doping

Murmu tested positive for the anabolic steroid

Methandienone Metandienone, also known as methandienone or methandrostenolone and sold under the brand name Dianabol (D-Bol) among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is mostly no longer prescribed. It is also used non-medically ...

in an out of competition test 25 May 2011 and was subsequently handed a two-year doping ban.IAAF Newsletter No.135 (Jul/Aug)
IAAF (28 August 2012). Retrieved 2012-09-02.K.P. Mohan
Quarter-milers Mandeep Kaur, Jauna Murmu provisionally suspended
The Hindu, 30 June 2011

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* 1990 births Living people Indian female sprinters Athletes from Odisha Sportswomen from Odisha People from Mayurbhanj district Santali people Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games athletes for India Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games bronze medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in athletics Doping cases in athletics Indian sportspeople in doping cases {{India-athletics-bio-stub