Paramjeet Kaur (born 2 April 1976, in

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) is an Indian former athlete. She won a gold medal in the women's 4X400m relay in the

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. She represented India in the

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in the women's 4X400 relay event. She is the first woman athlete from Rajasthan to represent India in Olympics until 2000. She is also the first woman Olympian from the

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. Her moment of glory and pride came when she along with K. M. Beenamol, Jincy Philips, and Manjula Kuriakose broke a 13-year-old national record in the women's 4x400 relay event in the Inter State Senior Athletics Championships held in Chennai. They also clocked the world's sixth fastest time in the long relay in 2000. These quarter milers recorded a time of 3:28.11 sec, smashing the previous national record of 3:31.55 sec set in Rome in 1987 by one of Indian athletics' best relay squads, P.T. Usha, Shiny Abraham, Vandana Shanbagh, and Vandana Rao. Their time was better than the Asian Games record of 3:29.11 sec created by China in Hiroshima. She was awarded "Best Athlete of the Meet" for various championships during her career including three consecutive years in Inter-University meet.

Awards and honours

* Maharana Pratap Award from Government of Rajasthan (1993–97) * Aravali Award from Maharaja of Udaipur (1993) * Nahar Sanman Puruskar from Rajasthani Welfare Association (1997)

Achievements

Personal life

Paramjeet Kaur is married to Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, a sports enthusiast. They have two children, Yash and Mansi.

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* 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Meerut Sportswomen from Rajasthan Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Indian female middle-distance runners 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in athletics Asian Athletics Championships winners Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh {{India-athletics-bio-stub