Parul Chaudhary (born 15 April 1995) is an Indian athlete from Uttar Pradesh, who specialises in

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and

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually Abbreviation, abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 met ...

. She is the first Indian runner to clock a sub-9 minute time in the women's 3000m.

Early life

Chaudhary hails from Iklauta Village near

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. She is one of four children of Krishanpal Chaudhary and Rajesh Devi. Parul ran barefoot as a teenager and competed in 800 metres in her school starting 2011. She switched to 1500 m and 3000 m, before taking to 5000 m and competed professionally in the latter event. It helped her land a job with the Western Railway in 2015 when she moved to

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Career

In July 2023, Chaudhary won a gold in women's 3000m steeplechase in the

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held at

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. In August, at the

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held in

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, she registered a personal best time and national record in 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:15.31, in the process, qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics. At the Hangzhou Asian Games in October 2023, she claimed gold in the 5000 m event and silver in 3000 m steeplechase.

Awards

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2023. * Named in

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India 30 under-30 2024. * Aces awards 2024 Sportswoman of the year 2024 award.

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1995 births Living people Indian female long-distance runners Indian female steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in athletics Medalists at the 2019 South Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for India Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Athletics Championships medalists Recipients of the Arjuna Award Athletes from Uttar Pradesh Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh Sportspeople from Meerut 21st-century Indian sportswomen {{India-athletics-bio-stub

Early life

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