Rajwinder Kaur (born 21 April 1980) is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the

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 ...

. Kaur finished seventh in the

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat. Kaur also ran for the Indian team who won a silver medal at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006, were an International sport, international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth held in Melbourne ...

. Her personal best time in 400 m is 51.57 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in

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. Achievements: * Finalist, Olympics 2004, Athens (7th position) * Commonwealth Games 2006, Melbourne (silver medal) * World Police & Fire Games 2003, Barcelona (triple gold medal) * Asian Star Meet 2004, Singapore (bronze medal) * Asian Track and Field 2005, South Korea (gold medal; new meet record) * Asian Grand Prix meet 2004, Thailand (gold medal) * Asian Grand Prix Colombo 2004 (national record) * Asian grand Prix Manila 2004 (gold and bronze medal) * Indo Pak Games, Patiala (silver medal) * Invitation meets, Kharkiv, Ukraine (silver medal) * Invitation meet, Kyiv, Ukraine (gold medal)

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* 1980 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for India Indian female sprinters Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics {{India-athletics-bio-stub