Sathi Geetha (born 5 July 1983) is an Indian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

athlete from

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. She is a sprinter specializing 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 on ...

. Sathi Geetha was born on 5 July 1983 in

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, coming from a Telugu Hindu traditional and small middle-class family. Geetha finished seventh in

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates K. M. Beenamol,

Chitra K. Soman Chitra Kulathummuriyil Soman (born 10 July 1983) was born in Kottayam, Kerala. Her father is from Kottayam and her mother is from kanjirappally, Kerala. She is an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Soman finished seventh in 4 ...

and Rajwinder Kaur. Geetha also won a silver medal at the 2005 Asian Championships in a personal best time of 51.75 seconds.

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* 1983 births Living people Sportswomen from Tamil Nadu Indian female sprinters Olympic female sprinters Olympic athletes of India Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for India Recipients of the Dhyan Chand Award 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people {{India-athletics-bio-stub

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