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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Mangalore, IND |
| Higher education | Business Management - SDM College of Business Management: Mangalore, IND |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Why this sport? | She was introduced to the sport by her primary school physical education teacher Vasanth Hegde. |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | She began athletics at primary school in India. "When I started my career, I used to run the 100m and 200m. I took part in the national meet for the first time when I was in class seven but didn't win any medal then. In a district-level meet, my coach asked me to run the 400m and that's how it all began." |
General Interest | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Discipline is the main formula for success." (mangalorean.com, 30 Aug 2008) |
| Famous relatives | Her husband Jithin Paul has competed in 400m hurdles at international level. Her brother M. R. Manju has competed in 400m events at national level in India. (worldathletics.org, 19 Mar 2021; mangalorean.com, 02 Sep 2008) |
| Awards and honours | She was named the Most Consistent Performer at the 2016 GoSports Foundation awards ceremony in Bengaluru, India, in recognition of her contribution to Indian athletics. (scroll.in, 03 Jan 2017) In 2015 she received the Arjuna Award from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in India. (indiatoday.in, 30 Sep 2015) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Human Resources |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Mandarin |
Sport Specific Information | |
| Club / Team | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation [ONGC]: India |
General Interest | |
| Injuries | In 2012 she ruptured the L4-L5 vertebral disc in her spine during weight training. She was sidelined for 10 months and missed the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (scroll.in, 03 Jan 2017) |
| Hero / Idol | US sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross. (scroll.in, 03 Jan 2017) |
| Other information | SANCTION In September 2022 she received a two-year suspension [effective from June 2022] after returning a positive test for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine at the 2021 Indian Grand Prix in Patiala. She had originally been suspended for three months by an Indian National Anti-Doping Agency [NADA] disciplinary panel, but India's Anti-Doping Appeal Panel overturned the decision. (olympics.com, 21 Sep 2022; hindustantimes.com, 20 Sep 2022; nadaindia.org, 17 Sep 2022, 16 Sep 2022; timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 29 Jun 2022) OCCUPATION She began working for the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in India under a sports programme that allows athletes to train and compete internationally. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com, 14 Mar 2021, 30 Aug 2018; Facebook page, 06 May 2018) |
Further Personal Information | |
| Family | Husband Jithin Paul |