Mandeep Kaur (sprinter)

For the cricketer with same name, see Mandeep Kaur (cricketer)
Not to be confused with Manjeet Kaur.

Mandeep Kaur
Portrait of Mandeep Kaur
Personal information
Born19 April 1988 (1988-04-19) (age 36)
Jagadhri, Yamunanagar,
Haryana, India
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Amman 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi 4 x 400 m relay
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou 4 x 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 4 x 400 m relay

Mandeep Kaur (born 19 April 1988 in Jagadhri) is an Indian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but failed to pass the first round.[1] Mandeep Kaur won gold medals in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.[2]

On 29 June 2011, Reuters reported that she had tested positive for the anabolic steroids methandienone and stanozolol during off-season tests, following the same day announcement of the Athletics Federation of India.[3] She blamed the results on tainted food supplements, and denied taking any banned substance knowingly.[4] After a total of 6 Indian female 400m runners tested positive, including Mandeep's teammates at the Commonwealth Games, Ashwini Akkunji and Sini Jose, the team coach, Ukrainian Yuri Ogrodnik, was fired by India's Sport's Minister Ajay Maken.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mandeep Kaur". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Asian Games: India wins gold in 4x400m women's relay". Mint. 2 October 2014.
  3. ^ Sudipto Ganguly (29 June 2011). "Athletics-Indian pair fail doping test". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Leading Indian 400 metres pair Mandeep Kaur and Juana Murmu have failed doping tests, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Wednesday
  4. ^ "Mandeep claims innocence, wants food supplements to be tested". The Times of India. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Coach sacked in India dope scandal". Herald Sun. 6 July 2011.