Chitra 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 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat.[1] Soman also ran for the Indian team who won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In 2007, Chitra Soman won gold medal in 400m race at Asian Grand Prix series held at Guwahati on 23 June 2007 and at Puen held on 27 June 2007. She also led Indian women 4 × 400 m relay team to Gold in Asian Athletics Championship held at Amman in July 2007. In 2008, Chitra again showed her class by leading another win for Indian women 4 × 400 m relay team in 3rd Asian Indoor Championship in Athletics held in Doha in Feb 2008.[2]

Chitra Soman

Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	10 July 1983
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Sprints
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200 m: 24.74 (Doha 2006) 400 m: 51.3 (Chennai 2004) 400 m hurdles: 57.70 (Ludhiana 2005)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  India Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 4 × 400 m relay Asian Games 2006 Doha 4 × 400 m relay Asian Championships 2005 Incheon 4 × 400 m relay 2007 Amman 400 m 2007 Amman 4 × 400 m relay 2009 Guangzhou 4 × 400 m relay

Her personal best time in 400 m is 51.30 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Chennai.she got married 2011 and he is from punjab.

See also

• List of Kerala Olympians

References

2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

• Chitra Soman at World Athletics