K. M. Beenamol
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Professional athletics career
Beenamol and her brother K. M. Binu became the first Indian siblings to win medals in a major international competition.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Binu won a silver medal in men's 800m race.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Olympics
It was during 2000 Summer Olympics, Beenamol was largely unknown, until she became the third Indian woman to reach an Olympic semi-final since P. T. Usha and Shiny Wilson, who achieved almost the same feat in 400m Hurdles in 800m respectively in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Asian games
She won the gold medal in women's 800m and the 4 × 400 m women's relay in the 2002 Asian Games held at Busan.[1][2][3]
Achievements
| 2000 | Asian Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.54 |
| File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver | 400 m | 51.41 | |||
| 2002 | Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | 800 m | 2:04.17 |
| File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.84 | |||
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.89 NR |
Awards
Beenamol was conferred Arjuna Award in 2000 for her exemplary achievement in her athletic career.[4][5] She is also the joint winner of India's highest sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in the year 2002–2003 along with Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat.[6][7] In 2004, she was awarded the Padma Shri.[8]
Personal life
K. M. Beenamol is married to Vivek George, a pathologist, and has 2 children, Ashwin and Haile (named after Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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External links
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