Geeta Zutshi

Geeta Zutshi

Geeta Zutshi was a famous Indian athlete. She established several national and Asian running records in 800 m and 1500 m track events.

Zutshi won the women's 800 m gold metal in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok and won silver medals for the 800 m in 1982, and for the 1500 m in both 1978 and 1982. [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asg.htm] As the top Indian woman athlete at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, she took the oath on behalf of the competitors during the opening ceremony. [http://pib.nic.in/archive/50yrs/50phto/50k/isport6.html] . For her achievements she has been awarded the Arjuna award and the Padma Shri.

She has inspired other Indian women, such as Bachendri Pal, the first to climb Mount Everest. As a child, Pal began to aspire to national fame after seeing a newspaper photograph of Zutshi with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. [http://www.tata.com/0_careers/our_people/20040809_pal.htm]

She was coached by Mohammad Ilyas Babar. After 17 years in the United States, she returned to India in July, 2002, and took over as coach of the Indian junior athletics team (800m and 1500m).

ee also

* List of Indian women athletes

External links

* http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020918/asp/sports/story_1210197.asp The Telegraph (India)


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