KM Beenamol

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KM Beenamol athletics

KM Beenamol
Beenamol (left)

Full name Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol
nation IndiaIndia India
birthday 15th August 1975
place of birth Kombidinjal ,  India
size 163 cm
Weight 50 kg
Career
discipline Sprint , middle distance run
Best performance 400 m: 51.21 s
800 m: 2: 02.01 min
society Kerala
Trainer Raju Paul
status not active
Medal table
Asian Games 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Asian Championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Asian Games logo Asian Games
silver 2002 Busan 400 m
gold 2002 Busan 4 × 400 m
gold 2002 Busan 800 m
Asian Championships
gold 2000 Jakarta 4 × 400 m
silver 2000 Jakarta 400 m

Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol (born August 15, 1975 in Kombidinjal, Idukki District , Kerala ) is a former Indian athlete .

Career

Beenamol also made history with her brother KM Binu when they became the first Indian siblings to win medals in a major international competition. Binu won a silver medal in the men's 800m race .

Olympic games

At the 2000 Summer Olympics Beenamol was largely unknown until the third Indian woman after PT Usha and Shiny Wilson , who at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles almost the same performance over 400m hurdles and on the 800 m achieved, an Olympic Reached semi-finals.

Asian Games

At the 2002 Asian Games in Busan , she won the women's 800m gold medal and the women's 4- × 400m relay.

successes

2000 Asian Championships Jakarta , Indonesia gold 4 × 400 m relay 3: 31.54 min
silver 400 m 51.41 s
2002 Asian Games Busan , South Korea gold 800 m 2: 04.17 min
gold 4 × 400 m relay 3: 30.84 min
2004 Olympic Summer Games Athens , Greece 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3: 26.89 min NO

Awards

Beenamol received the Arjuna Award in 2000 for her exemplary performance in her athletic career . Together with Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat, she is also the joint winner of India's highest sports award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2002-2003. In 2004 she was awarded the Padma Shri .

Personal

KM Beenamol is married to pathologist Vivek George and has two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kombodinjal basks in Beenamol, Binu's glory . In: Rediff , October 16, 2002. Archived from the original on November 24, 2002. Retrieved November 19, 2016. 
  2. ↑ Abhijit Sen Gupta: She's been at it . In: The Hindu , May 16, 2002. Retrieved January 28, 2010. 
  3. ↑ 'Star of the Year' award for Beenamol . In: The Hindu , November 19, 2004. Retrieved January 28, 2010. 
  4. ^ Arjun Award - Sports . Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  5. ^ List of Arjuna Award Winners . Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  6. ^ Arjuna Awards, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya awards given away . Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports . August 29, 2003. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved on November 20, 2016.
  7. ^ Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award . Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  8. ^ Padma Awards directory (1954-2014) . Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Beenamol, KM
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beenamol, Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Kombidinjal , Idukki District , India