{"id":287,"date":"2018-04-24T06:37:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T06:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=287"},"modified":"2019-05-08T05:39:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T05:39:17","slug":"machettira-raju-poovamma-athelete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/machettira-raju-poovamma-athelete\/","title":{"rendered":"Machettira Raju Poovamma-Athelete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/mane-pedha\/\">Machettira<\/a> Raju Poovamma<\/strong> a <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/sportspersons-international\/\">sportsperson<\/a> was born on 5 June 1990 is an Indian sprinter who competes in the 400<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-556 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MR-Poovamma-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MR-Poovamma-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/MR-Poovamma.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>&nbsp;metres&nbsp;event. Poovamma is a&nbsp;Beijing Olympics&nbsp;2008 participant and is currently ranked No.2 in Asia in the 400 m category.<\/p>\n<h2>Family<\/h2>\n<h3>Father<\/h3>\n<p>M.G. Raju<\/p>\n<h3>Mother<\/h3>\n<p>Jaji<\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>She completed her primary and higher education in&nbsp;Mangalore&nbsp;and acquired her bachelor&#8217;s degree in business management from&nbsp;SDM College of Business Management, Mangalore.<\/p>\n<h2>Achievements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>She won Silver in the 400m event at the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games and Gold in the 4x400m category at the same event. She also participated in Olympics in 2008.<\/li>\n<li>She stood first at the Open Nationals in September 2011 in Kolkata.<\/li>\n<li>Poovamma also did extremely well in 2012 in all the three Asian Grands Prix which were held in Bangkok by securing two Golds and a Silver.<\/li>\n<li>She also won a gold medal at the 2013 Asian Grand Prix in Bangkok.In 2013Asian Athletics championship she won silver in 400Mts and gold in 4 x 400 Relay.<\/li>\n<li>She set her fastest timing of 52.75s and came 1st at the Federations Cup in Patiala,&nbsp;India&nbsp;in 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Poovamma represented India in the Moscow&nbsp;World Athletics Championships&nbsp;2013&nbsp;where she was also a part of the women\u2019s 4x400m relay team.<\/li>\n<li>She won the gold medal in&nbsp;women&#8217;s 4 x 400 metres relay&nbsp;at the&nbsp;2014 Asian Games&nbsp;in&nbsp;Incheon, South Korea along with&nbsp;Tintu Luka,&nbsp;Mandeep Kaur&nbsp;and&nbsp;Priyanka PawarThe team clocked 3:28:68 to break the Games Record. This is India\u2019s 4th consecutive gold in the event since 2002.<\/li>\n<li>In 2017 she was part of the winning 4x400m team who took gold at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar. There was a tricky baton exchange but Poovamma recovered the time on the final leg. S<\/li>\n<li>In 2018 Asian Games she won gold in 4&#215;400 women&#8217;s relay and silver in 4x4oo mixed relay.<\/li>\n<li>In 2019 Asian Athletics Championship she won gold in 400mts,Silver in 4&#215;400 mixed relay and silver in 4&#215;400 women relay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>She was conferred the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/arjuna-awards\/\">Arjuna Award<\/a>&nbsp;in 2015 for her contributions in the field of athletics.<\/li>\n<li>She received the <a href=\"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/ekalavya-award\/\">Ekalavya Award<\/a> in 2008.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Records<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2006 &#8211; World Junior Championships in Beijing China.<\/li>\n<li>2007 &#8211; World Youth Championships in&nbsp;Ostrava, Czech Republic<\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211;&nbsp;World Junior Championships in Poland,<\/li>\n<li>2008 &#8211; Commonwealth Youth Games in India<\/li>\n<li>2013 -Asian Championships in Pune<\/li>\n<li>2013 &#8211;&nbsp;World Championships in Russia<\/li>\n<li>2014 -Asian Games in South Korea<\/li>\n<li>2015-&nbsp;Asian Championships in Wuhun,China<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; world&nbsp;Championships inBeijing, China<\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211;&nbsp;Olympic Games in Brazil<\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211;&nbsp;Asian Championships in&nbsp;Bhubaneswar, India<\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211;&nbsp;Commonwealth Games in Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machettira Raju Poovamma a sportsperson was born on 5 June 1990 is an Indian sprinter who competes in the 400&nbsp;metres&nbsp;event. 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