Kavita Raut

Kavita Raut

Personal information
Born	(1985-05-05) May 5, 1985 Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Sport
Sport	Track and field athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5,000 metres: 16:05.90 (2009) 10,000 metres: 32:41.31 (2010)
Medal record Representing India Women's athletics Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou 10,000m 2010 Guangzhou 5,000m Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 10,000m
Updated on October 9, 2010.

Kavita Raut (born 5 May 1985) is an Indian long-distance runner from Nashik, Maharashtra. She holds the current national record for 10 km road running with a timing of 34:32 as well as the current national record in the half marathon with a timing of 1:12:50. She won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the first individual track medal by an Indian woman athlete at the Commonwealth Games. She also won the silver medal in 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Asian Games.

Biography

Kavita Raut was born in a tribal family on 5 May 1985 in Sawarpada, a village near Harsul, Nashik in Maharashtra state, India. She is employed with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

Career

Raut's personal best for 5,000 metres is 16:05.90 which she achieved while winning a bronze on 10 November 2009 during the 18th Asian athletics championships held at Guangzhou, China. During the 50th National Open athletic meet held at Kochi, Raut set a meet record in the 10,000 metres event on 18 May 2010 while winning the gold medal. She bettered the previous meet record held by Preeja Sreedharan by clocking 32:41.31.

She won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held at New Delhi on 8 October 2010 with a timing of 33:05.28. The medal was the first individual track medal by an Indian athlete at the Commonwealth Games in more than 50 years, after Milkha Singh's 440 yards gold at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games. It was also the first individual track medal by an Indian woman athlete in the history of Commonwealth Games.

She also won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Asian Games held at Guangzhou, China on 21 November 2010 with a timing of 31:51.44, which is her personal best. The medal was a double victory for India, as Preeja Sreedharan won the gold in the same event with a timing of 31:50.47 setting a record for India's best.

She started the following season with a 5000/10,000 m double at the 2011 National Games of India, setting Games records in both events.

Raut holds the current Indian National record for 10 km road running with a mark of 34:32, set at the Sunfeast World 10K in Bangalore. She is a recipient of Arjuna Award.

• 2015: Suvarnaratna Awards in Sports Category

External links

• Kavita Raut profile at IAAF

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