Ashwini Akkunji
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| Birth name | Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Gensale Express | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
7 October 1987 Siddapura, Udupi, India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
400 m: 52.82 (Bangalore 2011) 400 m hurdles: 56.15 (Guangzhou 2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji (born 7 October 1987) is an Indian sprint athlete from Siddapura, Udupi who specializes in 400 metres.[1] Ashwini has won Gold Medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 Asian Games in 4x400 m relay team event with Manjeet Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and Sini Jose[2] and an individual gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles on 25 November 2010 at the 2010 Asian Games held at Guangzhou, in China.[3] She is also a recipient of the Rajyotsava Prashasti (2010), a civilian honour awarded by the Indian State Government of Karnataka[4]
Bio
Born in Siddapura, Udupi, Kundapura taluk, Udupi district, Karnataka, she was raised in a Kannada-speaking family to her mother, Yashoda Shetty Akkunji and father, B.R. Chidananda Shetty.[5][6] Ashwini hails from an agriculturist family.[7] with a sporting legacy.[8] She grew up on her family's 5 acre farmland amidst Areca nut plantations along with her elder siblings a sister, Dipti and a brother, Amith.[9] Earlier, Ashwini was employed with the Indian Railways,[10] and presently works as a manager in Corporation Bank, Patiala, Punjab.[11]
Doping
In July 2011 prior to Asian athletics championships in Kobe (Japan) she tested positive for anabolic steroids.[12] She was subsequently dropped from the athletics team for the event and was suspended from athletics. She denied the charges but on 23 December 2011 the NADA banned her for a year.[13] The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld an appeal by the International Association of Athletics Federations against lighter sentences and handed Ashwini and 5 other athletes (Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose, Jauna Murmu, Tiana Mary and Priyanka Panwar) a two-year ban.[14]
Awards, rewards and recognition
She was given the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2010. This comprised a cash payment of one hundred thousand Rupees, a 20 gramme gold medallion and a grant of priority in the allotment of house sites by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).[15] She has been rewarded financially by both the national and state governments, as well as Indian Railways, in recognition of the gold medals won in 2010.[16][17][18][19]
References
- ↑ Kundapur (SP) (14 October 2010). "Kundapur: Country's Pride, Ashwini Shetty Akkunje, Getting Accolades Aplenty". Daijiworld Media Network. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Bose, Saibal. "Indian relay girls bring the house down". Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Rawat, Rahul. "Ashwini wants to win more medals". India Today. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ "Infosys CEO Gopalakrishnan, Ullas Karanth bag top Karnataka award". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ Team Mangalorean. "Ashwini's village in celebration mood!". Mangalorean.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ Staff Correspondent (14 October 2010). "Ashwini's family ecstatic". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Belgaumkar, Govind D. (14 October 2010). "Grit pumped up Karnataka's golden girl.". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Beejadi, Aishwarya. "Udupi: Rural Surroundings of Akkunje Scripts Ashwini's Success". Daijiworld.com. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ Daily News and Analysis. "Gensale Express does India proud at Asiad". D B Corp Ltd. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ↑ Sukumar, Dev S. "Running... till the cows come home". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ↑ Udupi: Athlete Ashwini Akkunji gets engaged
- ↑ Ashwini and Priyanka add to doping shame : Controversies - London Olympics News - India Today
- ↑ "ashwini akkunji". Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ↑ "CAS confirms 2-year bans on 6 Indian athletes". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ Rajyotsava awards for 162 Bangalore, Oct 30, DH News Service: « NRI Forum Karnataka :: News
- ↑ "India News". The Times of India. 13 October 2010.
- ↑ Yeddy announces cash prizes to Karna medal winners in CWG
- ↑ "Railways honours Commonwealth Games medallists". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 27 October 2010.
- ↑ The Village Road that Led to Guangzhou - Indian Express
External links
- Ashwini Akkunji profile at IAAF