Dutee Chand

Born on 3rd February 1996 in Odisha, Dutee Chand is a professional Indian sprinter. She is the third Indian female to qualify for the Olympic Games in Women's 100m event in 2016.

Here are some of her career achievements:-

• 2012 - Won the 100 m event at the National Championship in Athletics, held in Lucknow, participating in the Under-18 category
• 2013 - Bagged a bronze medal in 200 m at the Asian Championships, held in Pune, India
• Became the first Indian to reach the finals of a global athletics 100 m in the finals of the 2013 World Youth Championships, held in Ukraine
• 2013 - Won in 100 m and 200 m categories at the National Championships in Athletics, held in Bangalore
• In June 2014, she won two gold medals in the 200m and 4 × 400m relays at the Asian Junior Athletics Championships
• 2016 - Clinched a gold medal in women’s 100m dash at the Federation Cup National Athletics Championships, held in New Delhi
• At the 2016 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in 60 meters, she clocked an Indian national record of 7.28 seconds in the qualification round. She won a bronze medal in the final with a time of 7.37 seconds.
• At the Rio 2016 Olympics, she became the third Indian woman to compete in the women's 100-meter race.
• In 2017, she won two bronze medals, one in the women's 100 meters, another in the women's 4 × 100-meter relays at the Asian Athletics Championships.
• In the women's 100-meter final, she won her first 2018 Asian Games medal, a silver, on August 26 with 11.32 seconds. Again on August 29, she earned her second silver in the Asian Games in the women's 200 meters final.
• At the 2019 Summer Universiade in Napoli, she won a gold medal in the 100-meter race and became the first Indian female runner to win gold in the Universiade, where she finished the sprint in 11.32 seconds.