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Santhi Soundarajan (also spelled Shanthi Soundararajan, born 17 April 1981) is a track and field athlete from Tamil Nadu, India. She is the winner of 12 international medals for India and around 50 medals for her home state of Tamil Nadu. Shanthi Soundarajan is the first Tamil woman to win a medal at the Asian Games.
16 de dic. de 2022 · Santhi Soundarajan, who won silver in the 800m at the 2006 Asian Games, was stripped of her medal and banned from competing after failing a gender test. She faced public shame, attempted suicide and worked as a labourer before becoming a coach.
4 de ene. de 2017 · A decade after she was stripped off a medal for failing a 'gender test' during the Doha Asian Games in 2006, Santhi Soundarajan will file charges of human rights violation against the authorities, including Athletics Federation of India and Indian Olympic Association.
The Indian story on the fight to run starts from Santhi Soundarajan. The middle-distance runner, her quick rise and fall, had rocked the athletics world twelve years ago.
17 de oct. de 2016 · After a decade-long struggle, a part of athlete Santhi Soundarajan's sporting glory has been restored, easing her fall from glory after she failed a gender test and descended into hardship.
6 de ago. de 2016 · Santhi Soundarajan, on a lost career, and making a new life for herself. Read more: http://fountainink.in/specials/dutee-chand-born-to-run/are-you-ready-to-g...
21 de nov. de 2023 · As if someone wanted to erase every memory of Santhi Soundarajan, the athlete who won twelve international medals for India. What remains are the news stories, the photographs, the online archive of her competitions and times, and her own private memories.
