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In popular culture. See also. References. 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.
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 · Santhi Soundarajan, who won a silver medal in 800m at the 2006 Doha Asian Games, was stripped of her medal and banned for failing a gender test. She will file a petition against the Indian sports authorities for human rights violation and demand the report of the test and the medal restoration.
Soundarajan won 11 international medals for India. This includes the 800 m silver at the Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea in 2005 and the 1500 m gold at the South Asian Games in Colombo in August 2006. She was declared the best athlete at the National Open Championships in New Delhi in September 2006.
17 de oct. de 2016 · Santhi Soundarajan, a Tamil athlete who won medals at international events, was stripped of them for failing a gender test in 2006. She was appointed as a permanent athletic coach in 2016 and is fighting to get her medals back through the Court of Arbitration.
23 de jul. de 2012 · In ESPN The Magazine, Samantha M. Shapiro writes about the ambiguity of gender testing in the Olympics and how India's Santhi Soundarajan got caught in the middle.
6 de ago. de 2016 · The travails of Santhi Soundarajan - YouTube. Fountain Ink Magazine. 3.56K subscribers. Subscribed. 373. 24K views 7 years ago. Santhi Soundarajan, on a lost career, and making a new life...
