Preeja Sreedharan was born on 13th February in the year 1982 at Mullakkanam in Kerala. She is a long distance runner who has represented India in the 2006 Asian Games at Doha. She has also represented India at the 2007 Asian athletics championships held in the Amman. In the Asian Games, she finished 5th in the 5,000m as well as 10,000m races. She has won a silver medal in the 10,000m on July 26, 2007 at the Asian athletics championships.