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 Chitra K. Soman is an Indian sprinter who specializes in 400 meters. She was born on 10th July in the year 1983. Her father is from Kollam, Kerala and her mother is from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Soman finished seventh in 4X400 meters relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur. She also ran for the Indian team and won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In 2007, Chitra Soman won gold medal in 400 meters race at Asian Grand Prix series, which was held at Guwahati on 23rd June 2007 and at Puen on 27th June 2007. She also led Indian women 4 X 400 meters relay team to Gold in Asian Athletics Championship; that event took place at Amman in July 2007. In 2008, Chitra again showed her skill by leading another win for Indian women 4 X 400 meters relay team in third Asian Indoor Championship in Athletics, which was held in Doha in Feb 2008. Chitra’s personal best time in 400 meters is 51.30 seconds, which she achieved in June 2004 in Chennai.
Chitra K. Soman’s Marriage
Chitra got married to Sachin Lal, who is an environmental engineer working in Sydney, Austrailia.
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