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May 7, 2019 · And watching this woman's success with pride and happiness was Santhi Soundarajan, an athlete from Tamil Nadu in India, whose dreams were shattered due to similar discrimination.
Nov 21, 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 ...
Sep 1, 2009 · Santhi Soundarajan of India, left, is awarded a silver medal in the Women's 800-m event during the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 in Qatar Michael Steele / Getty Images for DAGOC.
Oct 18, 2016 · After struggling for almost a decade, there’s some good news around the corner for athlete Santhi Soundarajan, whose life took a tragic turn after failing a gender test. Santhi, who has won medals at several international track and field events, is all set to get a permanent job as a coach with the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.
Shanthi Soundarajan an Indian runner was born in 1981 in the village of Kathakkurichi in Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu, India. Soundarajan, a dalit1 by birth belongs to poorest of poor category. She grew up in a small hut devoid of toilet, water or electricity. Her mother and father had to go to another town to work in a brickyard, where they
Dec 13, 2023 · Santhi Soundarajan was subjected to a horrific “gender test” after winning the 800-metres Silver medal at the Doha Asian Games, stripped off her medal and sent back to India. Chattopadhyay ...
Jan 3, 2017 · Ten years after she was stripped off a medal for failing a ‘gender test’ during the Doha Asian Games, former athlete Santhi Soundarajan is set to file a human rights violation case against the authorities, including Athletics Federation of India and Indian Olympic Association.
