Zutshi won the women's silver medals for the 800 m in 1982, and for the 1500 m in both 1978 and 1982.[1] As the top Indian woman athlete at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, she took the oath on behalf of the competitors during the opening ceremony.[2] For her achievements she has been awarded the Arjuna award and the Padma Shri.
She has inspired other Indian women, such as Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman to successfully climb Mount Everest. As a child, Pal began to aspire to national fame after seeing a newspaper photograph of Zutshi with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[3]
She was coached by Mohammad Ilyas Babar. After 17 years in the United States, she returned to India in July, 2002, and took over as coach of the Indian junior athletics team (800 m and 1500 m).
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012.
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geeta, zutshi, born, december, 1956, former, indian, track, field, athlete, established, several, national, asian, running, records, metres, 1500, metres, events, zutshi, women, silver, medals, 1982, 1500, both, 1978, 1982, indian, woman, athlete, 1982, asian,. Geeta Zutshi born 2 December 1956 is a former Indian track and field athlete She established several national and Asian running records in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events Zutshi won the women s silver medals for the 800 m in 1982 and for the 1500 m in both 1978 and 1982 1 As the top Indian woman athlete at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi she took the oath on behalf of the competitors during the opening ceremony 2 For her achievements she has been awarded the Arjuna award and the Padma Shri She has inspired other Indian women such as Bachendri Pal the first Indian woman to successfully climb Mount Everest As a child Pal began to aspire to national fame after seeing a newspaper photograph of Zutshi with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 3 She was coached by Mohammad Ilyas Babar After 17 years in the United States she returned to India in July 2002 and took over as coach of the Indian junior athletics team 800 m and 1500 m Contents 1 International competitions 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksInternational competitions editYear Competition Venue Position Notes 1978 Asian Games Bangkok Thailand 1st 800 m 2nd 1500 m 1981 Asian Championships Tokyo Japan 1st 800 m 2nd 1500 m 1982 Asian Games New Delhi India 2nd 800 m 2nd 1500 mSee also editList of Indian sportswomenReferences edit Asian Games GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2015 02 08 Archived copy Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 16 February 2005 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Tata com The man from Reno Archived from the original on 4 February 2005 Retrieved 16 February 2005 External links editGeeta Zutshi at World Athletics nbsp Geeta Zutshi at Olympedia nbsp Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Geeta Zutshi Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 October 2012 The Telegraph India nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Indian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Geeta Zutshi amp oldid 1214845360, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
