Dutee Chand

Dutee Chand
Chand at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1996-02-03) 3 February 1996 (age 28)[1][2]
Chaka Gopalpur, Jajpur, Odisha, India
Alma materKalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)[3]
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country India
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
ClubOdisha Mining Corporation
Coached byRamesh Nagapuri[3]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 11.17 NR (2021)
  • 200 m: 23.00 (2018)[4]
Medal record
Representing  India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 100 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 200 m
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Pune 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bhubaneswar 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bhubaneswar 4×100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 200 m
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Doha 60 m
South Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati 100m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Guwahati 200m
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Naples 100m
Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei 4×400 m
Updated on 30 August 2018

Dutee Chand (born 3 February 1996) is an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women's 100 metres event.[5] In 2013, Chand was the first Indian sprinter to reach the final of the 100m event at a global youth athletics competition,[6][7] and in 2016 she took part in the Rio Olympic Games.[8] She is the third Indian woman to ever qualify for the Women's 100 metres event at the Summer Olympic Games. In 2018, Chand clinched silver in women's 100m at the Jakarta Asian Games. It was India's first medal in this event since 1998. Moreover, In 2019, she became the first Indian sprinter to win gold at the Universiade, clocking 11.32 seconds in the 100 m race.[9][10][11]

Chand was at the center of a hyperandrogenism controversy in athletics. In 2014, she was barred from competing internationally due to the IAAF's Hyperandrogenism Regulations, which set a limit on naturally occurring testosterone levels for female athletes. Chand challenged these regulations, leading to a landmark case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2015. The CAS suspended the regulations for two years, citing insufficient scientific evidence to support them. However, the IAAF introduced new regulations in 2018, reigniting the debate on the inclusion of intersex athletes in women's sport and the Olympic games.[12][7][13]

Chand is also India's first athlete to openly come out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, when she spoke in 2019 about being in a same-sex relationship. [14][15]

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  4. ^ Dutee Chand at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
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  8. ^ "'Not as fast as I used to be,' Dutee Chand to retire after Paris 2024 Olympics". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Dutee Chand wins 100m gold in World Universiade, creates history". The Times of India. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Dutee Chand wins 100m gold at World University Games". India Today. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. ^ Rayan, Stan (11 October 2019). "Dutee Chand breaks national record, wins gold at National Championships". Sportstar. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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  13. ^ Bull, Andy (23 January 2018). "Caster Semenya and Dutee Chand run ragged by IAAF's moving goalposts". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Dutee Chand's Biography, Records and Age". 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Dutee Chand becomes first openly gay Indian athlete". BBC News. 19 May 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2021.