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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Orchatteri Puthiyaveetil Jaisha | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Indian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1983 Kerala, India | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  India | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle distance 5000 metres Marathon | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | Marathon: 2:34:43 NR (Beijing 2015)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 30 August 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jaisha Orchatteri Puthiya Veetil (born 23 May 1983), commonly known as O. P. Jaisha, is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala. She is the current national record holder in the marathon, a distinction she achieved by clocking 2:34:43 at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.[2][3] In the process she bettered her own mark of 2:37:29, set at the 2015 Mumbai Marathon.[4] She is also a former national record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
She is currently being supported by JSW Sport under the Sport Excellence Programme.
- ^ Women's 3000 metres steeplechase heats results
- ^ Women's marathon results
- ^ https://olympics.com/en/news/athletics-list-of-indian-national-record-holders [bare URL]
- ^ Koli, Rohan (19 January 2015). "Mumbai Marathon: Jaisha breaks 19-year-old record to be fastest Indian woman". Mid-Day. India. Retrieved 30 August 2015.