Kavita Tungar

Kavita Tungar
Tungar at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1985-12-09) 9 December 1985 (age 38)
Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Height157 cm (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
EventLong-distance running
Coached byVijender Singh[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 m – 15:16.54 (2010)
10,000 m – 31:51.44 (2010)
HM – 1:12:50 (2009)
Mar – 2:38:38 (2016)[3]
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's athletics
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Guangzhou 5000 m
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi 10,000 m
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Marathon
Updated on 9 October 2010
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Women's) Athletics 10000m Final, Kavita Raut of India won the silver medal, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on October 08, 2010

Kavita Tungar (née Raut, born 5 May 1985) is an Indian long-distance runner from Nashik, Maharashtra. She holds the current national record for 10 km road running with a timing of 34:32 [4] as well as the current national record in the half marathon with a timing of 1:12:50.[5] She won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the first individual track medal by an Indian woman athlete at the Commonwealth Games.[6] She also won the silver medal in 10,000 metres race at the 2010 Asian Games.[7]

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  4. ^ "Merga and Mergia take thrilling 10km victories in Bangalore". 31 May 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  5. ^ "National records" (PDF). ATHLETICS FEDERATION of INDIA. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Kavita claims 10,000m bronze". The Hindu. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  7. ^ "Asian Games: Double gold for India on the opening day of athletics". Times of India. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.