M._R._Poovamma
M. R. Poovamma
Indian sprinter
Machettira Raju Poovamma (born 5 June 1990) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres distance.[3] As a member of the Indian 4 × 400 m relay teams she participated in the 2016 Olympics and won gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and 2013 and 2017 Asian championships; individually she won a silver medal in 2013 and a bronze in 2014 at those competitions. She received the Arjuna Award in 2015 for her contributions to athletics.[4]
 Poovamma at the 2017 Asian Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Born | (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 33) Gonikoppal, Karnataka, India[1] |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country | India |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 200–800 m |
| Club | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation[1] |
| Coached by | Nagapuri Ramesh[1] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 200 m – 24.31 (2018) 400 m – 51.73 (2014) 800 m – 2:09.24 (2017)[2] |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 21 April 2019. | |
Poovamma was born to M. G. Raju and Jaji. She completed her primary and higher education in Mangalore[5] and acquired her bachelor's degree in business management from the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Business Management, Karnataka.[6] Her brother MR Manju also competed in the 400 m events at the national level.[1][7]
Poovamma won a silver medal in the 400 m and a gold in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She then won a senior national 400 m title in September 2011 in Kolkata. At the 2012 Asian Grands Prix Poovamma won two gold and a silver medal.[8] She also won a gold medal at the 2013 Asian Grand Prix in Bangkok. Poovamma represented India in the Moscow World Athletics Championships 2013[9] where she was also a part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay team.
She won the gold medal in women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea along with Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and Priyanka Pawar.[10][11] The team clocked 3:28:68 to break the Games Record. This is India's 4th consecutive gold in the event since 2002.
In 2017 she was part of the winning 4 × 400 m team at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar, which also included Debashree Mazumdar, Jisna Mathew and Nirmala Sheoran. The team had a problematic baton exchange, but Nirmala recovered the time in the final leg.[12]
- Poovamma Raju Machettira. asiangames2018.id
- "Poovamma, India's newest quarter-miler". The Indian Express. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- "MR Poovamma, Asian Games Medallist, Gets Two-Year Ban By Anti-Doping Appeal Panel". www.outlookindia.com/. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- "Poovamma – Youngest Indian athlete in Beijing". Mangalorean. 2 September 2008. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- "Confident Poovamma eyes more glory". Daily Pioneer. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- Poovamma Raju MACHETTIRA. gc2018.com
- "Athletics: Hat-trick for Poovamma". The Hindu. 13 May 2013.
- Poovamma, M.R (21 July 2013). "Ashwini, Poovamma in Indian relay squad for Moscow World Championships". Mangalore Today.
- "Indian eves clinch 4x400m relay gold at Asian Games 2014; set new Asiad record". India.Com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- "search Medals". 2014 Asian Games Official website. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- "Asian Athletics Championships 2017: Deconstruction of the gold standard". The Indian Express. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- Poovamma Raju Machettira at World Athletics
- Poovamma Raju Machettira at the Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games (archived)
- Poovamma Raju Machettira at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Poovamma Raju Machettira at Olympics.com
- M. R. Povamma at Olympedia