Английская Википедия:Abha Khatua

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Abha Khatua (born 7 September 1995) is an Indian professional shot putter. She represented her country in 2023 Asian Athletics Championships where she won silver. Khatua jointly holds the Indian national record of 18.06m in Women's Shot Put with Manpreet Kaur.[1]

Career

Khatua was enrolled to the Sports Authority of India hostel in Kolkata in 2018, receiving her first significant break. She tried several track and field events, including javelin, shot put, 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, and the heptathlon. Hepathlon helped her to improve her overall athletic skills. In 2019, she made the most progress in shot put and chose to remain with it. In 2022, Khatua won gold at the 1st Indian Open Throws Competition held at Patiala, by throwing 17.09 meters in Women's shot put and won gold.[2] In 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, she finished second by throwing 18.06 meters and equalled the shot put national record of Manpreet Kaur.[3]

Personal life

Khatua lives in a distant village of Khurshi in West Midnapur, West Bengal. Her father is a farmer, who works as Sharecropper and does not own a land. Khatua used to help her father with farming whenever she was at home.[4]

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