Aarathy Kasturi Raj

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Aarathy Kasturi Raj
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Women's Speed skating 3,000 m relay

Aarathy Kasturi Raj (22 May 1994) [1] is an Indian speed skating track athlete. [2] She won a bronze medal in the women's 3000m relay event at the 2022 Asian Games. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Early life and education

Aarathy's father C. Kasturi Raj is a businessman and her mother, Mala Raj is a gynaecologist She is married to Tamil Nadu cricketer Sandeep Warrier in 2019. [7] She did her MBBS from SRM Medical College, Chennai. [6] She did her post graduation in Clinical Embryology. [8] She trains under coach Sathyamoorthy at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai. [8] For Asian Games, she also trained under Belgian coach Ferri. She works at the hospital run by her family. [6]

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