Personal information | |
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Birth name | Rupal Chaudhury |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | 23 December 2004 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400m: 51.85 (Cali, 2022) |
Medal record |
Rupal Chaudhury (born 23 December 2004) is an Indian sprinter. [1]
She comes from Shahpur Jainpur village in the Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. [2]
In 2022, Rapul defeated pre-race favourite Priya Mohan to win the women's 400m at the Indian National U-20 Federation Cup Athletics Championships. [2] Later that year, she was a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in the 400 metres, setting a new personal best time of 51.85 seconds. [3] At the same event she also won silver in the Mixed 4 × 400 m relay in an Asian U20 record time. [4] In doing so, she became the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the World U-20 Athletics Championships. [5]
She suffered a knee injury which ruled her out of the entire 2023 season. [6]
She ran as part of the Indian 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2024. [7] [8]
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025. [9] Later that month, she won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships, as well as gold medals in the women’s 4 x 400 metres relay and the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay. [10] [11]