CHAND Dutee

India

Athletics

Date of Birth: 3 Feb 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of residence : BHUBANESWAR

Residence Country:

India

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 100m
	Women's 200m

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 5	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 200m Round 1 - Heat 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (11.69)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (11.48)
2017	London, GBR	Heats (12.07)

Asian Games

Year	Location	100m	200m
2018	Indonesia	2nd (11.32)	2nd (23.20)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	5th (11.44)	3rd (23.24)	4th (43.81)
2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	3rd (11.52)	4th (23.59)	3rd (44.57)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Nickname:

Nano [after the car she received as a gift for winning the school nationals]. (firstpost.com, 11 Jul 2016)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Law - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology [KIIT] University, Bhubaneswar, IND

Languages spoken:

Bengali, English, Hindi, Oriya

Club name:

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology [KIIT] University [Bhubaneswar, IND]

Coach:

Nagapuri Ramesh [national], IND

Sporting relatives:

Her sister Saraswati Chand has competed in athletics at state level in India. (thequint.com, 14 Jul 2016)

Injuries:

Her training was disrupted by a hamstring injury in April 2018. (espn.co.uk, 28 Apr 2018)

She missed two weeks of training with a fractured wrist in January 2018. (indianexpress.com, 20 Jan 2018)

Start:

She got involved in athletics at age four in Odisha, India. (smh.com.au, 15 Jul 2016)

Reason:

She was inspired to take up athletics by her older sister Saraswati Chand. "As a kid, I did not know much about the sport but my sister always kept pushing me to continue running." (hindustantimes.com, 17 Sep 2020; newindianexpress.com, 13 Jul 2016; thequint.com, 14 Jul 2016)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (outsports.com, 05 Jul 2021)

Training:

She trains for up to six hours a day. She incorporates weights and swimming into her schedule. (hindustantimes.com, 11 Jul 2021; indianexpress.com, 16 Jun 2021)

Influence:

Coaches P Gopichand and Nagapuri Ramesh. (thehindu.com, 03 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"If you don't win, people will forget you. So you always have to win." (bbc.co.uk, 08 Feb 2021)

Award:

In August 2020 she received the Arjuna Award at the National Sports Day in India. (hindustantimes.com, 17 Sep 2020)

She won the 2019 ESPN India Courage Award. (espn.com, 20 Feb 2020)

General Interest

General
FUTURE PLAN
She hopes to set up her own athletics academy in India. "For somebody like me, who has trained barefoot in a small village in Odisha, I know training without proper facilities can be extremely difficult. Having experienced it all, I would like to give back to my community by creating an academy. I don't want another child aspiring to be a runner to run barefoot or run around a lake like me." (olympicchannel.com, 06 Jul 2020)

Milestones

She became the first athlete representing India to win gold in the women's 100m at the World University Games by claiming victory at the 2019 edition in Naples, Italy. (outsports.com, 05 Jul 2021; olympicchannel.com, 06 Jul 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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