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Manjeet Kaur, an Indian sprint athlete, who specialized in 400 metres, was born on 4th April 1982 in Punjab, India. She broke the National record in 400 metres at the the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Chennai on 16 June 2004. She broke the previous record held by K. M. Beenamol since November 2001. In doing so, she passed the qualifying mark for the 2004 Athens Olympics. She along with Chitra K. Soman, Rajwinder Kaur and K. M. Beenamol form the team that holds the current National record in 4 x 400 metres relay. Manjeet, A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in the Punjab Police has competed for India in Asian games, Asian championship, common wealth games and Olympic games.In Doha Asian Games in 2006, Manjeet led India to a 4 x 400 metres relay gold. Earlier at the same event, she had also won a silver medal in Women’s 400 metres race behind eventual winner Olga Tereshkova from Kazakhstan. She competed for India in 4 x 400 metres relay at 2004 Athens Olympics where her team set the current National record with a time of 3:26.89.The team finished third in their heats. In the next Beijing Olympics also she represented India in 4 x 400 metres relay where her team composed of Sathi Geetha, Chitra K. Soman, and Mandeep Kaurclocked a time of 3:28.83 and finished seventh in their heats.