1. Preeja Sreedharan holds the national records in both the 10,000 metres and 5000 metres disciplines, which she set en route to the gold and silver medals at 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.
15 Facts About Preeja Sreedharan
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Preeja Sreedharan's breakthrough came in 2007, when she won the silver medal in both the disciplines at the Asian Athletics Championships.
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Preeja Sreedharan bettered her personal bests and the Indian national records in both the 10000 and 5000 meters at 2010 Asian Games; she won the gold in the 10000 meters and the silver in 5000 meters.
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Preeja Sreedharan announced her retirement from international circuit in February 2015.
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Preeja Sreedharan's father was a manual labourer and passed away when she was 8 years old.
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Preeja Sreedharan has an elder brother Pradeep and an elder sister Preethy.
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Preeja Sreedharan married Dr Deepak Gopinath on 11 November 2012 at Palakkad, Kerala.
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Preeja Sreedharan has been employed as a Superintendent by the Southern Railway.
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At the 2006 Asian Games, Preeja Sreedharan finished fifth in both the 5000 and the 10,000 metres.
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Preeja Sreedharan achieved her personal best of 31:50:28 minutes in the 10,000 metres en route to the gold medal at the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games; she broke the Indian national record with the performance.
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Preeja Sreedharan won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the event.
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Preeja Sreedharan was selected as Manorama Newsmaker of the year 2010.
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Preeja Sreedharan was the fastest Indian woman at the 2014 Delhi Half Marathon.
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Preeja Sreedharan participated at the 2014 Asian Games, but was unable to win any medal.
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Preeja Sreedharan announced her retirement from international competitions in February 2015.