Kavita Raut Biography 
Kavita Raut is an Indian sportswoman who excels in the track and field athletics. She has completed the 10 km road running with 34:32 mark which is a national record. She has also won bronze medal in 10,000 meters at 2010 Commonwealth Games and won silver medal in 10,000 meters at 2010 Asian Games.
Kavita Raut was born on 5th May 1985 in a tribal family in Sawarpada village near Harsul in Nashik district of Maharashtra. Her father’s name is Ramdas and her mother’s name is Sumitra. She did lots of hard works for her family like fetching water from the well on the hilly terrain and running barefoot which all made her a tough woman with great stamina to become an athlete. She is coached by Vijendra Singh.
During the 18th Asian athletics, she finished up 5000 meters with 16:05:90 which is her best record and won bronze in that event held at Guangzhou in China. She set a new record in 10,000 meters in the 50th National Open athletic meet at kochi on 18th May 2010 and got gold medal.
She got bronze at 2010 Commonwealth Games and this was the first individual track medal ever won by an Indian in Commonwealth Games after more than 50 years. She also won silver at the 10,000 meters race at the 2010 Asian Games and set new records in the 10 km road running at Sunfeast World 10K in Bangalore.
She was quite disappointed when she could not qualify for the 2012 Olympics but was happy to be the receiver of the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2012 from the Government of India.
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Updated: December 24, 2012
