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{{Short description|Indian sprinter}}
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| name = Ashwini Akkunji
| image = Ashwini shetty akkunje.jpg
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| caption = Ashwini in 2014
| birth_name = Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji
| fullname = Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji
| nickname = jansale express
| nationality = Indian
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|10|07}}
| birth_place = [[Siddapura, Udupi]], India
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| height = 184cm
| workplace = she is coach in
SAI, Bangalore
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| country = India
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
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| pb = '''400 m''': 52.82 ([[Bangalore]] 2011)<br>'''400 m hurdles''': 56.15 ([[Guangzhou]] 2010)
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{{Medal|Sport | Women’s [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|4x400 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4x400 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[South Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 South Asian Games|400 m hurdles]]}}
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'''Ashwini Chidananda Shetty Akkunji''' (born 7 October 1987) is an Indian [[sprint (running)|sprint]] athlete from [[Siddapura, Udupi]] who specializes in [[400 metres]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kundapur (SP)|title=Kundapur: Country's Pride, Ashwini Shetty Akkunje, Getting Accolades Aplenty|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=87541|date=14 October 2010|accessdate=15 October 2010|publisher=Daijiworld Media Network|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200457/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=87541|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ashwini has won Gold Medals at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] and the [[2010 Asian Games]] in [[4x400 m relay]] team event with [[Manjeet Kaur]], [[Mandeep Kaur (athlete)|Mandeep Kaur]] and [[Sini Jose]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Bose |first=Saibal|title=Indian relay girls bring the house down|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/commonwealth-games-2010/india-news/Indian-relay-girls-bring-the-house-down/articleshow/6738756.cms|accessdate=15 October 2010|newspaper=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> and an individual gold medal in the [[400 metres hurdles]] on 25 November 2010 at the 2010 Asian Games held at [[Guangzhou]], in China.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rawat|first=Rahul|title=Ashwini wants to win more medals|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/121649/Sports/ashwini-wants-to-win-more-medals.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|accessdate=30 November 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101205170236/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/121649/Sports/ashwini-wants-to-win-more-medals.html| archivedate= 5 December 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> She is also a recipient of the [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]] (2010), a civilian honour awarded by the Indian State [[Government of Karnataka]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Infosys CEO Gopalakrishnan, Ullas Karanth bag top Karnataka award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article859752.ece|accessdate=30 November 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 October 2010|location=Chennai, India| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101105033634/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article859752.ece| archivedate= 5 November 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Bio==
Born in [[Siddapura, Udupi]], [[Kundapura taluk]], [[Udupi district]], [[Karnataka]], she was raised in a [[Tulu language|Tulu]]-speaking family to her mother, Yashoda Shetty Akkunji and father, B.R. Chidananda Shetty.<ref>{{cite web|last=Team Mangalorean|title=Ashwini's village in celebration mood!|url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=209369|publisher=Mangalorean.com|accessdate=30 November 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126140607/http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=209369|archivedate=26 November 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Staff Correspondent|title=Ashwini's family ecstatic|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article829812.ece|accessdate=15 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|date=14 October 2010}}</ref> Ashwini hails from an agriculturist family.<ref>{{cite news|last=Belgaumkar |first=Govind D.|title=Grit pumped up Karnataka's golden girl.|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/14/stories/2010101463130600.htm|accessdate=15 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|date=14 October 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101019040556/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/14/stories/2010101463130600.htm| archivedate= 19 October 2010 | url-status= dead}}</ref> with a sporting legacy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Beejadi|first=Aishwarya|title=Udupi: Rural Surroundings of Akkunje Scripts Ashwini's Success|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=90751|accessdate=30 November 2010|newspaper=Daijiworld.com|archive-date=11 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011155417/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=90751|url-status=dead}}</ref> She grew up on her family's 5 acre farmland amidst [[Areca nut]] plantations along with her elder siblings a sister, Dipti and a brother, Amith.<ref>{{cite web|last=Daily News and Analysis|author-link=Daily News and Analysis|title=Gensale Express does India proud at Asiad|url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/gensale-express-does-india-proud-at-asiad-1588067.html?PRV=|publisher=[[D B Corp Ltd.]]|accessdate=30 November 2010}}</ref> Earlier, Ashwini was employed with the [[Indian Railways]], and as a manager in Corporation bank in Patiala, Punjab<ref name="dna">{{cite news|last=Sukumar |first=Dev S|title=Running... till the cows come home|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_running-till-the-cows-come-home_1452267|accessdate=15 October 2010|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101022051145/http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_running-till-the-cows-come-home_1452267| archivedate= 22 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> and presently works as a coach in [[Sports Authority of India]] Bangalore.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=356727 |title=Udupi: Athlete Ashwini Akkunji gets engaged |access-date=24 September 2015 |archive-date=30 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930230707/http://daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=356727 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Doping==

In July 2011 prior to Asian athletics championships in Kobe (Japan) she tested positive for [[anabolic steroids]].<ref>[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/ashwini-and-priyanka-add-to-doping-shame/1/143690.html Ashwini and Priyanka add to doping shame : Controversies – London Olympics News – India Today]</ref> She was subsequently dropped from the athletics team for the event and was suspended from athletics. She denied the charges but on 23 December 2011 the NADA banned her for a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbullet.in/sports/cricket/23351-akkunji-banned-for-one-year-for-doping |title=ashwini akkunji |accessdate=10 June 2012 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld an appeal by the International Association of Athletics Federations against lighter sentences and handed Ashwini and 5 other athletes (Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose, Jauna Murmu, Tiana Mary and Priyanka Panwar) a two-year ban.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/article3653713.ece|title= CAS confirms 2-year bans on 6 Indian athletes |accessdate=18 July 2012 | location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |date=18 July 2012}}</ref>

==Awards, rewards and recognition==

She was given the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award in 2010. This comprised a cash payment of one hundred thousand [[Rupee]]s, a 20 gramme gold medallion and a grant of priority in the allotment of house sites by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).<ref>[http://www.nriforumkarnataka.org/news/?p=334 Rajyotsava awards for 162 Bangalore, Oct 30, DH News Service: « NRI Forum Karnataka :: News]</ref> She has been rewarded financially by both the national and state governments, as well as Indian Railways, in recognition of the gold medals won in 2010.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/india-news/CWG-Govt-will-dole-out-highest-cash-kitty-ever/cwgarticleshow/6738724.cms | work=The Times of India | title=India News | date=13 October 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105034/yeddy-announces-cash-prizes-karna.html Yeddy announces cash prizes to Karna medal winners in CWG]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/27/stories/2010102763801600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030082527/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/27/stories/2010102763801600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 October 2010 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Railways honours Commonwealth Games medallists | date=27 October 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-village-road-that-led-to-guangzhou/720452/0 The Village Road that Led to Guangzhou – Indian Express]</ref>

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