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'''Geeta Zutshi''' (born 2 December 1956) is a former [[India]]n [[track and field]] athlete. She established several national and [[Asia]]n running records in the [[800 metres]] and [[1500 metres]] events.<br />
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Zutshi won the women's silver medals for the 800 m in 1982, and for the 1500 m in both 1978 and 1982.<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asg.htm Asian Games]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-02-08.</ref> As the top Indian woman athlete at the [[1982 Asian Games]] in [[New Delhi]], she took the oath on behalf of the competitors during the opening ceremony.<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/archive/50yrs/50phto/50k/isport6.html] {{deadlink|date=May 2021}}</ref> For her achievements she has been awarded the [[Arjuna award]] and the [[Padma Shri]].<br />
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She has inspired other Indian women, such as [[Bachendri Pal]], the first Indian woman to successfully climb [[Mount Everest]]. As a child, Pal began to aspire to national fame after seeing a newspaper photograph of Zutshi with Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tata.com/0_careers/our_people/20040809_pal.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2005-02-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204194852/http://www.tata.com/0_careers/our_people/20040809_pal.htm |archive-date=2005-02-04 }}</ref><br />
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She was [[coach (sport)|coached]] by [[Ilyas Babar|Mohammad Ilyas Babar]]. After 17 years in the [[United States]], she returned to India in July, 2002, and took over as coach of the Indian junior athletics team (800 m and 1500 m).<br />
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==International competitions==<br />
{| {{AchievementTable}}<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1978<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1978 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Bangkok]], Thailand<br />
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st<br />
|800 m<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd<br />
|1500 m<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1981<br />
|rowspan=2|[[1981 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Tokyo]], Japan<br />
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st<br />
|800 m<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd<br />
|1500 m<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|1982<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1982 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[New Delhi]], India<br />
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd<br />
|800 m<br />
|-<br />
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd<br />
|1500 m<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian sportswomen]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/geeta-zutshi-1.html |title=Geeta Zutshi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017100845/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/geeta-zutshi-1.html |archive-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead}}<br />
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1020918/asp/sports/story_1210197.asp The Telegraph (India)]<br />
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