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{{short description|Indian athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| honorific_prefix =
| name = K. M. Beenamol
| honorific_suffix =
| image = K.M Beenamol hands over the Queen’s Baton to the Chief Minister of Kerala - 2010 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Beenamol handing over the Queen's Baton to the Chief Minister of Kerala in 2010
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| native_name_lang = ml
| birth_name =
| fullname = Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol
| nickname =
| nationality =
| national_team = India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|08|15}}
| birth_place = Kombidinjal, [[Idukki district]], [[Kerala]], India
| years_active = 1990–2004
| spouse = Dr. Vivek George
| employer = [[Indian Railways]]
| height = {{convert|163|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="fig">{{cite web|title=K. M. Beenamol|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/k-m-beenamol-1.html|website=sports-reference.com|access-date=20 November 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318005716/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/k-m-beenamol-1.html|archive-date=18 March 2016}}</ref>
| weight = {{convert|50|kg|lb|0}}<ref name="fig"/>
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| country = [[India]]
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| position =
| event = [[Sprint (running)|Sprint]] ([[400 metres|400 m]])<br>[[Middle-distance running|Middle-distance]] ([[800 metres|800 m]])<br>[[Relay race|Relay]] ([[4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m]])
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| coach = Raju Paul
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| worlds =
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| pb = '''400 m''': 51.21 ([[Kyiv]], 2000)<ref name="iaaf">{{cite web|title=K. Mathews Beenamol IAAF Profile|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/k-mathews-beenamol-172839|website=[[IAAF]]|access-date=20 November 2016
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120114512/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/india/k-mathews-beenamol-172839|archive-date=20 November 2016
}}</ref><br>'''800 m''': 2:02.01 ([[New Delhi]], 2002)<ref name="iaaf"/><br>'''4 × 400 m relay''': 3:26.89 ([[Athens]], 2004) '''NR'''|
| show-medals =
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{IND}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Athletics Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships|2000 Jakarta]]|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships|2000 Jakarta]]|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres#Medalists|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres|800 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Junior Athletics Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|1992 New Delhi]]|[[1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres#Medalists|800 m]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|1992 New Delhi]]|[[1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|1992 New Delhi]]|[[1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres#Medalists|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1994 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|1994 Jakarta]]|[[1994 Asian Junior Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres#Medalists|800 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1994 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|1994 Jakarta]]|[[1994 Asian Junior Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres#Medalists|400 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1994 Asian Junior Athletics Championships|1994 Jakarta]]|[[1994 Asian Junior Athletics Championships – Women's 4×400 metres relay#Medalists|4×400 m relay]]}}
}}
{{Indian name|Beenamol|Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews}}
'''Kalayathumkuzhi Mathews Beenamol''', popularly known as '''K. M. Beenamol''' (born 15 August 1975, from Kombidinjal, [[Idukki district]], [[Kerala]]) is an Indian international athlete.

== Professional athletics career ==
Beenamol and her brother [[K. M. Binu]] became the first Indian siblings to win medals in a major international competition.{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}} Binu won a silver medal in men's 800m race.{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}}

=== Olympics ===
It was during [[2000 Summer Olympics]], Beenamol was largely unknown, until she became the third Indian woman to reach an [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay#Final|Olympic semi-final]] since [[P. T. Usha]] and [[Shiny Wilson]], who achieved almost the same feat in [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles#Final|400m Hurdles]] in [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres#Semi final|800m]] respectively in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]].{{Citation needed|date= August 2022}}

=== Asian games ===
She won the gold medal in [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres#Final|women's 800m]] and the [[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay#Results|4 × 400 m women's relay]] in the [[2002 Asian Games]] held at [[Busan]].<ref name="tiny">{{cite news|title=Kombodinjal basks in Beenamol, Binu's glory |url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/ag/2002/oct/16beena.htm |access-date=19 November 2016 |work=[[Rediff]] |date=16 October 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021124063250/http://www.rediff.com/sports/ag/2002/oct/16beena.htm |archive-date=24 November 2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="hindu1">{{cite news | last= Sen Gupta | first= Abhijit| title= She's been at it | date=16 May 2002| url =http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/16/stories/2002051600490400.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20040404153633/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/16/stories/2002051600490400.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =4 April 2004| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2010-01-28}}</ref><ref name="hindu2">{{cite news | title= 'Star of the Year' award for Beenamol | date=19 November 2004| url =http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/19/stories/2004111905831600.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20041123040600/http://www.hindu.com/2004/11/19/stories/2004111905831600.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =23 November 2004| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2010-01-28}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|[[2000 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Jakarta, Indonesia]]
|{{Gold medal}}
|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|3:31.54
|-
|{{Silver medal}}
|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres#Medalists|400 m]]
|51.41
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[[2002 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Busan, South Korea]]
|{{Gold medal}}
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres|800 m]]
|2:04.17
|-
|{{Gold medal}}
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|3:30.84
|-
|2004
|[[Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor="white" | 6th
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]
|3:26.89 '''[[List of Indian records in athletics|NR]]'''
|}

== Awards ==
Beenamol was conferred [[Arjuna Award]] in 2000 for her exemplary achievement in her athletic career.<ref name="arjun">{{cite web|title=Arjun Award - Sports|url=http://www.olympic.ind.in/arjun.html|website=[[Indian Olympic Association]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922142359/http://www.olympic.ind.in/arjun.html|archive-date=22 September 2016|access-date=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="aayas">{{cite web|title=List of Arjuna Award Winners|url=http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm|website=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225221945/http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm|archive-date=25 December 2007}}</ref> She is also the joint winner of [[India]]'s highest sporting honour, the [[Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna]] award in the year 2002–2003 along with [[Anjali Ved Pathak Bhagwat]].<ref name="rgkra">{{cite web|title=Arjuna Awards, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dhyan Chand and Dronacharya awards given away|url=http://pib.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2003/raug2003/29082003/r2908200311.html|website=[[Press Information Bureau]]|publisher=[[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]]|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426072256/http://pib.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2003/raug2003/29082003/r2908200311.html|archive-date=26 April 2016|date=29 August 2003}}</ref><ref name="oraj">{{cite web|title=Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award|url=http://www.olympic.ind.in/rajiv.html|website=[[Indian Olympic Association]]|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922142322/http://www.olympic.ind.in/rajiv.html|archive-date=22 September 2016}}</ref> In 2004, she was awarded the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="padma">{{cite web|title=Padma Awards directory (1954-2014)|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=20 November 2016|page=136|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115022326/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/YearWiseListOfRecipientsBharatRatnaPadmaAwards-1954-2014.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==

K. M. Beenamol is married to Vivek George, a pathologist, and has 2 children, Ashwin and Haile (named after Ethiopian legend [[Haile Gebrselassie]]).{{cn|date=January 2022}}

==See also==
*[[List of Kerala Olympians]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*{{sports links}}

{{Asian Games Champions Athletics 800 m Women}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}
{{Padma Award winners of Kerala}}
{{Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees}}
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JulianaThurston at 09:28, 17 October 2025