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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian sprinter}}<br />
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{{Infobox sportsperson<br />
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| image = Women's 4x400m Relay Povamma Raju Of India In Action.jpg| imagesize = <br />
| caption = Poovamma at the 2017 Asian Championships<br />
| nationality =Indian<br />
| club = [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]]<ref name=ind/><br />
| collegeteam = <br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|06|05}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gonikoppal]], [[Karnataka]], India<ref name=ind>[https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/MACHETTIRA-Poovamma-Raju-3007315/ Poovamma Raju Machettira] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905065352/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/MACHETTIRA-Poovamma-Raju-3007315/ |date=5 September 2018 }}. asiangames2018.id</ref><br />
| residence = <br />
| country = India<br />
| death_date =<br />
| death_place =<br />
| height =173 cm<ref name=ind/><br />
| weight =60 kg<ref name=ind/><br />
| coach = Nagapuri Ramesh<ref name=ind/><br />
| sport=Athletics<br />
| event=200–800 m<br />
| pb =200 m – 24.31 (2018)<br>400&nbsp;m – 51.73 (2014)<br>800 m – 2:09.24 (2017)<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref><br />
| medaltemplates= <br />
{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|India}}}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|Women's 4 × 400 m]] }}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres|400 m]] }}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|Women's 4 × 400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Jakarta]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|Mixed 4 × 400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|2013 Pune]] | [[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|Women's 4 × 400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| 2013 Pune | [[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships|2015 Wuhan]]|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|2015 Wuhan|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|Women's 4 × 400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|Women's 4 × 400 m]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay|Mixed 4 × 400 m]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Competition|[[South Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{Medal|Gold|[[2016 South Asian Games|2016 Guwahati]]|[[Athletics at the 2016 South Asian Games|400 m]]}}<br />
| updated = 21 April 2019<br />
}}<br />
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'''Machettira Raju Poovamma''' (born 5 June 1990) is an Indian [[Sprint (running)|sprinter]] who specialises in the [[400 metres]] distance.<ref>{{cite news |title= Poovamma, India's newest quarter-miler |url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/poovamma-india-s-newest-quartermiler/1107294/ |newspaper= The Indian Express |date= 25 April 2013 |accessdate= 9 July 2013}}</ref> As a member of the Indian 4 × 400 m relay teams she participated in the 2016 Olympics and won gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and 2013 and 2017 Asian championships; individually she won a silver medal in 2013 and a bronze in 2014 at those competitions. She received the [[Arjuna Award]] in 2015 for her contributions to athletics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-20 |title=MR Poovamma, Asian Games Medallist, Gets Two-Year Ban By Anti-Doping Appeal Panel |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/mr-poovamma-asian-games-medallist-gets-two-year-ban-by-anti-doping-appeal-panel-news-224506 |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=www.outlookindia.com/ }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Poovamma was born to M. G. Raju and Jaji. She completed her primary and higher education in [[Mangalore]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Poovamma – Youngest Indian athlete in Beijing |url= http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=91083 |publisher= Mangalorean |date= 2 September 2008 |accessdate= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141015130303/http://www.mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=91083 |archivedate= 15 October 2014 }}</ref> and acquired her bachelor's degree in business management from the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Business Management, Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web |title= Confident Poovamma eyes more glory |url= http://www.dailypioneer.com/sports/confident-poovamma-eyes-more-glory.html |publisher= Daily Pioneer |date= 4 August 2013 |accessdate= 15 August 2013 |archive-date= 13 October 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141013024341/http://www.dailypioneer.com/sports/confident-poovamma-eyes-more-glory.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> Her brother MR Manju also competed in the 400 m events at the national level.<ref name=ind/><ref>[https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6017704-poovamma-raju-machettira.htm Poovamma Raju MACHETTIRA]. gc2018.com</ref><br />
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==Career highlights==<br />
Poovamma won a silver medal in the 400 m and a gold in the 4 × 400 m relay at the [[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games]]. She then won a senior national 400 m title in September 2011 in Kolkata. At the 2012 Asian Grands Prix Poovamma won two gold and a silver medal.<ref>{{cite news|title=Athletics: Hat-trick for Poovamma|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/athletics/athletics-hattrick-for-poovamma/article4709436.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 May 2013}}</ref> She also won a gold medal at the 2013 Asian Grand Prix in Bangkok. Poovamma represented India in the Moscow [[World Athletics Championships]] 2013<ref>{{cite news|last=Poovamma|first=M.R|title=Ashwini, Poovamma in Indian relay squad for Moscow World Championships|url=http://www.mangaloretoday.com/main_Ashwini-Poovamma-in-Indian-relay-squad-for-Moscow-World-Championships.html|newspaper=Mangalore Today|date=21 July 2013}}</ref> where she was also a part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay team.<br />
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She won the gold medal in [[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games|women's 4 × 400 metres relay]] at the [[2014 Asian Games]] in [[Incheon]], South Korea along with [[Tintu Luka]], [[Mandeep Kaur (athlete)|Mandeep Kaur]] and [[Priyanka Pawar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.india.com/asian-games-2014/indian-eves-clinch-4x400m-relay-gold-at-asian-games-2014-set-new-asiad-record-163926/ | title=Indian eves clinch 4x400m relay gold at Asian Games 2014; set new Asiad record | publisher=India.Com | date=2 October 2014 | accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://incheon2014.kr/Sports/Medals/MenuMedallists/?discipline=AT&Date=ALL&NOC=IND&lang=en |title=search Medals |publisher=2014 Asian Games Official website |accessdate=2 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002184141/http://www.incheon2014.kr/Sports/Medals/MenuMedallists/?discipline=AT&Date=ALL&NOC=IND&lang=en |archivedate=2 October 2014 }}</ref> The team clocked 3:28:68 to break the Games Record. This is India's 4th consecutive gold in the event since 2002.<br />
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In 2017 she was part of the winning 4 × 400 m team at the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships]] in [[Bhubaneshwar]], which also included [[Debashree Mazumdar]], [[Jisna Mathew]] and [[Nirmala Sheoran]]. The team had a problematic baton exchange, but Nirmala recovered the time in the final leg.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/asian-athletics-championships-2017-deconstruction-of-the-gold-standard-4746739/|title=Asian Athletics Championships 2017: Deconstruction of the gold standard|date=12 July 2017|work=The Indian Express|access-date=14 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Competition record==<br />
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="6"|Representing {{flagu|India}}<br />
|-<br />
|2006<br />
|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]<br />
|[[Beijing, China]]<br />
|7th (h)<br />
|[[2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]<br />
|56.39<br />
|-<br />
|2007<br />
|[[2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]<br />
|[[Ostrava, Czech Republic]]<br />
|7th<br />
|400 m<br />
|55.49<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|2008<br />
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]<br />
|[[Bydgoszcz, Poland]]<br />
|8th (h)<br />
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]<br />
|57.94<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|[[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|Commonwealth Youth Games]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Pune, India]]<br />
|style="background:silver;"|2nd<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|400 m]]<br />
|55.17<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:gold;"|1st<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:42.02<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|2013<br />
|rowspan=2|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Pune, India]]<br />
| style="background:silver;"|2nd<br />
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]<br />
|53.37<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:gold;"|1st<br />
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:32.26<br />
|-<br />
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Moscow, Russia]]<br />
|5th (h)<br />
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:38.81<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=2|2014<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Incheon, South Korea]]<br />
| style="background:bronze;"|3rd<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]<br />
|52.36<br />
|-<br />
| style="background:gold;"|1st<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:28.68<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|2015<br />
|rowspan=2|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Wuhan, China]]<br />
|style="background:silver;"|2nd<br />
|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]<br />
|53.07<br />
|-<br />
|style="background:silver;"|2nd<br />
|[[2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:33.81<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Beijing, China]]<br />
|14th (h)<br />
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:29.08<br />
|-<br />
|2016<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]<br />
|[[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]<br />
|7th (h)<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:29.53<br />
|-<br />
|2017<br />
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]<br />
|[[Bhubaneswar, India]]<br />
|4th<br />
|[[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]<br />
|53.36<br />
|-<br />
|rowspan=3|2018<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[Gold Coast, Australia]]<br />
|24th (h)<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres|400 m]]<br />
|53.72<br />
|-<br />
|7th<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:33.61<br />
|-<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|Asian Games]]<br />
|[[Jakarta, Indonesia]]<br />
|bgcolor=gold|1st<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:28.72<br />
|-<br />
|2019<br />
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]<br />
|[[Doha, Qatar]]<br />
|11th (h)<br />
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400 m relay]]<br />
|3:29.42<br />
|-<br />
|2024<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]<br />
|[[Paris, France]]<br />
|15th (h)<br />
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|4 × 400&nbsp;m relay]]<br />
|3:32.51<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Commons category|Povamma Raju}}<br />
* {{World Athletics|name=Poovamma Raju Machettira}}<br />
* {{2018 Asian Games profile|MACHETTIRA-Poovamma-Raju-3007315|Poovamma Raju Machettira}}<br />
* {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n6017704-poovamma-raju-machettira|Poovamma Raju Machettira}}<br />
* {{Olympics.com|poovamma-raju-machettira|Poovamma Raju Machettira}}<br />
* {{Olympedia|name=M. R. Povamma}}<br />
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