Kamaljeet Sandhu - Wikipedia Kamaljeet Sandhu Kamaljeet Sandhu is a former woman Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Bangkok Asian Games in 400 m race. She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She was the first Indian woman athlete to win gold medal at any Asian games. She hails from Punjab state in India. She received Padma Shri award in 1971. In 1971, she was one of the finalists in the World University Games held at Turin, Italy, in 400 metres race. She participated in the Women 's 400 metres at the 1972 Munich Olympics, bowing out in the heats. Kamaljeet retired from athletics in 1973. She was also a national - level basketball and inter-varsity hockey player. She went to the 1982 Asian Games as the coach of the Indian women 's sprint team. References ^ Jump up to : `` Women 's Day Special : From Mother Teresa to Kamaljit Sandhu, women who have made India proud ''. India Times. Mumbai Mirror. 9 Mar 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sprint queen on payback run ''. ABP. The Telegraph. 6 September 2003. Retrieved 9 March 2017. This biographical article relating to Indian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kamaljeet_Sandhu&oldid=798594176 '' Categories : Asian Games gold medalists for India Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of India Sportswomen from Punjab, India Indian female sprinters 20th - century Indian sportswomen 20th - century Indian sportspeople Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports 1948 births Living people Indian Sikhs Asian Games medalists in athletics ( track and field ) Athletes ( track and field ) at the 1970 Asian Games Indian athletics biography stubs Talk About Wikipedia বাংলা മലയാളം ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Edit links This page was last edited on 2 September 2017, at 20 : 21. About Wikipedia

Question: first indian woman to win gold medal in asian games
Answer: Kamaljeet Sandhu