Mandeep Kaur (sprinter)

{{Short description|Indian sprinter (born 1988)}}

{{Hatnote|For the cricketer with same name, see Mandeep Kaur (cricketer)}}

{{Distinguish|Manjeet Kaur}}

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| name = Mandeep Kaur

| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Women’s 4x400m Relay) Mandeep Kaur of India won the Gold Medal, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in New Delhi on October 12, 2010 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Portrait of Mandeep Kaur

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|19 April 1988}}

| birth_place = Jagadhri, Yamunanagar,
Haryana, India

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics }}

{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Amman | 4 × 400 m relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2009 Guangzhou | 4 × 400 m relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Delhi | 4 x 400 m relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Guangzhou | 4 x 400 m relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Incheon | 4 x 400 m relay }}

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Mandeep Kaur (born 19 April 1988 in Jagadhri) is an Indian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 meters. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but failed to pass the first round.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/mandeep-kaur-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095146/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/mandeep-kaur-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Mandeep Kaur}} Mandeep Kaur won gold medals in the women's {{nowrap|4 x 400 metres relay}} events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.{{cite news |url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/fGQkMraFeWLwnaYlx53MsN/Asian-Games-India-wins-gold-in-4x400m-women-relay.html |title=Asian Games: India wins gold in 4x400m women's relay |work=Mint |date=2 October 2014}}

On 29 June 2011, Reuters reported that she had tested positive for the anabolic steroids methandienone and stanozolol during off-season tests, following the same day announcement of the Athletics Federation of India.{{cite news |author=Sudipto Ganguly |date=29 June 2011 |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/athletics-india-doping-idINL3E7HT23220110629 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306155412/http://in.reuters.com/article/athletics-india-doping-idINL3E7HT23220110629 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 March 2016 |work=Reuters|title=Athletics-Indian pair fail doping test |quote=Leading Indian 400 metres pair Mandeep Kaur and Juana Murmu have failed doping tests, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Wednesday}} She blamed the results on tainted food supplements, and denied taking any banned substance knowingly.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/Mandeep-claims-innocence-wants-food-supplements-to-be-tested/articleshow/9064342.cms |title=Mandeep claims innocence, wants food supplements to be tested |work=The Times of India |date=1 July 2011 |access-date=9 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918111651/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-01/athletics/29726080_1_supplements-steroids-vitamin |archive-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=live }} After a total of 6 Indian female 400m runners tested positive, including Mandeep's teammates at the Commonwealth Games, Ashwini Akkunji and Sini Jose, the team coach, Ukrainian Yuri Ogrodnik, was fired by India's Sport's Minister Ajay Maken.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/coach-sacked-in-india-dope-scandal/story-e6frfglf-1226088609086 |title=Coach sacked in India dope scandal |work=Herald Sun |date=6 July 2011}}