VITHYA RAMARAJI QULIFIES FOR ASIAN GAMES

Olympics

Paris 2024: Competed in Women's 4x400m relay for India

Result: Team did not medal

Team: Vithya Ramraj, MR Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Rupal Choudhary

Best time: 3:28.64 at National Open Relay Carnival 2024, Chandigarh. 

Personal Details

Born: 20 September 1998, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Age: 27 as of 2026

Events: 400m hurdles, 400m, 4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay

Job: Indian Railways

Twin: Identical twin sister Nithya Ramraj - also an athlete, competes in 200m.

Major Achievement - Equalled PT Usha's Record

400m hurdles: 55.42 seconds National Record

When: 2 October 2023, Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou

History: Equalled PT Usha's 39-year-old record from 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

Near miss: Clocked 55.43 at Indian Grand Prix 5 - 1/100th of a second off Usha's record. 

Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Medals

Silver: Women's 4x400m relay - 3:27.85

Team: Vithya, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi Chaudhary, Subha Venkatesan

Silver: 4x400m Mixed Relay - 3:14.34

Team: Muhammed Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh, Venkatesan Subha

Bronze: 400m hurdles - 55.42s.

Other Achievements

Personal Best 400m: 52.25 seconds, 2024

Asian Championships 2025 Gumi: Bronze in 400m hurdles

World Ranking: #77 Women's 400m hurdles, #179 Women's 400m

3x National Champion 56ee6fb5cec0

2026 Form

Indian Open: Won women's 400m Race A in 53.31 seconds

Status: Actively competing, aiming for next Olympics cycle 8e13

Background

Father: Truck driver, Mother: Meena, homemaker

Started: Hockey, then joined Erode Girls Sports School in Class 7

College: BBA from Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode on sports scholarship .