Shiny Abraham
Shiny Abraham was born in Thodupuzha, Kerala, India on May 8th, 1965 and is the Indian Middle Distance Runner. At the age of 59, Shiny Abraham biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Shiny Abraham's athletics career ran alongside that of PT Usha from the time the two of them represented the country in the Asian Games in New Delhi in 1982. Shiny became national champion in the 800 metres a year before the Asian Games in Delhi.
She cut into the inner lane and was disqualified while very much in front of the field during the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she became the first woman to be the flag bearer for India at the Olympics.
Her most memorable competition was the Asian Track & Field Meet at Delhi in 1989, despite being in the family way, she ran the 800;meters to come second behind Sun Sumei of China but Shiny was declared the winner as Sumei tested positive for doping. One of her greatest achievements was that she was running even faster after the birth of her child and she set a new record of 1:59.85 in the 800m race at the 1995 South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Chennai.
Shiny married swimmer Wilson Cherian in December 1988.
Shiny was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1985, Birla Award in 1996 and Padma Shri in 1998. she is also the recipient of Chinese Journalists Award 1991 for being one of the Top Ten Athletes of Asia.
- She received the Arjuna award in 1984
- She received Chinese journalist award 1991 From Chinese Government For her Outstanding Achievement in Sports
- She was conferred Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 1998.
- She was honoured with Birla Award in 1998.
- In 2002, she Was Honoured by the UNICEF, Los Angeles and had presented a paper presentation on behalf of Asia
- In 2009, she was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award From CNN IBN at Delhi
- In 2012, she was Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award From JFW Achievers Award in Chennai
- In 2012, she was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award From Sun Networks for Women Achievers for the Field of Sports
