Dhanalakshmi Sekar is an Indian athlete who competes in the 100 metres, 200 meters and 4 X 100 meters relay events. He has won many medals in various national and international competitions. In 2022, she failed the dope test and was banned for 3 years.
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Wiki/Biography
Dhanalakshmi Shekhar was born on Friday, 5 June 1998 (age 24 years; as of 2022) in Gundur, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He studied at Abbott Marcel RC Higher Secondary School, Sembattu, Tiruchirappalli. Later, he joined Alva’s College in Moodbidri, Karnataka and did a Diploma in Arts. After completing his diploma, he joined Bharathidasan University in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu for his graduate studies. During his college, he took up sports to get a government job under sports quota and bring relief to his family from poverty.
Dhanalakshmi Shekhar’s childhood picture
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 2″
Weight (Approx): 50 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
She comes from a Tamil family.
parents and siblings
His father’s name was Shekhar and mother’s name was Usha. His father died during his childhood, and his mother farmed and worked as a domestic laborer to support the family. He had 2 sisters; However, one of his sisters passed away in 2021 due to health issues.
Dhanalakshmi Shekhar’s mother, Usha
husband and children
He is unmarried.
relationships/affairs
That is one.
livelihood
He started training in athletics during his college when Tamil Nadu sprinter Manikandan Arunmugam, who was impressed by his natural speed, convinced him that he could get a government job after getting a medal in sports. She competes in the 100 metres, 200 meters and relay events. He started competing in athletic championships in 2017 and in 2018, he finished third in the 100 m and 200 m at the 2018 Tamil Nadu State Championships. In 2019, he represented India at the 2019 Summer Universiade held in Naples, Italy. She won several medals at the athletic championships and qualified for the mixed 4 X 400 meters relay event of the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan; However, he was not selected for the team. He participated in Tokyo Olympics 2020 as a reserve player. She made a name for herself by defeating top-ranked Indian athletes Hima Das and Dutee Chand at the 2021 Federation Cup held in Patiala. In June 2022, he won a gold medal in the 200 meters event at the Kosanov Memorial Athletics Meet with his personal best time of 22.89 seconds.
Dhanalakshmi Sekhar with her trainer Manikandan Arunmugam (right)
medal
Sleep
- 2018: Moodbidri Inter-University Championships, Moodbidri in 200m
- 2019: Regional Championships, Tiruchirappalli in 100m
- 2019: 200 meters at the Meeting d’Athlétisme de Pezenas, Pezenas, France
- 2019: Regional Championships, Tiruchirappalli in 200m
- 2019: Interstate Championships, Lucknow in 4x100m relay
- 2021: Tamil Nadu State Meet, Sivakasi in 100m
- 2021: Federation Cup, Patiala in 100m
- 2021: National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship, Patiala in 100m
- 2021: Tamil Nadu State Meet, Sivakasi in 200m
- 2021: Indian Grand Prix 4, 4 X 100 meter relay in Patiala
- 2021: National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships, Patiala in 4 X 100 meter relay
- 2022: Indian Grand Prix, Thiruvananthapuram in 200m
silver
- 2018: Moodbidri Inter-University Championships, Moodbidri in 100m
- 2019: Indian Grand Prix 1, 100m in Patiala
- 2019: 100 meters at the Meeting d’Athlétisme de Pezenas, Pezenas, France
- 2020: Indian University Championships, Moodbidri in 100m
- 2021: Federation Cup, Patiala in 200m
- 2021: Indian Grand Prix 4, 200m in Patiala
Brass
- 2018: Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu State Championships, Tirunelveli in 100m
- 2018: Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu State Championships, Tirunelveli in 200m
- 2019: Federation Cup, Patiala in 200m
Dhanalakshmi Sekar wins bronze medal in 200m at 2019 Federation Cup, Patiala
- 2019: Interstate Championships, Lucknow in 200m
Controversy
Banned for three years after testing positive for steroids
On 11 July 2022, he was banned for three years from participating in any tournament by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for failing an out-of-competition dope test. A sample was taken on 1 May 2022 in Antalya, Turkey where she was training. She tested positive for metandienone, a banned substance under the ‘anabolic androgenic steroids’ category. Initially, he was banned for four years; However, he confessed to doping after which the sentence was reduced by one year. Following this, she was left out of selection for the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. As a result of this ban, her wins, medals, awards and cash prizes were also canceled with effect from 1 May 2022.
Facts/General Knowledge
- During his early college days, he played Kho Kho; However, when she did not see any big opportunity in sports, she left it and took up athletics.
- His best time in 100 meters is 11.38 seconds and in 200 meters is 23.14 seconds.
- During the 200 meter race in the heat of the 24th Federation Cup held in Patiala in 2021, he broke the 23-year-old record of Indian athlete PT Usha by running 200 meters in 23.26 seconds.
- They are also known as Gundur Express.
- When she went to represent India at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, her sister died due to the disease; However, his family hid this news from him so that it would not affect his performance. She came to know about this when she returned home.
- She is supported by the JSW Sports organization and has trained at the Inspire Institute of Sport, training under French coach Antoine Yaich.
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