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          Like Semenya, Soundarajan, 28, comes from extremely modest beginnings....

          Santhi Soundarajan

          Indian athlete (born )

          Santhi Soundarajan (also spelled Shanthi Soundararajan, born 17 April ) is a track and field athlete from Tamil Nadu, India.

          Athlete Santhi shared her views on the recent sports controversies which included a discussion around gender eligibility of Algerian boxer.

        1. This document summarizes the case of Shanthi Soundarajan, an Indian runner who won a silver medal at the Asian Games but was then stripped of her medal.
        2. Like Semenya, Soundarajan, 28, comes from extremely modest beginnings.
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          5. She is the winner of 12 international medals for India and around 50 medals for her home state of Tamil Nadu. Soundarajan is the first Tamil woman to win a medal at the Asian Games.[2] She competes in middle distance track events.

          She was stripped of her silver medal won at the Asian Games after failing a sex verification test which disputed her eligibility to participate in the women's competition.[3]

          Early life and career

          Santhi Soundarajan was born 17 April in the Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu, India.

          Soundarajan grew up in a byfoot hut where there was no running water, electricity, or a bathroom or outhouse. She was the eldest of five children born to her parents, who are both brick-kiln labourers; her parents often had to seek work in other brickyards where they earned the equi