Kamaljeet Sandhu

Kamaljeet Sandhu is a former woman Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1970 Asian Games in 400 m race.She ran the distance in 57.3 seconds. She was the first Indian woman to win gold medal at any Asian games. She hails from Punjab state in India. She received Padma Shri award in 1971. . She participated in the Women's 400 metres at the 1972 Olympics, bowing out in the heats.

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