Vithya Ramraj

Vithya Ramraj (born 20 September 1998) is an Indian track and field athlete. She competes in 400 m hurdles, 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay.^[1] On 2 October 2023 at the 2022 Asian Games, she equalled the national record of 55.42s in 400 m hurdles set by P. T. Usha at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.^[2]

Vithya Ramraj

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Ramraj at the 2024 National Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
Born	(1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 26) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 m hurdles, 400 m, 4 x 400 m relay
Coached by	Nehpal Singh
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 m hurdles: 55.42 NR (2023)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  India Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Mixed 4x400m relay 2022 Hangzhou 4x400m relay 2022 Hangzhou 400m hurdles Asian Championships 2025 Gumi 400 m hurdles

Early life

Vithya hails from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Her father is a truck driver and her mother Meena is a home maker.^[3] Her identical twin Nithya is also an athlete. Vithya works with Indian Railways. The girls started playing hockey and her mother enrolled them in the Erode Girls Sports School for Class 7.^[4] She earned her BBA Degree from Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode (2016 to 2019) on a sports scholarship provided by the KVIT Trust, Perundurai. She received good support from the college management and faculty. Dr. A. Sankar, Director of Physical Education at Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, encouraged and supported her training and participation in national-level events.

Career

Till 2017, Vithya also ran 100m and 200m sprint events but later focussed on 400m hurdles. But she and her coach decided that she will do both 400m and 400m hurdles and she is also continuing with both 100m events. The tournaments she took part in 2023 are:^[1]

She won a silver medal at the2022 Asian Games, winning the 4x400m mixed relay team along with Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan.^[5]

• 15–17 May 2023: 100m and 100m hurdles - Birsa Munda Foot Ball Stadium, Morabadi, Ranchi (IND);
• 17 June 2023: 4 × 100 m relay - Indian Championships, Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar (IND);
• 13 July 2023: 100m hurdles - Asian Athletics Championships, Supachalasai National Stadium, Bangkok (THA);
• 30 July 2023: 4 × 400 m relay, 4 × 400 m mixed relay - Mahinda Rajapaksha Stadium, Diyagama (SRI)
• 10, 11 September 2023: 400m, 400m hurdles - Indian Grand Prix 5, Chandigarh (IND).
• 2024: Ramraj represented India at the 2024 Paris Olympics as part of the women's 4x400m relay team.  The team, which included Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan, MR Poovamma, Prachi, and Vithya Ramraj, competed in the qualification round on August 9, 2024.  They finished 15th out of 16 teams with a timing of 3:32.51, which was insufficient to advance to the final round.
• 2025: Ramraj won bronze in the 400m hurdles at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea. She also placed fifth in the 400m flat race with a time of 53.00s. Earlier, she claimed gold in the 400m hurdles at the National Federation Cup in Kochi with a meet record of 56.04s and at the National Games with a time of 58.11s. She also participated in the Taiwan Athletics Open (WACT Bronze level) in Taipei, where she secured first place in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.53s.