Sunita Godara
Sunita Godara is a former Indian marathon runner from Nausana. She became the national marathon champion first time in 1984 by winning Delhi Marathon She won medals in Malaysia, Thailand, India, Singapore,Phillipines, Indonesia, Holland, Egypt, Japan & top 10 in many European countries & Cities- Paris, Australia, Italy, Istanbul, Turkey, the Penang 4 times and Kedah marathons. She won gold at 1992 Asian Marathon Championship held at Bandung. She competed in 1985 Boston Marathon & 1990-1991 London Marathon. She finished her College from Banasthali Vidyapith.
Sunita Godara holds the record of running the maximum marathons run by an Indian. She has run in 76 full marathons, starting with the Rath Marathon in 1984. She finished first 25 times, second 12 times, and third 14 times. In addition to that, she won 123 half marathons and has run 200 international races on all continents. In 1990 she clocked 2 hours 49.21 minutes to become the first Indian to win a world-class race. She won medals in the Penang and Kedah marathons. In 1989, she won the silver medal in the Mobil International Marathon in Singapore. She also carried the Olympic Flame at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta. She has agreed to be a mentor of the collegiate sports program Indian Collegiate Athletic Program (ICAP).
Dr. Sunita Godara – Asian Marathon Champion 1992 – Marathon & Fitness Coach & Promoter
Dr. Sunita Godara is an eminent international marathoner of repute. *She Won the 1992 Asian Marathon Championship. She has completed 76 Full marathons (42.2km) to date and won 25 Golds, 12 Silvers & 13 Bronze medals across the globe in 26 countries, and 130,000 km covered in running.
Records of more than 200 int’l Races include 123 Half Marathons (21km) in Marathon running carrier till 2010. · She won marathons in Bangkok, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Egypt, and Holland. She was among the top ten in Paris, Melbourne – Australia, Macau, Poland, Italy, Istanbul, Belgrade & Las Vegas. She has also done world-famous Boston, Berlin & London Marathons. · She won the maximum number of Int’l Marathons by any Indian in maximum countries – 60 full Marathons and 120 Half Marathons. · Since 2006, Dr. Sunita is professionally coordinating Top Indian Marathon Runners Pan India as Elite Runners Coordinator Dr. Sunita has created a support system for the Community by giving Health Fitness & Sports Training Programs in Delhi
Dr. Sunita is a Fitness & Marathon consultant and provides her expertise to all big Marathons in India & conducting Fitness & positive LifeStyle Workshops pan India.
To know more about organization: Health Fitness Trust Official:· Olympic Torch Bearer/Escort Runner at the Atlanta Olympics 1996. · Dr. Sunita is operating Stree Shakti Kendra since 2007 for Urban Slum girls Covering Vocational Training, Health, Education, Life Skill Education and Legal aspects of Women Empowerment. · Her H FT Taekwondo Academy has covered 17000 Girls to date from Slums & MCD Schools – trained them Self Defense so far under “HFT Women Safety Program”. · She is a Panelist on various TV channels and speaks on Social issues. · She is the admin & Chief Coach for Delhi Skechers Performance Go Run club since May 2017.
Dr. Sunita Godara has received many National & State Awards. To name a few: 1. Bhim Award 1994 (Haryana State for winning Asian Marathon Gold) 2. Youth Icon Award 2010 3. Sports Achiever Award 2012 (Kuruchetra University) 4. Kalpana Chawla Award 2015 5. Women Social Entrepreneur 2014 – Governor’s Award for Entrepreneurs (Delhi Govt.) 6. Rani Laxmibai Veerangana Sammaan 2018 ( Madhya Pradesh) 7. Rashtrya Atal Sammaan Award 2020 for Atal Krida Shikhar Sammaan (at Vigyan Bhawan)
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